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Django code explainers

python
from django import forms
from django.utils import timezone
 
from .models import Reservation

Multi-field validation in a Django ModelForm

form validation cross-field validation modelform
Intermediate 7 steps
python
from django import template
from django.urls import reverse, NoReverseMatch
from django.utils.html import format_html
 

Active nav-link template tags in Django

template tags url routing active state
Intermediate 7 steps
python
import os
from pathlib import Path
 
BASE_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent.parent

How a Django settings module is wired

configuration environment-variables middleware
Intermediate 8 steps
python
from django.db.models import Q
 
from .models import Order
 

DISTINCT ON queries in Django

orm querysets postgresql
Intermediate 7 steps
python
from decimal import Decimal, ROUND_HALF_UP
 
from django.db import transaction
from django.db.models import F

Batch price updates safely in Django

decimal-precision batch-processing transactions
Advanced 8 steps
python
from django.db import transaction
from django.forms import inlineformset_factory
from django.shortcuts import get_object_or_404, redirect, render
 

Editing an order with inline formsets in Django

formsets transactions crud
Intermediate 9 steps
python
from django.core.paginator import Paginator
from django.shortcuts import render
 
from .models import Product

Filtering and paginating a Django product list

queryset pagination filtering
Intermediate 7 steps
python
from pathlib import Path
 
from django.contrib.auth.decorators import login_required
from django.http import FileResponse, Http404, HttpResponseForbidden

Serving files with access checks in Django

authorization http-caching file-serving
Intermediate 7 steps
python
from django.db import models
from django.db.models import Q
from django.conf import settings
 

Enforcing one default address per user in Django

data modeling database constraints partial index
Intermediate 7 steps
python
from django.contrib.auth.mixins import LoginRequiredMixin, UserPassesTestMixin
from django.shortcuts import get_object_or_404
from django.views.generic import DetailView
 

Team membership access control in Django

access-control mixins class-based-views
Intermediate 7 steps
python
import django_filters
from django import forms
from django.utils import timezone
 

Building a date-range FilterSet in Django

filtering querysets form-widgets
Intermediate 6 steps
python
from django.contrib.postgres.search import SearchQuery, SearchRank, SearchVector
from django.core.cache import cache
from django.db.models import F
from django.http import JsonResponse

Ranked full-text search in Django

full-text-search debouncing caching
Advanced 9 steps
python
from django.contrib import admin
from django.utils import timezone
from django.utils.html import format_html
 

Custom columns in the Django admin

admin-customization computed-columns html-rendering
Intermediate 7 steps
python
from django.contrib.auth.mixins import LoginRequiredMixin
from django.views.generic import ListView
 
from .models import Invoice

Building a scoped, filtered ListView in Django

class-based views queryset filtering authentication
Intermediate 7 steps
python
import csv
 
from django.http import StreamingHttpResponse
from django.utils.timezone import now

Streaming a CSV export in Django

streaming csv-export generators
Intermediate 7 steps
python
from functools import wraps
 
from django.core.cache import cache
from django.http import JsonResponse

Building a rate-limit decorator in Django

decorators rate limiting caching
Intermediate 7 steps
python
from decimal import Decimal
 
from django.db import transaction
from django.core.exceptions import ValidationError

Placing an order atomically in Django

transactions row-locking concurrency
Advanced 9 steps
python
from django.core.cache import cache
from django.db.models import Count, Sum, Q
from django.utils import timezone
 

Caching a Django dashboard aggregate query

caching aggregation conditional-queries
Intermediate 7 steps