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djust 1.2 passes 98.6% of Django's own template test suite, renders loop-heavy templates up to 45x faster than earlier releases, and adds class-level components, djust init and component-level testing.
We wrote 58 torture tests targeting every weak spot in djust's virtual DOM diff engine: 50-level deep trees, 500-sibling lists, keyed shuffles, duplicate keys, and rapid-fire state updates. Everything passed. Here's what we tested, what we found, and why it matters.
djust's JIT serialization pipeline analyzes your templates at render time, generates optimized serializer code, eliminates N+1 queries, and falls back gracefully when Rust can't reach @property attributes. Here's exactly how it works, and what we did to make it fast.
djust is a Django framework for building reactive, real-time applications in pure Python — powered by a Rust VDOM engine with 30x faster rendering than Django templates. No JavaScript framework required.
djust 0.1.6 introduces AST optimization for 5-15% faster rendering, lazy hydration for 20-40% memory reduction, TurboNav integration, and improved whitespace preservation.
A deep dive into djust's hybrid Python/Rust architecture and how the Rust-powered virtual DOM engine delivers exceptional performance.