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When developing Django applications, you often need to filter and display query results dynamically within your templates. This can involve anything from simple lookups to complex filtering based on multiple conditions. This article provides an in-depth guide on various methods for filtering queries directly within Django templates.
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Sending emails is a crucial feature for web applications, whether it's for user registration, password recovery, or notifications. While developing a Django application, it's essential to configure and test email functionality in your development environment. This guide will walk you through setting up Django mailer in your local development setup …
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Combining Django's powerful back-end capabilities with jQueryUI's dynamic front-end features can create seamless and interactive web applications. One common requirement is to control which tab is open when a page loads, especially when you need to highlight a specific section based on user actions or URL parameters. This article provides …
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When developing web applications with Django, there are scenarios where you need to display data from multiple models within a single view. To achieve this, you combine the data from these models into one context variable. This article provides an in-depth guide on how to efficiently combine multiple models into …
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When working with Django projects, encountering errors during development and
deployment is common. One such error you might encounter when starting your
Django service using the ./manage.py runserver command is:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "./manage.py", line 11, in
execute_manager(settings)
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In Django, ForeignKey is a powerful tool for creating relationships between
models. There are scenarios where you may want to limit the choices for a
ForeignKey field to a specific subset of users, such as staff members. This
article provides a comprehensive guide on how to limit a ForeignKey to …
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Web Server Gateway Interface (WSGI) is a specification that defines the communication between web servers and web applications in Python. Django, a high-level Python web framework, supports WSGI and provides tools to create robust web applications. This article provides an in-depth guide on writing a basic Django WSGI handler, explaining …
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If you get this error when trying to save something in the Django admin, it's probably because you forgot to synchronize the database after adding the admin application. If you are using a pre-1.2 version of Django, you can simply:
$ ./managy.py syncdb
Django 1.2 (which is currently …
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If you've been following along, you are probably already aware the Pinax team has decided to make some radical changes to their directory structure based on input from users. I took the time to update my own Pinax project — let me show you what's changed.
First, here's the new directory …
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I recently began working on a project based on Pinax. The Pinax project's goal is to develop a set of re-usable applications for the Django Web Framework that are common in website development. Generally, these applications provide the functions and features common in social media sites. For reference, Bob Haugen …
