django: guidelines for speeding up template rendering performance

Question

How would I go about speeding up Django template rendering? My template takes about 1-2 seconds or so to render, after the view function fully computes whatever it needs to.

Answer 1

I would recommend as Step 0 adding to your Django Debug Toolbar an extra panel called Django Toolbar Template Timings. It told me exactly how much time was being spent in each template (block, etc), and how much of that time is in SQL. It's also extra validation that this is your problem.

Here's how to add a panel to Debug Toolbar. http://django-debug-toolbar.readthedocs.org/en/latest/configuration.html#debug-toolbar-panels