Django Project creation check list

1) (Optional) Create new Project: django-admin.py startproject projectname
2a) Add to Apache config (replace evreything within <>):

<Location "/<location>/">
  SetHandler python-program
  PythonHandler django.core.handlers.modpython
  SetEnv DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE ikariam.settings
 
  PythonDebug On # disable this on a production site!

  PythonPath "['<path to project root>'] + sys.path"
</Location>
# media files
Alias /media "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/django/contrib/admin/media"

2b) Optionally run the python webserver: python manage.py runserver 8080
3) settings.py: Set TIME_ZONE = 'Europe/Zurich' and LANGUAGE_CODE = 'de-CH'
4) settings.py: Set Database config
5) settings.py: Add project

INSTALLED_APPS = (
  'mysite.books', # or
  'mysite'
)

6) example Model:

# $Id$
#
# if not specified, primarykeys will be generated automatically. A field
# with the name `id` is added as auto increment field. So do not specifically
# declare primarykeys manually unless needed.
# http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/db/models/#automatic-primary-key-fields
from django.db import models

class Schedule(models.Model):
 # id = models.AutoField(primary_key=True)
 start = models.TimeField()
 end = models.TimeField()
 lastmod = models.DateTimeField(auto_now=True)
 inserted = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)

 def __unicode__(self):
  return self.start + " - " + self.end

class Price(models.Model):
 # id = models.AutoField(primary_key=True)
 name = models.CharField(max_length=10)
 description = models.CharField(max_length=250)
 lastmod = models.DateTimeField(auto_now=True)
 inserted = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)

 def __unicode__(self):
  return self.name

class Event(models.Model):
 # id = models.AutoField(primary_key=True)
 name = models.CharField(max_length=30)
 start = models.DateField()
 end = models.DateField()

 schedule = models.ForeignKey(Schedule)
 price = models.ForeignKey(Price)

 lastmod = models.DateTimeField(auto_now=True)
 inserted = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)

 def __unicode__(self):
  return self.name

 class Meta:
  # db_table = u'ana_event'
  ordering = ["name"]
  verbose_name = "Event"
  verbose_name_plural = "Events"
 
 class Admin:
  pass
#  list_display = ("name", "start", "end")
#  search_fields = ('name',)
#  list_filter = ('name')
#  ordering = ('x', 'y')

7) Check db creation and create Database:

python manage.py validate # validate db structure
python manage.py sqlall projectname # show creation SQL
python manage.py syncdb # create Database

8) Install the admin application. Do this by adding "django.contrib.admin" to your INSTALLED_APPS setting.

INSTALLED_APPS = (
  'django.contrib.auth',
  'django.contrib.contenttypes',
  'django.contrib.sessions',
  'django.contrib.sites',
  'django.contrib.admin',
  'ana'
)

9) Install url redirector

from django.conf.urls.defaults import *

# Uncomment the next two lines to enable the admin:
from django.contrib import admin
admin.autodiscover()

urlpatterns = patterns('',
  # Example:
  # (r'^ana/', include('ana.foo.urls')),
  
  # Uncomment the admin/doc line below and add 'django.contrib.admindocs'
  # to INSTALLED_APPS to enable admin documentation:
  # (r'^admin/doc/', include('django.contrib.admindocs.urls')),
  
  # Uncomment the next line to enable the admin:
  # (r'admin/$', include('django.contrib.admin.urls')),
  (r'^ana/admin/(.*)$', admin.site.root),
)

10) Write an aemin definition for the objects

from ana.models import Event
from django.contrib import admin

class EventAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
# fieldsets = [
#  (None,               {'fields': ['question']}),
#  ('Date information', {'fields': ['pub_date'], 'classes': ['collapse']}),
# ]

 # display these fields in the listing
 list_display = ("name", "start", "end")

 # add filter to the right of a listing
 #list_filter = ['name']

 # Let's add some search capability:
 search_fields = ['name']

 # Finally, because Poll objects have dates, it'd be convenient
 # to be able to drill down by date. Add this line:
 # date_hierarchy = 'pub_date'

 # liste verkleinern
 # def queryset(self, request):
 # return self.model._default_manager.filter(ocean=0)

admin.site.register(Event, EventAdmin)