Pass request object to the form: CBV and Form Mixins
If you want to access data from request object in your model form these two mixins will help you to do it easily:Python and DjangoTags djangoRead more about Pass request object to the form: CBV and...
View ArticleERROR: must be owner of extension plpgsql
Today while moving Django/PostgreSQL site between servers and importing an SQL dump into the new location I got a surprising error "ERROR: must be owner of extension plpgsql". I'm already used to...
View ArticleRun Multiple Django Apps With Celery On One Server With Rabbitmq VHosts
Very often we can have multiple Django apps each running celery and all this is installed on a single server. How do we isolate these separate app's celery workers? The answer is: Simple, if you use...
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Adding a custom extra field to entity / node display
I had a case recently, where I needed to add custom data to the node display and wanted this data to behave like a field, however the data itself didn't belong to a field. By "behaving like a field" I...
View ArticleCleanup Files (and Images) On Model Delete in Django
In Django, if your model has Filefield / Imagefield, when it's get deleted it doesn't delete attached files by default. To fix that you need to do two steps:1) Add filecleanup function, that'll take...
View ArticleStop PIP from re-downloading same packages over and over again
PIP has a habit of re-downloading same packages every time you hit pip install package_name. That's not so cool, especially, when you deploy packages from requirements.txt and one of the packages...
View ArticleMake Django and AngularJS play nicely together
Been working a lot with AngularJS and Django recently. To make them play nicely together one of the first things you need to do in your Angular App is to enable CSRF support and send X-Requested-With...
View ArticleAngularJS Style Guide
I've just stumbled upon a very nice style guide for AngularJS on Github: https://github.com/johnpapa/angularjs-styleguide by John Papa. In the guide you'll find recommended approaches to your AngularJS...
View ArticleImproving Number of Queries Generated by Django Comment's render_comment_list...
One of my Django apps uses Django Comments. To show a list of comments on a page I use this simple built-in template tag:{% render_comment_list forobject %}Python and DjangoTags djangoRead more about...
View ArticleAngularJS plus Django: A match made in heaven
I've just finished watching "AngularJS plus Django: A match made in heaven" DjangoCon US 2014 talk by Nina Zakharenko (Video | Slides) and it was quite helpful. Since I'm working with API's and mobile...
View ArticleDjango Uwsgi Nginx 504 Gateway Timeout
I had a long running process (data import) and encountered 504 Gateway Timeout error. I use Nginx / uwsgi pair to serve my Django app. After doing some research it turned out that the problem is in...
View ArticleHow To Force Search API To Reindex a Node / an Entity
By default Search API (Drupal 7) reindexes a node when the node gets updated. But what if you want to reindex a node / an entity on demand or via some other hook i.e. outside of update cycle?Turned out...
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First Steps To Do When You Start A Project With Ionic
Here are the first steps I do when I start developing a mobile app with Ionic Framework. Ionic has a great getting started page where the main steps are perfectly described, but I usually do a little...
View ArticleAdding a custom extra field to entity / node display
I had a case recently, where I needed to add custom data to the node display and wanted this data to behave like a field, however the data itself didn't belong to a field. By "behaving like a field" I...
View ArticleCleanup Files (and Images) On Model Delete in Django
In Django, if your model has Filefield / Imagefield, when it's get deleted it doesn't delete attached files by default. To fix that you need to do two steps: 1) Add filecleanup function, that'll take...
View ArticleStop PIP from re-downloading same packages over and over again
PIP has a habit of re-downloading same packages every time you hit pip install package_name. That's not so cool, especially, when you deploy packages from requirements.txt and one of the packages...
View ArticleMake Django and AngularJS play nicely together
Been working a lot with AngularJS and Django recently. To make them play nicely together one of the first things you need to do in your Angular App is to enable CSRF support and send X-Requested-With...
View ArticleAngularJS Style Guide
I've just stumbled upon a very nice style guide for AngularJS on Github: https://github.com/johnpapa/angularjs-styleguide by John Papa. In the guide you'll find recommended approaches to your AngularJS...
View ArticleImproving Number of Queries Generated by Django Comment's render_comment_list...
One of my Django apps uses Django Comments. To show a list of comments on a page I use this simple built-in template tag:{%render_comment_listforobject%}All is fine, but I noticed that it loads user...
View ArticleAngularJS plus Django: A match made in heaven
I've just finished watching "AngularJS plus Django: A match made in heaven" DjangoCon US 2014 talk by Nina Zakharenko (Video | Slides) and it was quite helpful. Since I'm working with API's and mobile...
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