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Django Product Engineering · Lesson 10 of 12

Release Configuration and Deploy Discipline

Treat configuration and release preparation more deliberately before changes reach live environments.

Deploy discipline Environment setting Migration review Release checklist Release configuration Rollback plan
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What you will learn

  • Explain why release configuration needs deliberate review before Django changes reach live environments.
  • Identify environment settings that should differ safely between local, staging, and production use.
  • Review migrations, static assets, and operational checks before a Django release.
  • Plan a small release checklist with rollback notes for a product change.

Lesson shape

28 minute lesson with 6 sections, 4 exercises, 5 checkpoint questions, and 1 homework submission.

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Overview

Release work is product work

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Explain

Separate environment settings

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Review migrations before release

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Check assets and runtime assumptions

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Practice

Write a release checklist

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recap

Prepare rollback notes

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Plan one Django release checklist

Choose one Django product change such as a staff dashboard, form workflow, report, background task, or specialty lesson gate. Write three short notes that name the release configuration check, the migration or runtime check, and the rollback or restriction step.

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