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Weeknotes (2023 week 50)

Dec. 15, 2023 » Matthias Kestenholz: Posts about Django » [Archived Version]

Weeknotes (2023 week 50)django-imagefield The path building scheme used by django-imagefield has proven problematic: It’s too likely that processed images will have the same path. I have changed the strategy used for generating paths to use more data from the source; it’s now possible (and recommended!) to set IMAGEFIELD_BIN_DEPTH to a value greater than 1; 2 or 3 should be sufficient. The default value is 1 which corresponds to the old default so that the change won’t be back…

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Database functions in Django

Dec. 15, 2023 » James Bennett » [Archived Version]

This is part of a series of posts I’m doing as a sort of Python/Django Advent calendar, offering a small tip or piece of information each day from the first Sunday of Advent through Christmas Eve. See the first post for an introduction. Functionally a database On top of the basic query syntax we’re all used to, SQL databases tend to have a large number of built-in functions — some of which are standardized, some … Read full entry

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Django 5.0 is out!

Dec. 14, 2023 » django-simple-deploy - Mostly Python » [Archived Version]

MP 71: And upgrading is probably easier than you think.

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Database views in Django

Dec. 14, 2023 » James Bennett » [Archived Version]

This is part of a series of posts I’m doing as a sort of Python/Django Advent calendar, offering a small tip or piece of information each day from the first Sunday of Advent through Christmas Eve. See the first post for an introduction. A view to a database Most databases support creating and working with views, which, if you’ve never encountered them before, are like a virtual table — instead of being defined by … Read full entry

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django-json-schema-editor

Dec. 13, 2023 » Matthias Kestenholz: Posts about Django » [Archived Version]

django-json-schema-editorI have extracted a JSON editing component based on @json-editor/json-editor from a client’s project and released it as open source. It isn’t the first JSON editing component by far but I like it a lot for the following reasons: It works really well. It supports editing arrays of objects using a tabular presentation. Tabular isn’t always better, but stacked definitely isn’t always better as well. The data structure is defined as JSON schema,the…

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Django's three types of model inheritance

Dec. 13, 2023 » James Bennett » [Archived Version]

This is part of a series of posts I’m doing as a sort of Python/Django Advent calendar, offering a small tip or piece of information each day from the first Sunday of Advent through Christmas Eve. See the first post for an introduction. Inheritance and its discontents People can, and do, debate whether inheritance in object-oriented programming languages is a thing that ought to exist. There are even debates about what “inheritance” ought to mean … Read full entry

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Django: Sanitize incoming HTML fragments with nh3

Dec. 13, 2023 » Adam Johnson » [Archived Version]

A fairly common situation in a Django project is where you need to store and serve arbitrary HTML fragments. These often come from forms with rich text editors (using HTML’s contenteditable). It’s insecure to trust user-generated HTML fragments since they can contain naughty content like: <script src=https …

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Raise the right exceptions

Dec. 12, 2023 » James Bennett » [Archived Version]

This is part of a series of posts I’m doing as a sort of Python/Django Advent calendar, offering a small tip or piece of information each day from the first Sunday of Advent through Christmas Eve. See the first post for an introduction. Let’s have an argument Suppose you write a function like this: def divide(dividend, divisor): """ Divide ``dividend`` by ``divisor`` and return the result. """ return dividend … Read full entry

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Django Quiz 2023

Dec. 11, 2023 » Adam Johnson » [Archived Version]

This evening I held a quiz at the December London Django Meetup Group. The quiz is a regular tradition: this was the fifth quiz that I’ve presented, and the sixth overall. Here it is so you can try it at home - answers are at the bottom. Dates refer to …

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PyCharm 2023.3: Feature Spotlight for Django Developers

Dec. 11, 2023 » The PyCharm Blog » [Archived Version]

PyCharm 2023.3 introduces a plethora of features for Django development: Django Structure tool window, Live preview for Django templates, enhancements in code assistance for the Django REST framework, and more! This release is poised to enhance the productivity of developers working with Django. Let’s delve into these functionalities. Try PyCharm for Django Django Structure Tool […]

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