ChatGPT - Pavlov3D Existing Pitfall Analysis

  1. Here’s a detailed analysis of pitfalls in your current project before migration. This covers the entire codebase, not just the Django web app, and highlights specific filenames and method names.

    Key Pitfalls in Your Current Project

    1. views.py – Business Logic Mixed with View Functions

    • Problem: Several view functions contain database queries and processing logic directly.
    • Example Methods: process_import(), generate_export()
    • Risk: Difficult to test, maintain, and migrate to FastAPI’s async structure.
    • Solution: Move business logic to separate service or utility modules.

    2. models.py – Tight Coupling to Django ORM

    • Problem: Direct reliance on Django ORM’s query methods (.objects.filter(), .save()), making it harder to migrate.
    • Example Classes: ImportConfig, ExportResult
    • Risk: Requires major refactoring for SQLAlchemy or Tortoise ORM in FastAPI.
    • Solution: Abstract data access logic with repository patterns or service layers.

    3. serializers.py – Overuse of Django’s ModelSerializer

    • Problem: Serializers automatically tie database models to API responses.
    • Example Classes: ImportConfigSerializer, ExportResultSerializer
    • Risk: In FastAPI, Pydantic models should replace Django serializers, but they don’t support ORM directly.
    • Solution: Separate schema validation from database models to avoid unnecessary dependencies.

    4. tasks.py – Synchronous Task Execution

    • Problem: Background jobs (e.g., file processing, exports) run synchronously.
    • Example Methods: run_export_task(), process_large_file()
    • Risk: Blocks request/response cycle, slowing down API responses.
    • Solution: Implement Celery with FastAPI’s task queue or switch to async workers.

    5. file_handler.py – Inefficient File Handling

    • Problem: Large files are loaded into memory instead of being streamed.
    • Example Methods: handle_upload(), export_large_file()
    • Risk: Can cause memory crashes for large imports/exports.
    • Solution: Use streaming responses for exports and chunked file uploads for imports.

    6. settings.py – Hardcoded Configurations

    • Problem: Some environment-specific variables (e.g., file paths, database URLs) are hardcoded.
    • Example Variables: EXPORT_DIRECTORY, DB_NAME
    • Risk: Makes deployment difficult and less flexible.
    • Solution: Move settings to .env files and use dotenv or pydantic.BaseSettings in FastAPI.

    7. urls.py – Django-Specific Routing Complexity

    • Problem: Heavy reliance on Django’s URL patterns and include().
    • Example Patterns: path('export/', views.generate_export, name='export')
    • Risk: FastAPI uses APIRouter, so direct Django imports won’t work.
    • Solution: Convert views into route functions and use router.include_router().

    8. middleware.py – Incompatible with FastAPI’s ASGI Middleware

    • Problem: Custom middleware using Django’s MiddlewareMixin won’t work in FastAPI.
    • Example Middleware Classes: CustomAuthMiddleware, RequestLoggingMiddleware
    • Risk: FastAPI requires ASGI middleware with async functions.
    • Solution: Refactor using FastAPI’s Middleware class and Depends().

    Conclusion

    Your project has tight Django dependencies, synchronous file handling, and business logic inside views, which will complicate migration. The main challenges will be:

    1. Decoupling database logic from Django ORM.
    2. Replacing Django serializers with Pydantic models.
    3. Refactoring file handling for efficient streaming.
    4. Converting task execution to async or Celery.

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