Recently I was responsible for developing a backend-heavy application. The data flow in this application is complex, and the processing logic has piled up in a redundant mess. The project’s tech stack is Django + Vuejs. The frontend is bundled with Webpack, managed in modules, and mainly displays data. The backend involves many modules, many processing rules, and many data tables, so every time I had to modify an earlier feature I spent a lot of time reviewing the code.

1. Basic Concepts Django ships with a signal dispatcher built in. Signals help decouple program modules. When an event occurs elsewhere in the application, a designated function is notified. Signals let certain senders notify a group of receivers that some action has taken place. 2. Using Signals 2.1 Declaring a