September 21, 2011 12:37 p.m.
GeoDjango is a very powerful tool for storing and manipulating geographic data using the Django ORM. It provides a simple API to determine distances between two points on a map, find areas of polygons, locate the points within a polygon, and much more.
GeoDjango is fairly well documented on the Django website. My aim with this walkthrough is to reduce the Django documentation to a simple set of steps that will quickly get you started experimenting with GeoDjango. As a result, some of the initial steps are summarized from the Django site with only slight modifications to fit the circumstances ...
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Updated 09/21/11 @ 12:37PM CDT by jjasinski
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Django Python
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django
geo
geographic
geospatial
latitude
longitude
python
August 29, 2011 9:47 a.m.
At its minimum, the Django Admin is an effective tool for viewing and manipulating data within a Django database. At its max, it can be a robust application allowing clients and administrators to better manage their web applications. This article aims to highlight some of the admin customizations that I find particularly useful when trying to make the admin more than just a data browsing tool. If you’d like to follow along with this tutorial, you may view the associated, fully-functional Django Application at github: https://github.com/imagescape/chicagodjango-demo1. The purpose of this application is simply to demonstrate ...
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Updated 08/29/11 @ 09:47AM CDT by jjasinski
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Django Python
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admin
customization
django
hacks
programming
python
Having scheduled the first meeting of the reanimated Chicago Djangonauts, I didn't know what to expect. There were a number of RSVPs on Facebook and a couple through the chicagodjango.com site, but you never know.
We ordered three cases of beer from our favorite brewer and 13 pizzas from our favorite pizzeria and we didn't have to wait long before the door buzzer started ringing.
And ringing.
All in all, there were 30+ who came to the meetup. Our office is a great space but unusually shaped for an event of this size. Thankfully, no one seemed ...
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Updated 04/08/11 @ 03:13PM CDT by brian
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Django
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chicago
djangonauts
November 17, 2010 9:52 a.m.
Django forms are very convenient tools for Django development, but sometimes I find myself wrangling with them to get them to do what I want them to do. I’ve compiled a few simple form examples that I find useful for various form-related tasks.
Say you have a model that looks like this:
Example 1:
class MyModel(models.Model):
myfield1= models.CharField(u'Field 1 Name', help_text='Field 1 help',
max_length=20, blank=True)
myfield2 = models.CharField(u'Field 2 Name', help_text='Field 2 help',
max_length=20, blank=True)
As we know, generating a basic ModelForm for this model is ...
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Updated 11/17/10 @ 09:52AM CST by jjasinski
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Django Python
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django
forms
python
October 28, 2010 3:41 p.m.
Of all the Django modules that are out there, several stand out as ones that I keep coming back to. These are some of my favorites:
1) Django Debug Toolbar - http://robhudson.github.com/django-debug-toolbar/ Django Debug Toolbar is an extremely useful Django application for debugging a site from “Django’s perspective.” It should only be used during the development of a site. This toolbar overlays an expandable menu over every page of your website. Upon expanding this menu, you can see all of the request variables and settings variables associated with that page. Also, it allows you to view ...
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Updated 10/28/10 @ 03:41PM CDT by jjasinski
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Django Python
Tags:
compress
debug
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extensions
favorite
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