#django

does anyone have a more advanced book or resource on testing in django apps than the TDD with Python book?

Basically I wanna do TDD but every time I go through TDD with Python... I end up learning how to TDD a lists app

what function does resolver return from a class based view? i'm writing a test for my url resolver...

so i do something like foo = resolve('/'), assertEqual(foo.func, IndexView.as_view()) or something

mekhami: class based views still use a function... it's what as_view() returns

as_view is a view function factory

hm

when i do that assert, it fails

ALL VIEWS ARE FUNCTIONS :)

it won't be equal, because as_view() will return a new view function on each call

hm

is there any way to write a test for this with CBVs then?

maybe resolve isn't exactly what i want?

The django-cms site we've been working on for several months is live

we're going to be making it open source soon

the text on those images

not good

yeah

why can't you use named URLs in test cases

seems a bit silly

tried to get the client to do solid colors

we're going to darken the image to get the white to show up more

limbera: what makes you think you can't?

kanja, just tell them to do something sensible like drop it to the bottom and do a blur shadow

the docs don't

so i suppose you can

i should user reverse shouldn't i

I'm stumped and would really appreciate suggestions. I think I need some help with terminology. My goal is to create a custom list_filter for contrib.admin that compares mutliple attributes of the model to return the desired subset.

Have I described something like: add function to list_filter that returns a custom query set?

I'm not really sure what part of the docs to go searching in

can't work this test out

here's the stack trace: http://dpaste.com/3RNQRWG

this is the code: http://dpaste.com/2RWK2XA

i'm starting very basic and just trying to write a test that ping's the view

kavefish: last I checked admin filters can only work on a single input value...

this is the url: url(r'^signup/$', views.player_create, name='player-create'),

kavefish: also, it's sounding like you're trying to use admin for the wrong purpose

thanks FunkyBob - I think what I want is a custom SimpleListFilter

limbera: is it included in a namespace?

but I'd be glad to for suggestions on a better approach

could you clarify what you mean?

yeah it is

"teams" namespace

kavefish: mean in what regard?

url(r'^teams/', include('apps.teams.urls', namespace='teams')),

limbera: sl you use reverse('teams:player-create') ?

FunkyBob: about using the admin incorrectly

that is what i have done

Anyone have some advice on testing CBVs? I can't seem to find the right way to do it

kavefish: well, it sounds like you're trying to use admin as a management interface for your web site

how do i pass the html_message parameter here? https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.7/topics/em...

kavefish: where it's currently meant to be a DB Admin interface

send_mail(subj,body,from,to,html_message='etc') ?

yes hjf_

I think that's fair. Is the preferred method for site management to create a custom admin interface?

kavefish: a custom interface, yes...

not arguing, but what makes you say django.contrib.admin is meant to exclusively for DB admin?

it's not like you can change the schema from there

hm

it doesn't seem to work

this is what i've got so far but don't quite understand what's going on

it still sends the plaintext only

Content-Type: text/plain;

I have a contact form that upon submission is redirecting to the wrong url and I don't undertand why

kavefish: the interface is very much about tables and data

VIEW: http://dpaste.com/3PKF3FS

URLS: http://dpaste.com/3GQ6KJW

because over the last 10 years I've seen people keep trying to use it, stretch it, twist it... and continue to discover it's really not quite flexible enough, and not worth the effort

it's not "logical" from an end set perspective

in a database you use foreign keys

it seems perfect in the beginning...

but in life you use lists

trying to customize the Django admin is an exercise in frustration

by the way, what I'm going for is described here: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.7/ref/contr...

and completely not worth your time

its going to mysite.com/search/contact/ instead of just mysite.com/thanks

then you discover it's too data-centric, where your site really needs something more process-centriic that will enforce your business rules

admin lets you manage and manipulate your data...

interesting

I'm definitely a beginner

I have, however, got someone to start working on my plans to split admin into a "console framework" and "admin built on that framework"

building a custom management interface with CBVs is trivial

and allows you to add custom stuff much easier

given the point of django is to make developing web apps simpler...

hydraidm801: sure looks like you're returning a redirect to '/thanks/' (which you shouldn't be hardcoding, but anyway...)

I have shipped sites with just the django admin, but only really simple sites that took me like a day to make

for people who have a small budget

thanks for the advice

yeah I don't know why

I'm a beginner, so it's hard to differentiate the source of frustration :)

https://gist.github.com/mekhami/8b95c588497cc40... can someone help me explain this? So the request method is None? do i have to do some additional code in the test to make it a get request?

mekhami: use the request factory instead of just creating a raw request

mekhami: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.7/topics/te...

only thing I can think is that its on a testing server and the pyc files aren't updated after a reboot

hydraidm801: so test on your local machine and compare?

(not that that is likely)

I can't send email from here its pointless

so just use the console mail backend

you're not testing that portion of it anyway

well I am trying to test the email portion today

that's not what your problem you came here is though

yeah somehow the urls are redirecting wrong.

the debug Request URL should be the one in my form but its not somehow

would it be bad practice to do my testing in a "use case" sort of a way

like create a class called TestSignup(unittest.TestCase)

that tests getting the signup page

submitting the form

checking the databse

limbera: totally fine to do, you want to keep an eye on coverage though

ok cool

this is my 4th or 5th attempt at writing tests for this app