Archive for October, 2008
Webfaction Limited Review
UPDATE: Since writing this review, I have set up two accounts with Webfaction. Check out my latest review.
I’ve seen a lot of recommendations for Webfaction for new Django developers who want an easy to use hosting solution. As you can see from previous posts that I have a VPS that I’ve set up Django on. [...]
October 29, 2008
Tags: webfaction Posted in: Programming & Internet, Technology, Web Sites 
21 Comments
Django Tip: get_FIELD_display()
I’m posting this because it seems rather simple, but it took me a while to find – even with some tips from some helpful people in the #django IRC channel.
Let’s say you have a ChoiceField set up like the documents describe:
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class Foo(models.Model):
GENDER_CHOICES = (
[...]
October 3, 2008
Posted in: Yada 5 Comments
Dynamic Filtered Drop-Down Choice Fields With Django
I’m enjoying the Django framework. Sometimes, what was seems rather easy (relatively speaking) gets sort of complicated when working within the boundaries of a framework. Such was the case with my latest endeavor to filter on drop-down based on the selection of another drop-down.
Here is the situation: I have a database with car makes and [...]
October 3, 2008
Tags: ajax, django, prototype Posted in: Programming & Internet 7 Comments
