Hi, You must read: https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/modules.html
and https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/datastructures.html#dictionaries Cheers, On Thu, Feb 15, 2018 at 8:06 PM, drone4four <[email protected]> wrote: > In, “Password management in Django > <https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.0/topics/auth/passwords/#how-django-stores-passwords>”, > it explains that this particular doc is for advanced users, like Django > admins who need to choose different hashing algorithms. So it’s not really > necessary for a beginner user like me to understand. From the doc: > > ...depending on your requirements, you may choose a different algorithm, >> or even use a custom algorithm to match your specific security situation. >> Again, most users shouldn’t need to do this – if you’re not sure, you >> probably don’t. If you do, please read on... > > > I don’t. So I don’t need to continue reading. > > But I do have some questions about dot notation in general as some code > appears in settings.py. Lines 87 - 100 in this file appear as follows: > > AUTH_PASSWORD_VALIDATORS = [ > { > 'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation. > UserAttributeSimilarityValidator', > }, > > { > 'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation. > MinimumLengthValidator', > }, > > { > 'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation. > CommonPasswordValidator', > }, > > { > 'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation. > NumericPasswordValidator', > }, > ] > > > > Can someone please identify the first item in this list? I understand > that all the items in this list are dictionaries. The first dictionary is > named, ‘NAME’. The key involves libraries, functions, variables, class > names and more functions. Which is which? Is `django` the library? What is > `contrib`? Is this a function name or a class name? If `contrib` is a > function name or class name, where is it located in my venv or Django > project folder? > > What does each word in the dictionary mean or refer to? Can some one > please explain the syntax? > > Thanks for your attention. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Django users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/django-users. > To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/ > msgid/django-users/e285f69d-3aad-4d99-b46e-7f6be5ccbffb%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/e285f69d-3aad-4d99-b46e-7f6be5ccbffb%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Juan -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/django-users. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/CAJK1Jg26MJz2xHYQyH7EdH44EmoUNcdW1D%2BMOfGtmeq4yr8Z9A%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
