Django REST Framework upgrade from 2 to 3
Posted on Sun 30 August 2015 in Web Development • Tagged with Django, Django-REST-framework, API, REST • Leave a comment
Upgrading project dependencies always involves risk, especially if they have a lot of backward incompatible changes. About one year ago, Django REST Framework (DRF for short) started a big redesign project intended to bring improved design, maintainability and debugging capabilities. Unfortunately this redesign implies a lot of backward incompatible changes. This article will present our approach of upgrading DRF and hopefully will help you efficiently plan your's.