django-tdd

Django testing strategies with pytest-django, TDD methodology, factory_boy, mocking, coverage, and testing Django REST Framework APIs. Use when writing Django or DRF tests with pytest-django, or driving a Django feature test-first.

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A comprehensive, highly actionable catalog of executable Django/DRF testing patterns with clear section organization. Its main weaknesses are redundancy across code blocks and the lack of any progressive-disclosure file splitting for what is a large single-file skill.

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Deduplicate the api_client fixture (defined in both conftest.py and TestProductAPI) and consolidate the two test_models.py snippets to tighten conciseness.

Split the large reference material (factory_boy setup, API viewset patterns, coverage config) into files under references/ and link to them from SKILL.md to improve progressive disclosure.

Add explicit validation checkpoints to the TDD and integration workflows (e.g., 'run pytest after GREEN; only refactor when all tests pass') to strengthen workflow clarity.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Conciseness	Mostly code-forward and lean with brief section intros, but contains redundancy (api_client fixture defined in both conftest.py and TestProductAPI; test_models.py shown twice) and minor fluff like the closing 'Tests are documentation' line.	4 / 5
Actionability	Fully executable, copy-paste-ready code across models, views, serializers, API viewsets, mocking, and integration flows, covering the common Django/DRF testing cases concretely.	5 / 5
Workflow Clarity	The Red-Green-Refactor TDD cycle and the 6-step integration checkout flow give clear sequences, though validation checkpoints are implicit rather than called out as explicit feedback loops.	4 / 5
Progressive Disclosure	Well-organized with section headers, but at ~730 lines it is a monolithic single file with no references/scripts/assets bundle and no pointers to split-out reference material, so structure is only moderate.	3 / 5
	Total	16 / 20 Passed

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A strong, third-person description that concretely enumerates capabilities and provides explicit 'Use when' trigger guidance with natural synonyms. The only mild risk is overlap with a generic TDD/pytest skill on the test-first trigger.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Specificity	Lists multiple concrete capabilities — 'TDD methodology, factory_boy, mocking, coverage, and testing Django REST Framework APIs' — giving comprehensive coverage of what the skill does.	5 / 5
Completeness	Explicitly answers both what ('Django testing strategies with pytest-django, TDD methodology, factory_boy, mocking, coverage, and testing Django REST Framework APIs') and when ('Use when writing Django or DRF tests with pytest-django, or driving a Django feature test-first').	5 / 5
Trigger Term Quality	Natural trigger phrases users would say ('writing Django or DRF tests with pytest-django', 'driving a Django feature test-first') with synonyms (Django/DRF, tests/test-first/TDD); file extensions are not applicable to a methodology skill.	5 / 5
Distinctiveness Conflict Risk	Clear Django+DRF+pytest-django niche with distinct triggers, but 'driving a Django feature test-first' could overlap with a generic TDD skill, giving minor conflict risk.	4 / 5
	Total	19 / 20 Passed

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87%

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Validation — 14 / 16 Passed

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Criteria	Description	Result
skill_md_line_count	SKILL.md is long (731 lines); consider splitting into references/ and linking	Warning
metadata_version	'metadata.version' is missing	Warning

	Total	14 / 16 Passed

Repository: affaan-m/ECC
Path: skills/django-tdd/SKILL.md
Commit: 06c5e11

Reviewed: 3 days ago

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