Lessons about Django (page 19)

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docs.djangoproject.com
Django comes with a built-in redirects app for fixing 404 with redirects stored in database:
Flávio JuvenalJanuary 26, 2017
medium.com
Cache Me If You Can #.rk6zz3yit
Filipe XimenesJanuary 25, 2017
Today I learned
You should use django proxy models with custom managers
Anderson ResendeJanuary 25, 2017
dabapps.com
Never write to a model field or call save() directly
A design issue we've found when building large Django applications is that model instances lack any real encapsulation.
Filipe XimenesJanuary 18, 2017
stackoverflow.com
Use a custom loaddata management command to load data from stdin to production Django projects. Useful for loading data into Heroku:
Flávio JuvenalJanuary 16, 2017
Today I learned
If you're using CELERY_ALWAYS_EAGER = True, probably you'll also want CELERY_EAGER_PROPAGATES_EXCEPTIONS = True to find bugs
Flávio JuvenalJanuary 6, 2017
djangoproject.com
Django bugfix release: 1.10.5 - update your projects!
Flávio JuvenalJanuary 5, 2017
docs.djangoproject.com
On Django templates, avoid nested fors on simple cases by using ifchanged block tag: #ifchanged
Flávio JuvenalDecember 28, 2016
Link offline
django-localflavor.readthedocs.io · offline
On Django, validate ZIP codes, states, social security numbers and more with django-localflavor:
Flávio JuvenalDecember 28, 2016
Today I learned
On a Django test, get the HTML content of an e-mail with content, mimetype = mail.outbox[0].alternatives[0]
Flávio JuvenalDecember 27, 2016
pypi.python.org
Use Hashids to generate short obfuscated strings from IDs. Useful for URL shorteners and human friendly IDs:
Felipe FariasDecember 27, 2016
Today I learned
Speed up your Django automated tests with python manage.py test --keepdb --parallel
Flávio JuvenalDecember 27, 2016
bit.ly
Testing image upload in Django Rest Framework:
Django REST Framework - Testing image upload. GitHub Gist: instantly share code, notes, and snippets.
Victor CarriçoDecember 27, 2016
Today I learned
While developing, do python manage.py --keepdb to speed up your Django tests. This prevents the overhead of creating and destroying a new test DB
Flávio JuvenalDecember 22, 2016
github.com
Django-solo helps working with singletons:
Helps working with singletons - things like global settings that you want to edit from the admin site. - lazybird/django-solo
Flávio JuvenalDecember 21, 2016

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Lessons about Django (page 19)

Django comes with a built-in redirects app for fixing 404 with redirects stored in database:

Django comes with a built-in redirects app for fixing 404 with redirects stored in database:

Cache Me If You Can #.rk6zz3yit

Cache Me If You Can #.rk6zz3yit

You should use django proxy models with custom managers

You should use django proxy models with custom managers

Never write to a model field or call save() directly

Never write to a model field or call save() directly

Use a custom loaddata management command to load data from stdin to production Django projects. Useful for loading data into Heroku:

Use a custom loaddata management command to load data from stdin to production Django projects. Useful for loading data into Heroku:

If you're using `CELERY_ALWAYS_EAGER = True`, probably you'll also want `CELERY_EAGER_PROPAGATES_EXCEPTIONS = True` to find bugs

If you're using `CELERY_ALWAYS_EAGER = True`, probably you'll also want `CELERY_EAGER_PROPAGATES_EXCEPTIONS = True` to find bugs

Django bugfix release: 1.10.5 - update your projects!

Django bugfix release: 1.10.5 - update your projects!

On Django templates, avoid nested `for`s on simple cases by using `ifchanged` block tag: #ifchanged

On Django templates, avoid nested `for`s on simple cases by using `ifchanged` block tag: #ifchanged

On Django, validate ZIP codes, states, social security numbers and more with django-localflavor:

On Django, validate ZIP codes, states, social security numbers and more with django-localflavor:

On a Django test, get the HTML content of an e-mail with `content, mimetype = mail.outbox[0].alternatives[0]`

On a Django test, get the HTML content of an e-mail with `content, mimetype = mail.outbox[0].alternatives[0]`

Use Hashids to generate short obfuscated strings from IDs. Useful for URL shorteners and human friendly IDs:

Use Hashids to generate short obfuscated strings from IDs. Useful for URL shorteners and human friendly IDs:

Speed up your Django automated tests with `python manage.py test --keepdb --parallel`

Speed up your Django automated tests with `python manage.py test --keepdb --parallel`

Testing image upload in Django Rest Framework:

Testing image upload in Django Rest Framework:

While developing, do `python manage.py --keepdb` to speed up your Django tests. This prevents the overhead of creating and destroying a new test DB

While developing, do `python manage.py --keepdb` to speed up your Django tests. This prevents the overhead of creating and destroying a new test DB

Django-solo helps working with singletons:

Django-solo helps working with singletons:

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Lessons about Django (page 19)

Django comes with a built-in redirects app for fixing 404 with redirects stored in database:

Cache Me If You Can #.rk6zz3yit

You should use django proxy models with custom managers

Never write to a model field or call save() directly

Use a custom loaddata management command to load data from stdin to production Django projects. Useful for loading data into Heroku:

If you're using CELERY_ALWAYS_EAGER = True, probably you'll also want CELERY_EAGER_PROPAGATES_EXCEPTIONS = True to find bugs

Django bugfix release: 1.10.5 - update your projects!

On Django templates, avoid nested fors on simple cases by using ifchanged block tag: #ifchanged

On Django, validate ZIP codes, states, social security numbers and more with django-localflavor:

On a Django test, get the HTML content of an e-mail with content, mimetype = mail.outbox[0].alternatives[0]

Use Hashids to generate short obfuscated strings from IDs. Useful for URL shorteners and human friendly IDs:

Speed up your Django automated tests with python manage.py test --keepdb --parallel

Testing image upload in Django Rest Framework:

While developing, do python manage.py --keepdb to speed up your Django tests. This prevents the overhead of creating and destroying a new test DB

Django-solo helps working with singletons:

Found it useful? Let’s put it to work.

If you're using `CELERY_ALWAYS_EAGER = True`, probably you'll also want `CELERY_EAGER_PROPAGATES_EXCEPTIONS = True` to find bugs

On Django templates, avoid nested `for`s on simple cases by using `ifchanged` block tag: #ifchanged

On a Django test, get the HTML content of an e-mail with `content, mimetype = mail.outbox[0].alternatives[0]`

Speed up your Django automated tests with `python manage.py test --keepdb --parallel`

While developing, do `python manage.py --keepdb` to speed up your Django tests. This prevents the overhead of creating and destroying a new test DB

Found it useful?
Let’s put it to work.