Apache Airflow

15.

Airflow Best Practices and Patterns

15.1.

DAG Design Principles

15.1.1.

Idempotency Requirements

15.1.2.

Atomicity of Operations

15.1.3.

Single Responsibility Principle

15.1.4.

Modularity and Reusability

15.2.

Code Organization and Structure

15.2.1.

Project Structure Standards

15.2.2.

DAG File Organization

15.2.3.

Plugin and Utility Organization

15.2.4.

Naming Conventions

15.2.4.1.

15.2.4.2.

15.2.4.3.

Variable Naming

15.2.5.

Documentation Standards

15.2.6.

Code Comments and Docstrings

15.3.

Performance Best Practices

15.3.1.

DAG Parsing Optimization

15.3.2.

Task Design for Performance

15.3.3.

Resource Usage Optimization

15.3.4.

Connection Pool Management

15.3.5.

XCom Usage Guidelines

15.4.

Security Best Practices

15.4.1.

Credential Management

15.4.2.

Secret Handling

15.4.3.

Access Control Implementation

15.4.4.

Audit Trail Maintenance

15.4.5.

Network Security

15.5.

Operational Best Practices

15.5.1.

Monitoring Strategy

15.5.2.

Alerting Configuration

15.5.3.

Maintenance Procedures

15.5.4.

Capacity Planning

15.5.5.

Disaster Recovery Planning

15.6.

Development Workflow

15.6.1.

Local Development Setup

15.6.2.

Testing Strategies

15.6.3.

Code Review Processes

15.6.4.

Deployment Procedures

15.6.5.

Version Control Strategies

15.7.

Troubleshooting Guidelines

15.7.1.

Common Problem Patterns

15.7.2.

Diagnostic Procedures

15.7.3.

Performance Issue Resolution

15.7.4.

Error Recovery Strategies

15.8.

Migration and Upgrade Strategies

15.8.1.

Version Upgrade Planning

15.8.2.

DAG Migration Procedures

15.8.3.

Configuration Migration

15.8.4.

Testing Migration Changes

15.8.5.

Rollback Procedures

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