Re: Feature request: Generic add/change features (similar to admin)

2007-06-04 Thread jj
Thanks Russ. I had seen that, but documentation was scarce and I wanted a faster method (no template writing, django admin css and templates are good enough for my app, no need to recode). It took me a little while, but I've now switched completely to to generic::create_object(). Compared to

Re: Feature request: Generic add/change features (similar to admin)

2007-05-21 Thread Russell Keith-Magee
On 5/21/07, jj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Wouldn't it be cool if generic views supported add/change out of the > box, and the only code to write was a 1-liner equivalent to admin's > "fields=(...,)"? Could the current admin rewrite be the occasion to > factor out this functionality and make it

Feature request: Generic add/change features (similar to admin)

2007-05-21 Thread jj
One of the best features of Django admin is the ability to add and edit objects without writing any code OR template. However, no such built-in functionality on the non-admin part of the site. Everyone has to reimplement it on its own, which is cumbersome and difficult to get right or as good.