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Growl type notifications in Django
First, a little background Django has an excellent messages framework which provides support for cookie and session-based messaging, for both anonymous and authenticated users. …
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Tweaking Django exceptions with custom middleware
When settings.DEBUG is set to False, exception tracebacks will be sent to settings.ADMINS. To make it simpler to track down how and why the exception was raised, it's beneficial …
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Finding the closest data center using GeoIP and indexing
We are about to release the TurnKey Linux Backup and Migration (TKLBAM) mechanism, which boasts to be the simplest way, ever, to backup a TurnKey appliance across all deployments …
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Django settings.py for development and production
So you developed a Django web application and now need to deploy it into production, but still need to actively continue development (bugfixes, tweaks, adding and testing new …
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Django navigation bar (active link highlighting)
Every web application needs a navigation bar. Common practice is to indicate to the user where he or she is, and is usually implemented by using a visual aid such as a bold …
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Optimizing Django: tricks for faster page loads
By reducing the file size of your CSS, JavaScript and images, as well as the number of unnecessary browser requests made to your site, load time of your applications pages can be …
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Django User Profiles - Simple yet powerful
So you're building a web application, and using the excellent contrib.auth subsystem to manage user accounts. Most probably you need to store additional information about your …
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Background task processing and deferred execution in Django
Or, Celery + RabbitMQ = Django awesomeness! As you know, Django is synchronous, or blocking. This means each request will not be returned until all processing (e.g., of a view) is …
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Django Signals: Be lazy, let stuff happen magically
When I first learned about Django signals, it gave me the same warm fuzzy feeling I got when I started using RSS. Define what I'm interested in, sit back, relax, and let the …