One of the key requirements for modern UI is being performant. No matter how beautiful your app looks and what killer features it offers, it will frustrate your users if it clangs.
Increasing performance by using proper query structure
Earlier in our previous article "Improve efficiency of your SELECT queries" we discussed ways to profile and optimize the performance of SELECT queries. However, to write complex yet efficient SQL queries, there is a thing to remember about.
How to Generate PDF Files in Python with Xhtml2pdf, WeasyPrint or Unoconv
Programmatic generation of PDF files is a frequent task when developing applications that can export reports, bills, or questionnaires. In this article, we will consider three common tools for creating PDFs, including their installation and converting principles.
There was a task to submit form with ajax, with server side validation of course. Obvious solution is to do validation and return json with erros. I didn't like idea of writing separate view for validation and then inserting errors in form html on client side. Especially since I already had a generic template for django form with errors display. In this article I'll describe how I solved the task.
In UNIX way, each view should solve single task. This is good idea, but sometimes we need to mix logic of different views on same page. Filter, sort, paginate, or, for example, add comment on product page. In this article I'll show how we can mix such multiple views.