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Spotting the N+1 Problem

Recognize the classic per-row query trap.

What N+1 Means

The N+1 problem is when your code runs one query to get a list, then one more query for each item in it. 🐢

Where It Hides

It usually hides in a loop over objects, where each pass quietly touches a related row in the database again and again.

All lessons in this course

  1. Spotting the N+1 Problem
  2. select_related for Foreign Keys
  3. prefetch_related for M2M
  4. Profiling with Debug Toolbar
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