We recommend the following plugins for use with this guide:

Django REST Framework

Django REST Framework is the de facto framework for building REST API services with Django.

When using DRF, we can organise the logic in a domain this way:

• urls.py - Router and URL configuration.
• apis.py - DRF view functions or view classes.
• serializers.py - Serialization for models.

Additional ruling for DRF:

• You should serialize all models using DRF serializers.
• You should not use the ModelMixin Viewsets as they will tightly couple the data layer with the presentation layer.

Graphene Django

Graphene-Django is the recommended framework for creating GraphQL APIs with Django.

When using Graphen-Django, we can organise the logic in a domain this way:

• apis.py - Queries and Mutations.

Additional ruling for Graphene-Django:

• You should not tightly link an DjangoObjectType to a Django model as this will tightly couple the data layer with the presentation layer. Instead, use a generic ObjectType.