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Learn Web Development with Python

By : Fabrizio Romano, Gaston C. Hillar, Arun Ravindran
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Learn Web Development with Python

By: Fabrizio Romano, Gaston C. Hillar, Arun Ravindran

Overview of this book

If you want to develop complete Python web apps with Django, this Learning Path is for you. It will walk you through Python programming techniques and guide you in implementing them when creating 4 professional Django projects, teaching you how to solve common problems and develop RESTful web services with Django and Python. You will learn how to build a blog application, a social image bookmarking website, an online shop, and an e-learning platform. Learn Web Development with Python will get you started with Python programming techniques, show you how to enhance your applications with AJAX, create RESTful APIs, and set up a production environment for your Django projects. Last but not least, you’ll learn the best practices for creating real-world applications. By the end of this Learning Path, you will have a full understanding of how Django works and how to use it to build web applications from scratch. This Learning Path includes content from the following Packt products: • Learn Python Programming by Fabrizio Romano • Django RESTful Web Services by Gastón C. Hillar • Django Design Patterns and Best Practices by Arun Ravindran
Table of Contents (33 chapters)
Title Page
About Packt
Contributors
Preface
Index

Enhancing models for the admin


Here is an example that enhances the model's admin for better presentation and functionality. You can look at the difference between the two following screenshots to see how a few lines of code can make a lot of difference:

The default admin list view for the sightings model

After the admin customizations explained in this section are made, the same information will be presented in a much more accessible manner, as shown in the following screenshot:

The improved admin list view for the sightings model

The admin app is smart enough to figure out a lot of things from your model automatically. However, sometimes the inferred information can be improved. This usually involves adding an attribute or a method to the model itself (rather than to the ModelAdmin class).

Here is the enhanced Sightings model:

# models.py 
class Sighting(models.Model): 
    superhero = models.ForeignKey( 
        settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL, on_delete=models.CASCADE) 
    power = models.CharField...