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The Definitive Guide to Django: Web Development Done Right, Second Edition

by Adrian Holovaty, Jacob Kaplan-Moss

July 2009

Intermediate to advanced

536 pages

11h 32m

English

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1.1. What Is a Web Framework?1.2. The MVC Design Pattern1.3. Django's History1.4. How to Read This Book1.4.1. Required Programming Knowledge1.4.2. Required Python Knowledge1.4.3. Required Django Version1.5. Getting Help1.6. What's Next?
2.1. Installing Python2.1.1. Python Versions2.1.2. Installation2.2. Installing Django2.2.1. Installing an Official Release2.2.2. Installing the Trunk Version2.3. Testing the Django Installation2.4. Setting Up a Database2.4.1. Using Django with PostgreSQL2.4.2. Using Django with SQLite 32.4.3. Using Django with MySQL2.4.4. Using Django with Oracle2.4.5. Using Django Without a Database2.5. Starting a Project2.5.1. Running the Development Server2.6. What's Next?
3.1. Your First Django-Powered Page: Hello World3.1.1. Your First View3.1.2. Your First URLconf3.1.3. A Quick Note About 404 Errors3.1.4. A Quick Note About the Site Root3.2. How Django Processes a Request3.3. Your Second View: Dynamic Content3.4. URLconfs and Loose Coupling3.5. Your Third View: Dynamic URLs3.6. Django's Pretty Error Pages3.7. What's Next?

4.1. Template-System Basics4.2. Using the Template System4.2.1. Creating Template Objects4.2.2. Rendering a Template4.2.3. Multiple Contexts, Same Template4.2.4. Context Variable Lookup4.2.4.1. Method-Call Behavior4.2.4.2. How Invalid Variables Are Handled4.2.5. Playing with Context Objects4.3. Basic Template Tags and Filters4.3.1. Tags4.3.1.1. if/else4.3.1.2. for4.3.1.3. ifequal/ifnotequal4.3.1.4. Comments4.3.2. Filters4.4. Philosophies and Limitations4.5. Using Templates in Views4.6. Template Loading4.6.1. render_to_response()4.6.2. The locals() Trick4.6.3. Subdirectories in get_template()4.6.4. The include Template Tag4.7. Template Inheritance4.8. What's Next?
5.1. The "Dumb" Way to Do Database Queries in Views5.2. The MTV (or MVC) Development Pattern5.3. Configuring the Database5.4. Your First App5.5. Defining Models in Python5.6. Your First Model5.7. Installing the Model5.8. Basic Data Access5.9. Adding Model String Representations5.10. Inserting and Updating Data5.11. Selecting Objects5.11.1. Filtering Data5.11.2. Retrieving Single Objects5.11.3. Ordering Data5.11.4. Chaining Lookups5.11.5. Slicing Data5.11.6. Updating Multiple Objects in One Statement5.12. Deleting Objects5.13. What's Next?
6.1. The django.contrib Packages6.2. Activating the Admin Interface6.3. Using the Admin Site6.4. Adding Your Models to the Admin Site6.5. How the Admin Site Works6.6. Making Fields Optional6.6.1. Making Date and Numeric Fields Optional6.7. Customizing Field Labels6.8. Custom ModelAdmin Classes6.8.1. Customizing Change Lists6.8.2. Customizing Edit Forms6.9. Users, Groups, and Permissions6.10. When and Why to Use the Admin Interface—And When Not To6.11. What's Next?
7.1. Getting Data from the Request Object7.1.1. Information About the URL7.1.2. Other Information About the Request7.1.3. Information About Submitted Data7.2. A Simple Form-Handling Example7.3. Improving Our Simple Form-Handling Example7.4. Simple Validation7.5. Making a Contact Form7.6. Your First Form Class7.6.1. Tying Form Objects into Views7.6.2. Changing How Fields Are Rendered7.6.3. Setting a Maximum Length7.6.4. Setting Initial Values7.6.5. Adding Custom Validation Rules7.6.6. Specifying Labels7.6.7. Customizing Form Design7.7. What's Next?
8.1. URLconf Tricks8.1.1. Streamlining Function Imports8.1.2. Using Multiple View Prefixes8.1.3. Special-Casing URLs in Debug Mode8.1.4. Using Named Groups8.1.5. Understanding the Matching/Grouping Algorithm8.1.6. Passing Extra Options to View Functions8.1.6.1. Faking Captured URLconf Values8.1.6.2. Making a View Generic8.1.6.3. Giving a View Configuration Options8.1.6.4. Understanding Precedence of Captured Values vs. Extra Options8.1.7. Using Default View Arguments8.1.8. Special-Casing Views8.1.9. Capturing Text in URLs8.1.10. Determining What the URLconf Searches Against8.1.11. Higher-Level Abstractions of View Functions8.1.12. Wrapping View Functions8.2. Including Other URLconfs8.2.1. How Captured Parameters Work with include()8.2.2. How Extra URLconf Options Work with include()8.3. What's Next?
9.1. Template Language Review9.2. RequestContext and Context Processors9.2.1. django.core.context_processors.auth9.2.2. django.core.context_processors.debug9.2.3. django.core.context_processors.i18n9.2.4. django.core.context_processors.request9.2.5. Guidelines for Writing Your Own Context Processors9.3. Automatic HTML Escaping9.3.1. How to Turn It Off9.3.1.1. For Individual Variables9.3.1.2. For Template Blocks9.3.2. Notes9.3.3. Automatic Escaping of String Literals in Filter Arguments9.4. Inside Template Loading9.5. Extending the Template System9.5.1. Creating a Template Library9.5.2. Writing Custom Template Filters9.5.3. Writing Custom Template Tags9.5.4. Writing the Compilation Function9.5.5. Writing the Template Node9.5.6. Registering the Tag9.5.7. Setting a Variable in the Context9.5.8. Parsing Until Another Template Tag9.5.9. Parsing Until Another Template Tag and Saving Contents9.5.10. Shortcut for Simple Tags9.5.11. Inclusion Tags9.6. Writing Custom Template Loaders9.7. Configuring the Template System in Standalone Mode9.8. What's Next?
10.1. Related Objects10.1.1. Accessing Foreign Key Values10.1.2. Accessing Many-to-Many Values10.2. Making Changes to a Database Schema10.2.1. Adding Fields10.2.2. Removing Fields10.2.3. Removing Many-to-Many Fields10.2.4. Removing Models10.3. Managers10.3.1. Adding Extra Manager Methods10.3.2. Modifying Initial Manager QuerySets10.4. Model Methods10.5. Executing Raw SQL Queries10.6. What's Next?
11.1. Using Generic Views11.2. Generic Views of Objects11.3. Extending Generic Views11.3.1. Making "Friendly" Template Contexts11.3.2. Adding Extra Context11.3.3. Viewing Subsets of Objects11.3.4. Complex Filtering with Wrapper Functions11.3.5. Performing Extra Work11.4. What's Next?
12.1. Preparing Your Codebase for Production12.1.1. Turning Off Debug Mode12.1.2. Turning Off Template Debug Mode12.1.3. Implementing a 404 Template12.1.4. Implementing a 500 Template12.1.5. Setting Up Error Alerts12.1.6. Setting Up Broken Link Alerts12.2. Using Different Settings for Production12.3. DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE12.4. Using Django with Apache and mod_python12.4.1. Basic Configuration12.4.2. Running Multiple Django Installations on the Same Apache Instance12.4.3. Running a Development Server with mod_python12.4.4. Serving Django and Media Files from the Same Apache Instance12.4.5. Error Handling12.4.6. Handling a Segmentation Fault12.4.7. An Alternative: mod_wsgi12.5. Using Django with FastCGI12.5.1. FastCGI Overview12.5.2. Running Your FastCGI Server12.5.2.1. Stopping the FastCGI Daemon12.5.3. Using Django with Apache and FastCGI12.5.3.1. Specifying the Location of the FastCGI Server12.5.3.2. Using mod_rewrite to Point URLs at FastCGI12.5.4. FastCGI and lighttpd12.5.4.1. Running Multiple Django Sites on One lighttpd Instance12.5.5. Running Django on a Shared-Hosting Provider with Apache12.5.5.1. Restarting the Spawned Server12.6. Scaling12.6.1. Running on a Single Server12.6.2. Separating Out the Database Server12.6.3. Running a Separate Media Server12.6.4. Implementing Load Balancing and Redundancy12.6.5. Going Big12.7. Performance Tuning12.7.1. There's No Such Thing As Too Much RAM12.7.2. Turn Off Keep-Alive12.7.3. Use Memcached12.7.4. Use Memcached Often12.7.5. Join the Conversation12.8. What's Next?
13.1. The Basics: Views and MIME Types13.2. Producing CSV13.3. Generating PDFs13.3.1. Installing ReportLab13.3.2. Writing Your View13.3.3. Complex PDFs13.4. Other Possibilities13.5. The Syndication-Feed Framework13.5.1. Initialization13.5.2. A Simple Feed13.5.3. A More Complex Feed13.5.4. Specifying the Type of Feed13.5.5. Enclosures13.5.6. Language13.5.7. URLs13.5.8. Publishing Atom and RSS Feeds in Tandem13.6. The Sitemap Framework13.6.1. Installation13.6.2. Initialization13.6.3. Sitemap Classes13.6.4. Shortcuts13.6.4.1. FlatPageSitemap13.6.4.2. GenericSitemap13.6.5. Creating a Sitemap Index13.6.6. Pinging Google13.7. What's Next?
14.1. Cookies14.1.1. Getting and Setting Cookies14.1.2. The Mixed Blessing of Cookies14.2. Django's Session Framework14.2.1. Enabling Sessions14.2.2. Using Sessions in Views14.2.3. Setting Test Cookies14.2.4. Using Sessions Outside of Views14.2.5. When Sessions Are Saved14.2.6. Browser-Length Sessions vs. Persistent Sessions14.2.7. Other Session Settings14.3. Users and Authentication14.3.1. Enabling Authentication Support14.3.2. Using Users14.3.3. Logging In and Out14.3.4. Limiting Access to Logged-in Users14.3.5. Limiting Access to Users Who Pass a Test14.3.6. Managing Users, Permissions, and Groups14.3.6.1. Creating Users14.3.6.2. Changing Passwords14.3.6.3. Handling Registration14.3.7. Using Authentication Data in Templates14.4. Permissions, Groups, and Messages14.4.1. Permissions14.4.2. Groups14.4.3. Messages14.5. What's Next?
15.1. Setting Up the Cache15.1.1. Memcached15.1.2. Database Caching15.1.3. Filesystem Caching15.1.4. Local-Memory Caching15.1.5. Dummy Caching (for Development)15.1.6. Using a Custom Cache Back-End15.1.7. CACHE_BACKEND Arguments15.2. The Per-Site Cache15.3. The Per-View Cache15.3.1. Specifying Per-View Cache in the URLconf15.4. Template Fragment Caching15.5. The Low-Level Cache API15.6. Upstream Caches15.7. Using Vary Headers15.8. Controlling Cache: Using Other Headers15.9. Other Optimizations15.10. Order of MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES15.11. What's Next?
16.1. The Django Standard Library16.2. Sites16.2.1. Scenario 1: Reusing Data on Multiple Sites16.2.2. Scenario 2: Storing Your Site Name/Domain in One Place16.2.3. How to Use the Sites Framework16.2.4. The Sites Framework's Capabilities16.2.4.1. Reusing Data on Multiple Sites16.2.4.2. Associating Content with a Single Site16.2.4.3. Hooking into the Current Site from Views16.2.4.4. Getting the Current Domain for Display16.2.5. CurrentSiteManager16.2.6. How Django Uses the Sites Framework16.3. Flatpages16.3.1. Using Flatpages16.3.2. Adding, Changing, and Deleting Flatpages16.3.2.1. Via the Admin Interface16.3.2.2. Via the Python API16.3.3. Using Flatpage Templates16.4. Redirects16.4.1. Using the Redirects Framework16.4.2. Adding, Changing, and Deleting Redirects16.4.2.1. Via the Admin Interface16.4.2.2. Via the Python API16.5. CSRF Protection16.5.1. A Simple CSRF Example16.5.2. A More Complex CSRF Example16.5.3. Preventing CSRF16.5.3.1. Using the CSRF Middleware16.5.3.2. Limitations of the CSRF Middleware16.6. Humanizing Data16.6.1. apnumber16.6.2. intcomma16.6.3. intword16.6.4. ordinal16.7. Markup Filters16.8. What's Next?
17.1. What's Middleware?17.2. Middleware Installation17.3. Middleware Methods17.3.1. Initializer: __init__(self)17.3.2. Request Preprocessor: process_request(self, request)17.3.3. View Preprocessor: process_view(self, request, view, args, kwargs)17.3.4. Response Postprocessor: process_response(self, request, response)17.3.5. Exception Postprocessor: process_exception(self, request, exception)17.4. Built-in Middleware17.4.1. Authentication Support Middleware17.4.2. "Common" Middleware17.4.3. Compression Middleware17.4.4. Conditional GET Middleware17.4.5. Reverse Proxy Support (X-Forwarded-For Middleware)17.4.6. Session Support Middleware17.4.7. Sitewide Cache Middleware17.4.8. Transaction Middleware17.5. What's Next?
18.1. Integrating with a Legacy Database18.1.1. Using inspectdb18.1.2. Cleaning Up Generated Models18.2. Integrating with an Authentication System18.2.1. Specifying Authentication Back-Ends18.2.2. Writing an Authentication Back-End18.3. Integrating with Legacy Web Applications18.4. What's Next?
19.1. How to Specify Translation Strings19.1.1. In Python Code19.1.1.1. Standard Translation19.1.1.2. Marking Strings As No-Op19.1.1.3. Lazy Translation19.1.1.4. Pluralization19.1.2. In Template Code19.1.3. Working with Lazy Translation Objects19.1.3.1. Joining Strings: string_concat()19.1.3.2. The allow_lazy() Decorator19.2. How to Create Language Files19.2.1. Message Files19.2.2. Compiling Message Files19.3. How Django Discovers Language Preference19.4. Using Translations in Your Own Projects19.5. The set_language Redirect View19.6. Translations and JavaScript19.6.1. The javascript_catalog View19.6.2. Using the JavaScript Translation Catalog19.6.3. Creating JavaScript Translation Catalogs19.7. Notes for Users Familiar with gettext19.8. gettext on Windows19.9. What's Next?
20.1. The Theme of Web Security20.2. SQL Injection20.2.1. The Solution20.3. Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)20.3.1. The Solution20.4. Cross-Site Request Forgery20.5. Session Forging/Hijacking20.5.1. The Solution20.6. E-mail Header Injection20.6.1. The Solution20.7. Directory Traversal20.7.1. The Solution20.8. Exposed Error Messages20.8.1. The Solution20.9. A Final Word on Security20.10. What's Next?
A.1. FieldsA.1.1. AutoFieldA.1.2. BooleanFieldA.1.3. CharFieldA.1.4. CommaSeparatedIntegerFieldA.1.5. DateFieldA.1.6. DateTimeFieldA.1.7. DecimalFieldA.1.8. EmailFieldA.1.9. FileFieldA.1.10. FilePathFieldA.1.11. FloatFieldA.1.12. ImageFieldA.1.13. IntegerFieldA.1.14. IPAddressFieldA.1.15. NullBooleanFieldA.1.16. PositiveIntegerFieldA.1.17. PositiveSmallIntegerFieldA.1.18. SlugFieldA.1.19. SmallIntegerFieldA.1.20. TextFieldA.1.21. TimeFieldA.1.22. URLFieldA.1.23. XMLFieldA.2. Universal Field OptionsA.2.1. nullA.2.2. blankA.2.3. choicesA.2.4. db_columnA.2.5. db_indexA.2.6. db_tablespaceA.2.7. defaultA.2.8. editableA.2.9. help_textA.2.10. primary_keyA.2.11. uniqueA.2.12. unique_for_dateA.2.13. unique_for_monthA.2.14. unique_for_yearA.2.15. verbose_nameA.3. RelationshipsA.3.1. ForeignKeyA.3.2. ManyToManyFieldA.3.3. OneToOneFieldA.4. Model Metadata OptionsA.4.1. abstractA.4.2. db_tableA.4.2.1. Table namesA.4.3. db_tablespaceA.4.4. get_latest_byA.4.5. managedA.4.6. orderingA.4.7. proxyA.4.8. unique_togetherA.4.9. verbose_nameA.4.10. verbose_name_plural
B.1. Creating ObjectsB.1.1. What Happens When You Save?B.1.2. Autoincrementing Primary KeysB.2. Saving Changes to ObjectsB.3. Retrieving ObjectsB.4. Caching and QuerySetsB.5. Filtering ObjectsB.5.1. Chaining FiltersB.5.2. Limiting QuerySetsB.5.3. Query Methods That Return New QuerySetsB.5.3.1. filter(**lookup)B.5.3.2. exclude(**lookup)B.5.3.3. order_by(*fields)B.5.3.4. distinct()B.5.3.5. values(*fields)B.5.3.6. dates(field, kind, order)B.5.3.7. select_related()B.5.4. QuerySet Methods That Do Not Return QuerySetsB.5.4.1. get(**lookup)B.5.4.2. create(**kwargs)B.5.4.3. get_or_create(**kwargs)B.5.4.4. count()B.5.4.5. in_bulk(id_list)B.5.4.6. latest(field_name=None)B.6. Field LookupsB.6.1. exactB.6.2. iexactB.6.3. containsB.6.4. icontainsB.6.5. gt, gte, lt, and lteB.6.6. inB.6.7. startswithB.6.8. istartswithB.6.9. endswith and iendswithB.6.10. rangeB.6.11. year, month, and dayB.6.12. isnullB.6.13. searchB.6.14. The pk Lookup ShortcutB.7. Complex Lookups with Q ObjectsB.8. Related ObjectsB.8.1. Lookups That Span RelationshipsB.8.2. Foreign-Key RelationshipsB.8.3. "Reverse" Foreign-Key RelationshipsB.8.4. Many-to-Many RelationshipsB.8.5. Queries over Related ObjectsB.9. Deleting ObjectsB.10. ShortcutsB.10.1. get_object_or_404()B.10.2. get_list_or_404()B.11. Falling Back to Raw SQL
C.1. Common Arguments to Generic ViewsC.2. "Simple" Generic ViewsC.2.1. Rendering a TemplateC.2.1.1. ExampleC.2.1.2. Required ArgumentsC.2.2. Redirecting to Another URLC.2.2.1. ExampleC.2.2.2. Required ArgumentsC.3. List/Detail Generic ViewsC.3.1. Lists of ObjectsC.3.1.1. ExampleC.3.1.2. Required ArgumentsC.3.1.3. Optional ArgumentsC.3.1.4. Template NameC.3.1.5. Template ContextC.3.2. Detail ViewsC.3.2.1. ExampleC.3.2.2. Required ArgumentsC.3.2.3. Optional ArgumentsC.3.2.4. Template NameC.3.2.5. Template ContextC.4. Date-Based Generic ViewsC.4.1. Archive IndexC.4.1.1. ExampleC.4.1.2. Required ArgumentsC.4.1.3. Optional ArgumentsC.4.1.4. Template NameC.4.1.5. Template ContextC.4.2. Year ArchivesC.4.2.1. ExampleC.4.2.2. Required ArgumentsC.4.2.3. Optional ArgumentsC.4.2.4. Template NameC.4.2.5. Template ContextC.4.3. Month ArchivesC.4.3.1. ExampleC.4.3.2. Required ArgumentsC.4.3.3. Optional ArgumentsC.4.3.4. Template NameC.4.3.5. Template ContextC.4.4. Week ArchivesC.4.4.1. ExampleC.4.4.2. Required ArgumentsC.4.4.3. Optional ArgumentsC.4.4.4. Template NameC.4.4.5. Template ContextC.4.5. Day ArchivesC.4.5.1. ExampleC.4.5.2. Required ArgumentsC.4.5.3. Optional ArgumentsC.4.5.4. Template NameC.4.5.5. Template ContextC.4.6. Archive for TodayC.4.6.1. ExampleC.4.7. Date-Based Detail PagesC.4.7.1. ExampleC.4.7.2. Required ArgumentsC.4.7.3. Optional ArgumentsC.4.7.4. Template NameC.4.7.5. Template Context
D.1. The Basics of Settings FilesD.1.1. Default SettingsD.1.2. Seeing Which Settings You've ChangedD.1.3. Using Settings in Python CodeD.1.4. Altering Settings at RuntimeD.1.5. SecurityD.1.6. Creating Your Own SettingsD.2. Designating the Settings: DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULED.2.1. The django-admin.py UtilityD.2.2. On the Server (mod_python)D.3. Using Settings Without Setting DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULED.3.1. Custom Default SettingsD.3.2. Either configure() or DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE Is RequiredD.4. Available SettingsD.4.1. ABSOLUTE_URL_OVERRIDESD.4.2. ADMIN_MEDIA_PREFIXD.4.3. ADMINSD.4.4. ALLOWED_INCLUDE_ROOTSD.4.5. APPEND_SLASHD.4.6. CACHE_BACKENDD.4.7. CACHE_MIDDLEWARE_KEY_PREFIXD.4.8. DATABASE_ENGINED.4.9. DATABASE_HOSTD.4.10. DATABASE_NAMED.4.11. DATABASE_OPTIONSD.4.12. DATABASE_PASSWORDD.4.13. DATABASE_PORTD.4.14. DATABASE_USERD.4.15. DATE_FORMATD.4.16. DATETIME_FORMATD.4.17. DEBUGD.4.18. DEFAULT_CHARSETD.4.19. DEFAULT_CONTENT_TYPED.4.20. DEFAULT_FROM_EMAILD.4.21. DISALLOWED_USER_AGENTSD.4.22. EMAIL_HOSTD.4.23. EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORDD.4.24. EMAIL_HOST_USERD.4.25. EMAIL_PORTD.4.26. EMAIL_SUBJECT_PREFIXD.4.27. FIXTURE_DIRSD.4.28. IGNORABLE_404_ENDSD.4.29. IGNORABLE_404_STARTSD.4.30. INSTALLED_APPSD.4.31. LANGUAGE_CODED.4.32. LANGUAGESD.4.33. MANAGERSD.4.34. MEDIA_ROOTD.4.35. MEDIA_URLD.4.36. MIDDLEWARE_CLASSESD.4.37. MONTH_DAY_FORMATD.4.38. PREPEND_WWWD.4.39. ROOT_URLCONFD.4.40. SECRET_KEYD.4.41. SEND_BROKEN_LINK_EMAILSD.4.42. SERIALIZATION_MODULESD.4.43. SERVER_EMAILD.4.44. SESSION_COOKIE_AGED.4.45. SESSION_COOKIE_DOMAIND.4.46. SESSION_COOKIE_NAMED.4.47. SESSION_COOKIE_SECURED.4.48. SESSION_EXPIRE_AT_BROWSER_CLOSED.4.49. SESSION_SAVE_EVERY_REQUESTD.4.50. SITE_IDD.4.51. TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORSD.4.52. TEMPLATE_DEBUGD.4.53. TEMPLATE_DIRSD.4.54. TEMPLATE_LOADERSD.4.55. TEMPLATE_STRING_IF_INVALIDD.4.56. TEST_DATABASE_NAMED.4.57. TEST_RUNNERD.4.58. TIME_FORMATD.4.59. TIME_ZONED.4.60. URL_VALIDATOR_USER_AGENTD.4.61. USE_ETAGSD.4.62. USE_I18ND.4.63. YEAR_MONTH_FORMAT
E.1. Built-in Tag ReferenceE.1.1. autoescapeE.1.2. blockE.1.3. commentE.1.4. cycleE.1.5. debugE.1.6. extendsE.1.7. filterE.1.8. firstofE.1.9. forE.1.10. ifE.1.11. ifchangedE.1.12. ifequalE.1.13. ifnotequalE.1.14. includeE.1.15. loadE.1.16. nowE.1.17. regroupE.1.18. spacelessE.1.19. ssiE.1.20. templatetagE.1.21. urlE.1.22. widthratioE.1.23. withE.2. Built-in Filter ReferenceE.2.1. addE.2.2. addslashesE.2.3. capfirstE.2.4. centerE.2.5. cutE.2.6. dateE.2.7. defaultE.2.8. default_if_noneE.2.9. dictsortE.2.10. dictsortreversedE.2.11. divisiblebyE.2.12. escapeE.2.13. escapejsE.2.14. filesizeformatE.2.15. firstE.2.16. fix_ampersandsE.2.17. floatformatE.2.18. force_escapeE.2.19. get_digitE.2.20. iriencodeE.2.21. joinE.2.22. lastE.2.23. lengthE.2.24. length_isE.2.25. linebreaksE.2.25.1. linebreaksbrE.2.26. linenumbersE.2.27. ljustE.2.28. lowerE.2.29. make_listE.2.30. phone2numericE.2.31. pluralizeE.2.32. pprintE.2.33. randomE.2.34. removetagsE.2.35. rjustE.2.36. safeE.2.37. safeseqE.2.38. sliceE.2.39. slugifyE.2.40. stringformatE.2.41. striptagsE.2.42. timeE.2.43. timesinceE.2.44. timeuntilE.2.45. titleE.2.46. truncatewordsE.2.47. truncatewords_htmlE.2.48. unordered_listE.2.49. upperE.2.50. urlencodeE.2.51. urlizeE.2.52. urlizetruncE.2.53. wordcountE.2.54. wordwrapE.2.55. yesno
F.1. UsageF.1.1. Getting Runtime HelpF.1.2. App NamesF.1.3. Determining the VersionF.1.4. Displaying Debug OutputF.2. Available SubcommandsF.2.1. cleanupF.2.2. compilemessagesF.2.2.1. --localeF.2.3. createcachetableF.2.4. createsuperuserF.2.5. dbshellF.2.6. diffsettingsF.2.7. dumpdataF.2.8. flushF.2.9. inspectdbF.2.10. loaddata <fixture fixture ...>F.2.10.1. What's a Fixture?F.2.10.2. Compressed FixturesF.2.11. makemessagesF.2.11.1. --allF.2.11.2. --extensionF.2.11.3. --localeF.2.11.4. --domainF.2.12. reset <appname appname ...>F.2.12.1. --noinputF.2.13. runfcgi [options]F.2.14. runserverF.2.14.1. Examples of Using Different Ports and AddressesF.2.14.2. Serving Static Files with the Development ServerF.2.15. shellF.2.16. sql <appname appname ...>F.2.17. sqlall <appname appname ...>F.2.18. sqlclear <appname appname ...>F.2.19. sqlcustom <appname appname ...>F.2.20. sqlflushF.2.21. sqlindexes <appname appname ...>F.2.22. sqlreset <appname appname ...>F.2.23. sqlsequencereset <appname appname ...>F.2.24. startapp <appname>F.2.25. startproject <projectname>F.2.26. syncdbF.2.26.1. --noinputF.2.27. testF.2.27.1. --noinputF.2.28. testserver <fixture fixture ...>F.2.29. validateF.3. Default OptionsF.3.1. --pythonpathF.3.2. --settingsF.3.3. --tracebackF.3.4. --verbosityF.4. Extra NicetiesF.4.1. Syntax ColoringF.4.2. Bash Completion
G.1. HttpRequestG.1.1. QueryDict ObjectsG.1.2. A Complete ExampleG.2. HttpResponseG.2.1. Construction HttpResponsesG.2.2. Setting HeadersG.2.3. HttpResponse SubclassesG.2.4. Returning ErrorsG.2.5. Customizing the 404 (Not Found) ViewG.2.6. Customizing the 500 (Server Error) View

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