Python Typing Koans

   |  476 words  |  Kracekumar

Python 3 introduced type annotation syntax. PEP 484 introduced a provisional module to provide these standard definitions and tools, along with some conventions for situations where annotations are not available. Python is a dynamic language and follows gradual typing. When a static type checker runs a python code, the type checker considers code without type hints as Any. def print_name(name): print(name) planet: str = "earth" In the above example, the name argument type hint will be Any since the type hint is missing while the type hint for the planet variable is a string. [Read More]
python  Django  gradual-typing  type-hints 

Model Field - Django ORM Working - Part 2

   |  1664 words  |  Kracekumar

The last post covered the structure of Django Model. This post covers how the model field works, what are the some important methods and functionality and properties of the field. Object-Relational Mapper is a technique of declaring, querying the database tables using Object relationship in the programming language. Here is a sample model declaration in Django. class Question(models.Model): question_text = models.CharField(max_length=200) pub_date = models.DateTimeField('date published') Each class inherits from models.Model becomes a table inside the SQL database unless explicitly marked as abstract. [Read More]
python  Django  series 

Structure - Django ORM Working - Part 1

   |  584 words  |  Kracekumar

Django ORM hides a lot of complexity while developing the web application. The data model declaration and querying pattern are simplified, whereas it’s structured differently behind the scenes. The series of blog posts will explain Django ORM working(not just converting Python code to SQL), model declaration, querying (manager, queryset), supporting multiple drivers, writing custom queries, migrations etc… Consider a model definition from the Django tutorial. from django.db import models class Question(models. [Read More]
python  Django  series 

Permissions in Django Admin

   |  284 words  |  Kracekumar

Admin dashboard is one of the Django’s useful feature. Admin dashboard allows super users to create, read, update, delete database objects. The super users have full control over the data. Staff user can login into admin dashboard but can’t access data. In few cases, staff users needs restricted access . Super user can access all data from various in built and third party apps. Here is a screenshot of Super user admin interface after login. [Read More]
django  python 

Testing Django Views

   |  170 words  |  Kracekumar

Majority of web frameworks promote MVC/MTV software pattern. The way web applications are designed today aren’t same as 5-6 years back. Back then it was server side templates, HTML, API’s weren’t widespread and mobile apps were becoming popular. Rise of mobile and Single Page Application shifted majority of web development towards API centric development. Testing API is super simple with data in and data out, but testing a django view in classic web application is difficult since HTML is returned. [Read More]
django  testing 

Simple Json Response basic test between Flask and Django

   |  614 words  |  Kracekumar

Django and Flask are two well known Python web frameworks. There are lot of benchmarks claim Flask is 2xfaster for simple JSON Response, one such is Techempower. After lookinginto the source, it struckme Django can do better! I will compare Flask and Django for simple json response. The machine used is Macbook pro, Intel Core i5-4258U CPU @ 2.40GHz,with 8 GB Memory on OS X 10.10.3. gunicorn==19.3.0 will be used for serving WSGI application. [Read More]
python  flask  django 

django print exception to console

   |  69 words  |  Kracekumar

Django has very good debug toolbar for debugging SQL. While working with Single Page Application and API exceptions can’t be displayed in browser. Exception is sent to front end. What if the exception can be printed to console ? Django middleware gets called for every request/response. The small helper class looks like Add the filename and class name to MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES in settings file like This is how exceptions looks [Read More]
python  django 

Two scoops of django

   |  245 words  |  Kracekumar

Two Scoops of Django -1.5 is book by Pydanny and Audrey Roy focusing on writing clean and better Django application. If you are using Django in production this is must read book. Q: I am using django since 0.8 do I need this book ? A: Yes, consider the book as starting point to validate your assumption. Q: I just started using django, should I read this ? A: Yes. I started to use django in production last month. [Read More]
book-review  django 

Updating model instance attribute in django

   |  200 words  |  Kracekumar

It is very common to update single attribute of a model instance (say update first name in user profile) and save it to db. In [18]: u = User.objects.get(id=1) In [19]: u.first_name = u"kracekumar" In [20]: u.save() Very straight forward approach. How does django send the sql query to database ? In [22]: from django.db import connection In [22]: connection.queries Out[22]: [... {u'sql': u'UPDATE "auth_user" SET "password" = \'pbkdf2_sha256$12000$vsHWOlo1ZhZg$DrC46wq+a2jEtEzxmUEw4vQw8oV/rxEK7zVi30QLGF4=\', "last_login" = \'2014-02-01 06:55:44. [Read More]
python  django