Mar 6, 2010

Supplementing settings in settings_local

Vladimir Sidorenko

For local project settings, I use old trick with settings_local file:

false

So in settings_local.py we can override variables from settings.py. I didn't know how to supplement them. For example how to add line to INSTALLED_APPSwithout copying whole list.

Yesterday I finally understood that I can import settings from settings_local:

false

Update

Now, couple years later I prefer having separate settings file for different environments, as it is described in 2 scoops of django.

More thoughts

May 12, 2010Technology

Twitter API, OAuth and decorators

In my current project I had a task to use twitter API. Twitter uses OAuth for authentication, which is pretty dreary. To avoid fiddling with it all the time, I've moved authentication to decorator. If key is available - nothing happens, just view is launched as usual. It's convenient that there's no need for additional twitter settings in user profile. Code is in article.

Vladimir Sidorenko

Apr 19, 2022Technology

Improve efficiency of your SELECT queries

SQL is a fairly complicated language with a steep learning curve. For a large number of people who make use of SQL, learning to apply it efficiently takes lots of trials and errors. Here are some tips on how you can make your SELECT queries better. The majority of tips should be applicable to any relational database management system, but the terminology and exact namings will be taken from PostgreSQL.

Yurii Mironov

Nov 29, 2022Technology

React Performance Testing with Jest

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.

Yurii Mironov

Aug 8, 2016BusinessTechnology

How To Add HTML5 Geolocation To Your Web App?

In this article I will describe how to integrate geolocation HTML5 function to a web app so you can then easily implement it in your apps or websites. As an example we are going to create small web app which will be able to calculate the shortest route between detected user’s location and predefined destination using Google Maps API.

Mikhail Andreev

Aug 18, 2022Technology

5 Best Practices of RESTful API Design to Keep Your Users Happy

Dive into our guide to RESTful API best practices

Vladimir Sidorenko

Feb 18, 2010Technology

Absolute urls in models

Everybody knows about permalink, but it's usually used only in get_absolute_url. I prefer to use it for all related model urls.class Event(models.Model):# [email protected] edit_url(self):return ('event_edit', (self.pk, ))And then in template:<a href="{{ event.edit_url }}">Редактировать событие</a>

Vladimir Sidorenko

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