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Template tags are the tags you see in this format {% some_tag %} which allow you to insert dynamic content, logic, or other functionality. The cool thing about Django is you can actually create your own tags when the built-in tags aren't enough. How to Create Your Own The
Django
Django comes with two methods for handling data or output across multiple templates: Template Tags and Context Processors. But why would you use one over the other? Let's take a look at their main strengths and some examples to help you make the choice. Custom Template Tags You
Python
Having a space at the beginning or the end of a string can be frustrating when formatting output. Even more so if the string came from user input and really shouldn't have spaces surrounding the information, like a name or an address. Here's how we can
Python
It's really helpful and fun to see how long a script took to run. It can inform you on how successful the script was in your productivity workflow, or you can use it to determine how effective your programming is, or figure out where the script breaks down
Django
When starting a new app, I recommend immediately creating a models folder and using that to hold files for each model. The advantage in doing this at the start is that your app is easier to maintain as it grows. It's a lot easier to find the model
Django
We can use the classic, {{ forloop.counter }} trick to output the number of the loop iteration (each time we go through the loop, it outputs that number), but it what if your designers want leading zeroes added to those numbers? Just to be clear these are numbers with leading zeroes:
Django
Often you'll end up with several test cases in just one app. Instead of putting all of your tests into one large tests.py file, we can separate them into multiple files within a tests folder. Whether your app continues to grow, requiring more tests, or you just
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You want the current day or year? Sometimes dates and times are tough—to format, to work with, to get. Let's make this as easy as possible. Using datetime The datetime module is my go-to Python library for working with dates and times. To get the day, month,
Productivity
This is just one of many ways to start improving your work and reducing cognitive load, but it's one I've really stuck to and am starting to see huge returns for building systems and processes (rather than having them given to me).
Design System
Working from our basic Sass color theme mixin, we'll explore how to create a more powerful and flexible theming system using Sass. The secret: nested maps in Sass. This technique will allow us to set multiple values for various color combinations, helping us to create robust and customizable
Design System
We have a website design with sections that we want to style differently based on color themes. Styling these themes in the CSS can be tedious and frustrating, especially when we need to override default styles like text color. Instead of bloating our CSS with micro-differences and constant manual repetition,
Regex of the Day
Content is random, so there's not a great way to create an excerpt by character counts if you don't want words to get sliced up awkwardly in th... ...the middle ;) Here's a better way.