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The Django Project adopts a new governance model
The Django Project is switching from a core team to a Django Technical Board. Find out what this means and how the project will be governed.
Django co-creator and former BDFL, Jacob Kaplan Moss, wrote Django’s new governance model to share his thoughts.
PyCon US 2020 is exploring options to cancel or re-schedule due to COVID-19
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Python Insider: Python 3.7.7 is now available
Python 3.7.7 is out!
Articles
About Removing Duplicates in the Database - DjangoTricks
An elegant code snippet for removing duplicates in a database.
9 Django Tips for Working with Databases
Multiple tips for getting more out of Django's ORM.
Django Best Practices - Function-Based Views vs Class-Based Views
An overview of the pros/cons of each approach.
Django's Field Choices Don't Constrain Your Data
An interesting take on Field.choices in Django.
TLDR: Generate Django Secret Key
This TLDR is a quick reminder of how to generate a secret key locally, without going to some website on the internet to generate it for you.
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Django-Styleguide
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Django Styleguide
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Podcasts
Django Riffs - Views on Django
A look at views, a major component within Django and a primary place where your code will run. Show notes here.
Django Chat - API-First Architecture
A discussion of the multiple ways to architect APIs with Django REST Framework, including focus on authentication, front-end frameworks, and performance.
Projects
ydaniv/django-rest-assured: Instantly test-cover your Django REST Framework based API
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django-rest-assured
Instantly test-cover your Django REST Framework based API
django-rest-assured
Instantly test-cover your Django REST Framework based API.
Django-REST-Assured adds another layer on top of Django REST Framework's APITestCase which allows covering a set of RESTful resource's endpoints with a single class declaration.
This gives both a quick coverage of sanity tests to your API and a more DRY and more friendly platform for writing additional, more comprehensive tests.
As easy as
class CategoryTestCase(ReadWriteRESTAPITestCaseMixin, BaseRESTAPITestCase)
base_name = 'category'
factory_class = CategoryFactory
create_data = {'name': 'comedy'}
update_data = {'name': 'horror'}
Django-REST-Assured is designed to work with factory_boy
for mocking objects to test against. However, you can easily extend the BaseRESTAPITestCase
to work directly with Django Models or any other factory.
Main features
- Class-based declarative API for creating tests.
- Covers the stack through:
route > view > serializer > model. - Uses Django REST Framework's conventions to minimize configuration.
- All tests…
Django-REST-Assured adds another layer on top of Django REST Framework’s APITestCase which allows covering a set of RESTful resource’s endpoints with a single class declaration.
meshy/django-schema-graph: An interactive graph of your Django model structure
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django-schema-graph
An interactive graph of your Django model structure
Django Schema Graph
Django-schema-graph makes a colourful diagram out of your Django models. The diagram is interactive, and makes it easy to toggle models and apps on/off at will.
It looks like this:
| Feature | Screenshot |
|---|---|
| Models |  |
| Apps |  |
| Both together |  |
| Graph editor |  |
(Apologies that the images above don't work on PyPI. Check it out on GitHub.)
Installation
Install from PyPI:
pip install django-schema-graph
Add to INSTALLED_APPS:
INSTALLED_APPS = [
'schema_graph',
...
]
Add to your URLs.
from schema_graph.views import Schema
urlpatterns += [
# On Django 2+:
path("schema/", Schema.as_view()),
# Or, on Django < 2:
url(r"^schema/$", Schema.as_view()),
]
Use
Browse to /schema/ (assuming that's where you put it in your URLs).
You can control access to this page using the SCHEMA_GRAPH_VISIBLE setting
or by subclassing schema_graph.views.Schema and overriding access_permitted.
By default…
Django Schema Graph creates a colorful diagram out of your Django models apps.
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