Django

A Python framework for creating websites and web apps.

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  • Django views
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  • Django user groups and permissions
  • Django routing
• Manipulating databases with Django

Use timezone.now() instead of datetime stuff.

python manage.py shell to open a shell and interact with Django API. Can write stuff to databases!

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# Django provides a rich database lookup API that's entirely driven by
# keyword arguments.
>>> Question.objects.filter(id=1)
<QuerySet [<Question: What's up?>]>
>>> Question.objects.filter(question_text__startswith='What')
<QuerySet [<Question: What's up?>]>

When sending POST request, use {% csrf_token %}. Whatever that means.

forloop.counter indicates how many times the for tag has gone through its loop.

Should do .save() to commit changes to DB.

To create a custom 404 page, just add 404.html to templates folder. Don’t know why this works.

• Django Views — The Right Way
• Tutorials | LearnDjango.com
• Making queries
• Passing variable from django template to view
• How to redirect to previous page in Django after POST request - Stack Overflow

• Cross Site Request Forgery protection
• Avoid race conditions using F()

• How To Build a Weather App in Django | DigitalOcean