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Additional Notes

Data Models

Schematics

Considering creating a base model or mixin as models, most of the models contained the same fields, e.g.

# Creating the base model to be inherited by models
class BaseModel(models.Model):
    field_1 = models.CharField(max_length=50)
    field_2 = models.IntegerField()
    field_3 = models.TimeField()

    class Meta:
        abstract = True


# implementation of BaseModel by inheritance as follows:
class ModelOne(BaseModel):
    additional_field_1 = models.TextField()


# Creating the mixin to be reused by models
class MixinModel(models.Model):
    field_1 = models.CharField(max_length=50)
    field_2 = models.IntegerField()
    field_3 = models.TimeField()

    class Meta:
        abstract = True


# Implementation of reusing the MixinModel
class ModelTwo(MixinModel):
    additional_field_1 = models.TextField()

As the models had the same fields with no additional fields or behaviours, I chose to keep the models separate. Individual models allow for clarity and simplicity and make it more maintainable, as the codebase is more flexible and can evolve independently.