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Django nuggets
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Thinner Views with Django Class-Based Views (Premium)
Most list and detail pages follow the same pattern: fetch a queryset, paginate, render a template. Django's generic class-based views hand you that for free, so a full listing page...
from django.views.generic import ListView, DetailView
from .models import Article
class ArticleList(ListView):
model = Article
paginate_by = 10
context_object_name = "articles"
def get_queryset(self):
qs = super().get_queryset().filter(is_published=True)
if q := sel...Encapsulating Queries in a Custom Django Manager (Premium)
Sprinkling filter(is_published=True) across your codebase invites bugs. A custom manager gives your model expressive, reusable query methods like Article.objects.published().
from django.db import models
from django.utils import timezone
class ArticleQuerySet(models.QuerySet):
def published(self):
return self.filter(is_published=True, published_at__lte=timezone.now())
def by_author(self, user):
return self.filter(author=user)
class Article(mode...Reacting to Model Events with Django Signals (Premium)
Need a profile created automatically whenever a user signs up? Signals let you run code in response to model events without cluttering your save logic.
from django.db.models.signals import post_save
from django.dispatch import receiver
from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
from .models import Profile
User = get_user_model()
@receiver(post_save, sender=User)
def create_profile(sender, instance, created, **kwargs):
if created:...