Hi jbr3, Check scrabala.com Is it similar to what you are working on? On 3/23/12, jbr3 <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi again, > > I've been trying to figure this out for awhile, but to no avail. I'll > try to list the problems I've had in understanding it. > > 1. I'm not sure what the forms.py file should look like. > > Going by Shawn's model, would it be something like: > > " class GuessForm(ModelForm): > class Meta: > model= Guess > exclude = ('user') " > > This gives me a dropdown list of possible answers, but no form changes > I've tried to make give me multiple radio buttons or multiple > checkboxes. Have I selected the wrong model to make the modelform > from ? > > 2. I don't completely understand the concept of using Booleans. I've > added admin functionality to the app so I can add questions and > potential answers as well as select (using a checkbox) the correct > response. Based on the model Shawn provided, selecting one of the > checkboxes generated in admin makes that choice true and the others > false. The user's answer needs to be compared against these, but I > don't understand how I would achieve that. I assume I'm supposed to > set this up in the form, but I can't get the radio buttons or > checkboxes to work there. I can successfully submit an answer from the > dropdown, but I still have no idea how it would be compared to the > stored boolean value. Do I have to write more code for this ? And what > would the best way be to retrieve it ? > > Also, in the examples I've seen, BooleanField() in forms involves > creating a list of choices in the form. But it doesn't seem like I > would need such a thing if I'm just using radio buttons whose value > will be checked against a changing option for each question. Yet I > can't really see how an alternative approach would work. > > 3. I don't know what the template should look like. It seems like I > should be mixing the form fields with data passed directly from the > model by using views. In my view, I've set > "Question.objects.get(id=1)" to a variable. I've passed that to the > template. But I've also used "{{ form.as_p }}". That gives me the > possible answers that had been entered in the admin in the template. > But, the answers aren't generated as radio buttons with text next to > them. It seems like I would have to pass the actual text of the > answers using views (setting "variable.answer_set.all() to another > variable and then passing it to the template) and then generate radio > buttons some other way. When I generated the buttons in the template, > though, the submission failed. I don't see how these could be checked > against the boolean value stored for the right answer. And, like I > said, I can't figure out how to make them work properly with the > form. > > I know I've asked this already, but is it possible for anyone to show > some sample code so I can understand how this should be done using > Shawn's models. I've been trying to get this for awhile now, but I > still don't really understand it. I know there are about fifty > different questions here, but if anyone could help out in any way it > would be appreciated. > > Thanks > > > > > On Mar 14, 11:36 pm, jbr3 <[email protected]> wrote: >> Can anyone help me with some questions I still have about this ? I >> haven't had much experience with web programming, so trying to >> understand this is kind of challenging. >> >> 1. I created the models Shawn suggested. And I'm now able to add a >> question and possible answers to it in the admin area. Each possible >> answer has a checkbox next to it with the "Correct" label from the >> model. Does setting the correct response require anything more than >> selecting the appropriate checkbox and saving the question ? >> >> 2. I still don't understand how I'm supposed to combine these three >> models together in order to get the right output for the user. I've >> been trying different approaches in views.py, forms.py and my >> template. But I can't really figure out how this should be set up. I >> don't like to keep asking for such direct examples. >> But would anyone be able to provide kind of an abstract view based on >> the model Shawn provided. >> >> On Mar 11, 5:16 pm, jbr3 <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > Thanks for responding Shawn. I guess I was thinking that if I wanted >> > to save the user's responses and the correct answers a different model >> > would be needed for both. >> >> > On Mar 11, 4:11 pm, Shawn Milochik <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > > I think I'd do this: >> >> > > Models: >> >> > > Question >> > > question text >> >> > > Answer >> > > question foreign key >> > > answer text >> > > correct (boolean) >> >> > > Guess >> > > user foreign key >> > > answer foreign key >> >> > > That should be all you need (along with the User model or your own >> > > method of tracking unique users without forcing them to register). >> >> > > I don't understand what your fourth model is for. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Django users" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en. > >
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