Re: Pinax or Straight Django

Maybe this can help You: http://groups.google.com/group/django-users/browse_thread/thread/420e428525b41659/570dd1ffc19458ff?pli=1 http://groups.google.com/group/django-users/browse_thread/thread/420e428525b41659/570dd1ffc19458ff?pli=1 Cheers On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 8:12 AM, Kevin Miller

Pinax or Straight Django

Dear all, I have been struggling between using Pinax or Straight django to develop my apps. I have never used Pinax, but was reading on it. I have already only developed one website in django although it is not yet launched. I would really like to hear the experiences of those who have used

Re: Learn DJango first, then learn Pinax; or just learn Pinax straight-off?

I started learning Python and Django at the same time. That was a bit of a challenge for me, with the Django template language having slightly different syntax. Soon after I started I had to get a project out fast, so I went with Pinax. Pinax helped me learn more about Django (and Python). It felt

Re: pseudo one-to-one

On 17/01/2012 12:57pm, Bill Beal wrote: How about this (or has it been mentioned already?): All children in one table, all with FK to the parent. One FK in the parent pointing to the one special child. Does there really have to be a one-to-one anywhere? And I don't understand why anyone needs

Re: [pinax-users] Learn DJango first, then learn Pinax; or just learn Pinax straight-off?

Thanks, I didn't know of the lightBird site. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to

Re: pseudo one-to-one

On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 12:55 AM, Mike Dewhirst wrote: > I need a one-to-many to behave like a one-to-one. > In -many side add a constraint, unique. Regards, > > The parent instance of my model can only ever have one current child > instance of another model. Multiple

Re: [pinax-users] Learn DJango first, then learn Pinax; or just learn Pinax straight-off?

http://www.lightbird.net/dbe/ has some neat hands-on tutorials. -Venkat -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to

Re: Best Practices for Outsourcing Partial Development?

On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 6:30 AM, cjwalter wrote: > This is why I would appreciate to hear about experiences traveling > this road. What worked and what didn't? > Have never been a fan of elance etc; you should be lucky to find a good set of 'trained hands' there. The best

Re: pseudo one-to-one

How about this (or has it been mentioned already?): All children in one table, all with FK to the parent. One FK in the parent pointing to the one special child. Does there really have to be a one-to-one anywhere? And I don't understand why anyone needs to chain from child to child. If they

Best Practices for Outsourcing Partial Development?

I am working on a django project and am contemplating to contract some expertise (using elance portals) for certain aspects in order to speed- up the development process. This could concern visual design aspects or working on specific apps. But I am reluctant to grant full access to all project

Re: Customize "This field is required" message.

You can specify error message using that: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.3/ref/forms/fields/#error-messages -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To view this discussion on the web visit

admin - user related modules in admin

I use extended user profile (class name: UserProfile). I made an app for this, named account. In settings I have set:AUTH_PROFILE_MODULE = 'account.UserProfile' But I made another model in that app named RestrictedUsername. I want to put there usernames, that will be reserved and not available

Re: Web Servers for Django Projects [WAS: Does anyone know any blogs...]

Graham, thanks for your input, which I found enlightening, especially the information regarding extension modules and sub interpreters. I can see how some of the things I said previously may have been unfairly biased against apache, when the real issues were inherent to how WSGI works and so

Re: [pinax-users] Learn DJango first, then learn Pinax; or just learn Pinax straight-off?

I'd recommend Django first. Do the polls tutorial, first 7 chapters of the book, some Django By Example tuts and then get into Pinax. https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/intro/tutorial01/ http://www.djangobook.com/en/2.0/ http://lightbird.net/dbe/ Cheers, On 17 January 2012 05:12, Alec

Re: pseudo one-to-one

On 17/01/2012 4:13am, Jeff Heard wrote: You might modify the manager to store historical entries in a different table with the same structure. I once built a work invoicing system like that where the work records got transferred from work_in_progress to work_invoiced as part of the invoicing

Re: pseudo one-to-one

On 17/01/2012 4:05am, Bill Freeman wrote: Two thoughts: 1. Have both a one to one and a one to many onto the same children. There's no reason that the current child can't be in both relationships, or you could keep them disjoint by "moving" the old current child to the collection when it id

Re: Validators for fields in Proxy Model - possible without monkeypatching?

You can probably use a form to do most of what you want, with the caveat that as long as your restrictions are more restrictive than any db constraints that auth.User puts in there are. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To view

Re: Database connection closed after each request?

Django-orm looks very useful. Any high DB traffic site using it in production? How mature is it? On Jan 15, 12:06 pm, Daniel Gerzo wrote: > On 15.1.2012 3:36, ydjango wrote: > > > Any updates on MySQL connection pool for django. Has anyone > > implemented it yet and willing to

Re: [pinax-users] Learn DJango first, then learn Pinax; or just learn Pinax straight-off?

Thanks (also, apologies for replying to these so late, I thought I was subscribed but I was only a member... n00b mistake, well I'm getting them as they arrive now) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To view this discussion on

Re: Video conference on django app

You could probably integrate something with BBB, or you could use this: Talk to Experts: This is an extension of Video Office project, that allows you to also search for experts based on a topic, see their calendar, sign up to talk to them in their calendar, and video chat with them in real-time.

Re: Transaction commited byt still receiving "Transaction managed block ended with pending COMMIT/ROLLBACK"

On Mon, 16 Jan 2012 16:41:43 +0100, Tom Evans wrote: On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 3:34 PM, Martin Tiršel wrote: No, you could just subtly re-order your statements: Why I am doing everything the hard way? :))) Thanks, Martin -- You received

Re: pseudo one-to-one

You might modify the manager to store historical entries in a different table with the same structure. On Jan 16, 2012, at 2:18 AM, Mike Dewhirst wrote: > On 16/01/2012 5:19pm, Bill Beal wrote: >> Why not have a child model that differs from the one-to-one child model

Customize "This field is required" message.

Hi, everyone: I created a django form, when I validate it, the empty field that can not be none shows error message "This field is required." Is there a way to tell which filed is required instead of just saying "This field is required." in general? Ex: Username is required. Thanks -- ⚡ Chen

Re: pseudo one-to-one

Two thoughts: 1. Have both a one to one and a one to many onto the same children. There's no reason that the current child can't be in both relationships, or you could keep them disjoint by "moving" the old current child to the collection when it id displaced by a new child. 2. Have a many to

Re: Selecting an E-commerce Application

On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 17:31, Lenz Hirsch wrote: > Servus, > > i would give plata a try because its from the creators of feincms wich > is IMO the best django based CMS. As feincms is more a "cms framework" > which ships with a very good "default implementation" i

Re: I'm stuck on the first tutorial!! - Please HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!

On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 4:47 PM, Krondaj wrote: > Well that didn't come out how I typed it, which helped me solve the > problem!!  and now this should also be formatted properly?? > Yes, that came through properly! A mixture of tabs and spaces would mess things up. > p.s.  

Re: mac vs windows installation /deployment

On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 2:43 PM, Python_Junkie < software.buy.des...@gmail.com> wrote: > I guess I am digging in a lot deeper into this topic that I had > intended, but your statement above > about each developer compiling their own source code seems to go > against the DRY > principle. > The

Re: mac vs windows installation /deployment

On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 11:43 AM, Python_Junkie wrote: > I have no issue with running a script that will compile the source > code, if that was all there was to the process, >  but if someone has tweaked the source code > and makes it work on a particular version of

Re: I'm stuck on the first tutorial!! - Please HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hi Tom, Yeah, just realised. When i wrote the code, I think it was telling me weird things about the indentation. In my editor it looked correct like the message I just wrote above... But obviously when it when through the interpreter it saw what i wrote even earlier, thus getting itself a bit

Re: mac vs windows installation /deployment

Thank you for your response. Your answer makes sense. If the source is set up as a package then in theory it can be installed on any platform with the command setup.py install. Thanks again. I will try again to set finish the set up on my Mac. Bob On Jan 16, 11:38 am, Tom Evans

Re: I'm stuck on the first tutorial!! - Please HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well that didn't come out how I typed it, which helped me solve the problem!! and now this should also be formatted properly?? Hi, This is what I have written: --From Geany editor- from django.db import models # Create your models here. import

Video conference on django app

Hi folks, I know that it's not mainly django topic, but I know here's is a well documented community through several areas. I need to set a video conference (1 on 1) feature for a project in django. Can you provide me some hints about open-source (or free-royalty) apps, or frameworks, to

Re: mac vs windows installation /deployment

>yes, this is wrong. most development is done in non-windows OS. >what you're seeing is that since OSS is about sharing source, On Jan 16, 11:31 am, Javier Guerra Giraldez wrote: > On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 11:22 AM, Python_Junkie > I guess I am digging in a lot deeper into

Re: I'm stuck on the first tutorial!! - Please HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!

On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 4:31 PM, Krondaj wrote: > Hi, This is what I have written, which I believe is the correct > indentation: > --From Geany editor- > [ ... ] > does anyone have any other suggestions? > > When I try to do

Re: mac vs windows installation /deployment

On Jan 16, 10:31 am, Javier Guerra Giraldez wrote: > it's a pity that MacOS is going the same route (i think 10.4 still > included XCode in the optional installers DVD), so there's some demand > for binary distribution for Mac too. mac osx 10.7 (Lion) includes Xcode for free

Re: mac vs windows installation /deployment

On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 4:32 PM, Python_Junkie wrote: > Thanks for the procedure. > > But when I look at the list of packages for pyodbc displayed, they are > tailored to a specific version of python /chipset. > > http://code.google.com/p/pyodbc/downloads/list

Re: mac vs windows installation /deployment

On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 4:22 PM, Python_Junkie wrote: > Am I wrong in the assumption that there are less python packages > available for non windows OS > I have no explicit 'proof' of this, but I am fairly sure that the opposite is true - there will be more

Re: mac vs windows installation /deployment

Thanks for the procedure. But when I look at the list of packages for pyodbc displayed, they are tailored to a specific version of python /chipset. http://code.google.com/p/pyodbc/downloads/list I have a couple of questions. 1. Where do I obtain the source code for pyodbc, above, 2. How do I

Re: mac vs windows installation /deployment

On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 11:22 AM, Python_Junkie wrote: > Am I wrong in the assumption that there are less python packages > available for non windows OS yes, this is wrong. most development is done in non-windows OS. what you're seeing is that since OSS is about

Re: Selecting an E-commerce Application

Servus, i would give plata a try because its from the creators of feincms wich is IMO the best django based CMS. As feincms is more a "cms framework" which ships with a very good "default implementation" i assume the same is true for plata. Plata is very new so maybe you are missing a lot of

Re: I'm stuck on the first tutorial!! - Please HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hi, This is what I have written, which I believe is the correct indentation: --From Geany editor- from django.db import models # Create your models here.import datetime class Poll(models.Model):    question = models.CharField(max_length=200)   

Re: mac vs windows installation /deployment

I appreciate your response. I still would like to move my development over to linux based OS, as you said many of the deployments are on linux web servers. You helped me clarify what I would require in order to make any project successful. I would need the capability of porting any existing open

Re: mac vs windows installation /deployment

You need two things: - Xcode (available in the Mac App Store) - this will give you the tools needed to build software from source - Homebrew (http://mxcl.github.com/homebrew/) - this is similar to fink or MacPorts, but IMHO much better Then do something like: > sudo easy_install pip > sudo pip

Re: Transaction commited byt still receiving "Transaction managed block ended with pending COMMIT/ROLLBACK"

On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 3:34 PM, Martin Tiršel wrote: > Hello, > > This is the view (minimal version without POST processing block): > > @transaction.commit_manually() > def create_free(request): >    context = {}; >    context['categories'] = Category.objects.all() >    

Re: document admin interface

Hi, Why don't use help_text argument in your models or formAdmin? 2012/1/16, Jaroslav Dobrek : > Hello, > > how can I document the admin interface. I do not mean the stuff that > can be achieved with the admin documentation generator. I would like > to add

Transaction commited byt still receiving "Transaction managed block ended with pending COMMIT/ROLLBACK"

Hello, This is the view (minimal version without POST processing block): @transaction.commit_manually() def create_free(request): context = {}; context['categories'] = Category.objects.all() transaction.commit() return render_to_response( 'advert/create_free.html',

document admin interface

Hello, how can I document the admin interface. I do not mean the stuff that can be achieved with the admin documentation generator. I would like to add documentation to those pages that admins see when they create, delete or modify an object. I.e. I want to add explanations about the object being

Re: Alternatives to celery

On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 3:05 PM, bryan hunt wrote: > Gearman only supports a MySql backend for persistent queues - it > doesn't support a real message queue like Rabbitmq. > > > > On Jan 16, 10:33 am, Cherian Thomas wrote: >> Second Arun’s

Re: Alternatives to celery

Gearman supports sqlite. Gearman is for jobs, not just data. Regards, Cherian On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 8:35 PM, bryan hunt wrote: > Gearman only supports a MySql backend for persistent queues - it > doesn't support a real message queue like Rabbitmq. > > > > On Jan

Re: Alternatives to celery

Gearman only supports a MySql backend for persistent queues - it doesn't support a real message queue like Rabbitmq. On Jan 16, 10:33 am, Cherian Thomas wrote: > Second Arun’s suggestion on gearman. Pretty solid too. > > Regards, > Cherian > > > > > > > > On Mon, Jan 16,

Re: Open-source or closed-source for SaaS?

You might also want to consider: (1) Will anybody actually want to compete with you using your code or a fork of same? People often assume ravenous competitors when in real life, nobody is that interested, for whatever reasons. Or at least they will not become interested until you are way out in

Re: Need "edit" and "delete" buttons on each line of a rendered table

Thanks, now I don't have to do the hard work as a noob. On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 9:23 AM, j_syk wrote: > This a good application for named urls with passing arguments. > > for example, given a urls.py containing > >url(r'^edit/(?P[0-9]+)/$', edit_item, name="edit_item"),

Re: mac vs windows installation /deployment

This isn't really an answer to your question, but here's my 2 cents. I'm in the reverse situation as you, Macs at work and Windows at home. I wasn't too interested in figuring out Django development on either after quickly disliking macports and never having the desire to develop on windows

Re: Joining tables

On Jan 16, 8:04 am, Arun P wrote: > Does this work? > > info = > ExtraInformation.objects.filter(user__is_active=1,user__is_staff=0,user__is_superuser=0).order_by("popularity").select_related("user") > > users = map(lambda i: i.user, info) That was for the "uselessly

Re: Need "edit" and "delete" buttons on each line of a rendered table

This a good application for named urls with passing arguments. for example, given a urls.py containing url(r'^edit/(?P[0-9]+)/$', edit_item, name="edit_item"), in your template you can do this: {% for item in item_query %} Edit {% endfor %} Hope that helps! Named urls are the

Re: Need "edit" and "delete" buttons on each line of a rendered table

Thanks, I'll try that. On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 8:58 AM, Szabo, Patrick (LNG-VIE) < patrick.sz...@lexisnexis.at> wrote: > Hi, > > I'm doing the exact same thing. What i do is i add the id of the object of > a row to the url that the button is linking to. > Then I use urls.py and views.py to

AW: Need "edit" and "delete" buttons on each line of a rendered table

Hi, I'm doing the exact same thing. What i do is i add the id of the object of a row to the url that the button is linking to. Then I use urls.py and views.py to identify that id and delete or add the object. cheers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ing. Patrick Szabo

Need "edit" and "delete" buttons on each line of a rendered table

Hi All, I'm trying to render a table and have an EDIT button and a DELETE button on each line, like: ID numberID typeEDITDELETE and identify which line is to be EDITed or DELETEd. I tried to create a unique name for each button, like: but the template language won't let me add.

Validators for fields in Proxy Model - possible without monkeypatching?

I use proxy model class inherited from `django.contrib.models.User` and I want to apply custom validator to `username` field. Is threre a way to do this without monkeypatching, as I cannot override fields in parent class? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google

Re: Alternatives to celery

Second Arun’s suggestion on gearman. Pretty solid too. Regards, Cherian On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 3:52 PM, Alec Taylor wrote: > Looking for an alternative to celery? — Have you considered carrot? > > :P > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to

Re: Alternatives to celery

Looking for an alternative to celery? — Have you considered carrot? :P -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to

Re: Alternatives to celery

Have a look at https://github.com/dmgctrl/django-ztask It's based on ZeroMQ, you can schedule and background tasks in various ways, same machine or even across the network. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To view this