[drl42]

I think that Django actually has very little "magic", given the functionality that it provides. With respect to the ORM - For standard CRUD stuff, I think the ORM just works.

With respect to "Will someone else understand the code" - Having trained few engineers to use Django, the main issue always has been correct decomposition of the entire webapp into different submodules or Django "apps" - If the project has been properly modularized, then it is easy to find problems or add functionality.

In short, imho writing good serviceable code does not depend upon the framework - it depends upon the team :)