title: Sqlalchemy to django orm
body: <p>I have a command line script that has sqlalchemy. They look as follows:</p>
  
  <pre><code>class TimestampMixin(object):
      created_date = Column(DateTime, default=func.now())
  
  class DataSource(Base, TimestampMixin):
      """DataSource object"""
      __tablename__ = 'data_source'
      id = Column(Integer, primary_key=True)
      name = Column(String)
      external_location = Column(String)
      games = relationship('Game', backref="data_source")
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Now I want to take the same models and put it into a django app. I can do it by hand as follows:</p>
  
  <pre><code>class TimestampMixin(models.Model):
      created_date = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)
  
      class Meta:
          abstract = True
  
  class DataSource(TimestampMixin):
      """DataSource object"""
      name = models.CharField(max_length=255)
      external_location = models.CharField(max_length=255)
  
      class Meta:
          db_table = 'data_source'
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I was wondering if there is a better way. It wouldn't be so bad to start as I only have 9 models, but I would rather not upkeep them. Is there a better(standardized) approach? With djanog I would want to still be able to use things like DjangoRestFramework and DjangoForms. I'm not sure if they work with sqlalchemy.</p>