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July 21, 2020 » Django on Matt Layman » [Archived Version]
On this episode, we will explore more about models and how to interact with data in your database. Listen at djangoriffs.com. Last Episode On the last episode, we discussed the basics of setting up a database and creating a model to store data. Working With Models To create new rows in our new database tables, we can use a model’s save method. When you save a model instance, Django will send a message to the database that effectively says “add this new data to this database table.
Read MoreJuly 7, 2020 » Django on Matt Layman » [Archived Version]
What are the tools that I use to test a Django app? Let’s find out! You might say I’m test obsessed. I like having very high automated test coverage. This is especially true when I’m working on solo applications. I want the best test safety net that I can have to protect me from myself. We’re going to explore the testing packages that I commonly use on Django projects. We’ll also look at a few of the important techniques that I apply to make my testing experience great.
Read MoreJune 30, 2020 » Django on Matt Layman » [Archived Version]
On this episode, we will learn about storing data and how Django manages data using models. Listen at djangoriffs.com. Last Episode On the last episode, we saw Django forms and how to interact with users to collect data. Setting Up A relational database is like a collection of spreadsheets. Each spreadsheet is actually called a table. A table has a set of columns to track different pieces of data. Each row in the table would represent a related group.
Read MoreJune 26, 2020 » Django on Matt Layman » [Archived Version]
In this episode, we took a break from the regular app to work on an app for a local hackathon that I’m participating in. This is the second week for the hackathon and in this stream, I apply the final touches to the application. We work on models, a template, and build an RSS feed using Django syndication contrib app. The final presentation for the app was the next day so it was crunch time to finish everything off.
Read MoreJune 25, 2020 » Django on Matt Layman » [Archived Version]
In the previous Understand Django article, we encountered forms and how forms allow your application to receive data from users who use your site. In this article, you’ll see how to take that data and store it into a database so that your application can use that data or display it later. From Browser To DjangoURLs Lead The WayViews On ViewsTemplates For User InterfacesUser Interaction With FormsStore Data With ModelsAdminister All The ThingsAnatomy Of An ApplicationUser AuthenticationMiddlewar…
Read MoreMay 28, 2020 » Django on Matt Layman » [Archived Version]
In this episode, I worked on a views and templates. There are a number of core pages that are required to flesh out the minimal interface for the app. We’re building them. I began by showing the page that we were going to work on. I outlined the changes I planned to make, then we started. The first thing we added was data about the school year, the main model on display in the page.
Read MoreMay 21, 2020 » Django on Matt Layman » [Archived Version]
In this episode, I replaced the default Django test runner to use pytest. We walked through installation, configuration, how to change tests, and the benefits that come from using pytest. We started by looking at the current state of the test suite to provide a baseline to compare against. After that, I went to PyPI to find the version of pytest-django that we wanted to install. I added the package to my requirements-dev.
Read MoreMay 11, 2020 » Django on Matt Layman » [Archived Version]
On this episode, we will learn about HTML forms and Django’s form system to use when collecting input from users. Listen at djangoriffs.com. Last Episode On the previous episode, we looked at templates, the primary tool that Django provides to build user interfaces in your Django app. Web Forms 101 HTML can describe the type of data that you may want your users to send to your site. Collecting this data is done with a handful of tags.
Read MoreMay 5, 2020 » Django on Matt Layman » [Archived Version]
In the previous Understand Django article, we saw how Django templates work to produce a user interface. That’s fine if you only need to display a user interface, but what do you do if you need your site to interact with users? You use Django’s form system! In this article, we’ll focus on how to work with web forms using the Django form system. From Browser To DjangoURLs Lead The WayViews On ViewsTemplates For User InterfacesUser Interaction With FormsStore Data With ModelsAdminister All The Th…
Read MoreApril 8, 2020 » Django on Matt Layman » [Archived Version]
On this episode, we look at templates, the primary tool that Django provides to build user interfaces in your Django app. Listen at djangoriffs.com. Last Episode On the previous episode, we talked about views and how views handle requests to create HTTP responses for users. Set Up Templates are static files that Django will fill in with data. In order to use those files, we must instruct Django on where to find them.
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