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they are joining all the defaults on one file wich is good

i would like that usability feature as well

and also to use the setting as app_setting.MY_POWER_SETTING

i have made a cheap copy of what they do, but i cant make it work with @overrite_settings of django.test

even with that signaling in the end :/

can you show what you've tried?

hello i am having error ('no file or directory static' ) running python manage.py collectstatic locally this is the settings.py file --> https://dpaste.de/CRRU

knbk: I'll make a demo file

I have a model with a CharField. That field can either be NULL or blank when data is initially fed into it through a DB process. Then I'll have a formset that shows records where that field is NULL/blank. The user will be required to enter something into that field. To me, this means I should set null=True and leave blank=false. However, I'm a bit scared based on Two Scoops guidelines and various SO posts. Is this an okay design?

hi all

ive made this simplified version https://dpaste.de/yvhs

TitaniumLeg: i think you are missing STATIC_ROOT

If I find a random python package I want to use in my project, is there anything special I need to do to "install" it? other than use pip?

Hi! My Django app is running using uWSGI on Ubuntu 16.04.2, and I want to have something to monitor if it's dead or not, and if it is, then start it so it works, any recommendations?

andrewSC: if its a django extension you may have to add it to the installed_apps setting, but if the random package doesn't tell you how to use it maybe you should skip it :p

bakirelived: lol ;)

I think I have the situation figured out.. I was looking at the base.py config vs. what I already have as a base.txt in a requirements folder containing the various python packages

What does static_root have to do with my question? Asking honestly - that just looks like it's only related to serving static files.

is there a shorthand like 'foo' if bar else 'baz' in template language?

I somehow recall there was

mm not even that, I have a number from a manager .count() and I'd like to print it only if it's != 0

Morning people

TitaniumLeg: when u run collect static, you are asking django to copy all your static files(that are found using the STATICFILES_DIRS setting) to a folder in the OS

that folder is what you put on static_root

I think you have me confused with someone else. I asked about model field settings for when a database needs to accept null, but a form needs to require a value.

when you run the runserver command, it doesn't need this, but when deploying you need to copy the staticfiles to a folder where you can set the server user to have permissions to serve it

I'm no expert, thats my understanding of it :P

yes, i'm sorry :O

julipels_: ^

no worries! You had me thinking I really knew absolutely nothing about anything

I would try to help you now but I don't work with django forms xD

bakirelived i tried adding the name on the staticfiles_dirs to the static_root variable but i keep getting the "staticfile should not contain the static_root setting

Haha it's the thought that counts!

knbk: have you looked into my mesy hack?

julipels_: craete a folder mkdir /var/www/my_project then set the STATIC_ROOT='/var/www/my_project'

when you run the collectstatic command, django will copy the files on your staticfiles_dirs to that new dir

bakirelived: you don't have a signal that clear app_settings, only one that clears proj_settings

TitaniumLeg: it's generally not advised to set null=True on a CharField, since it allows for two empty values, NULL and ''

on my test im overriding the proj_setting.

bakirelived: hm, make sure your names are correct? they're not consistent in the paste

yeah i rewrote some stuff to the paste..

kbnk: right, isn't it necessary in the scenario I described, though?

TitaniumLeg: why? can't you use '' for all empty values when you populate the db?

on the test i'm importing the app modules on the top of the file, and that import imports the app settings and the proj settings. ive even tried using the reload_module function of the django.utils but no cigar

kbnk: but that would mean setting blank=true, right? Which would allow the end user to not enter anything into the form

bakirelived: oh right, of course. you need to import the module itself, and then access the settings, i.e. from proj import conf; conf.proj_settings if you follow that pattern

TitaniumLeg: no, `blank` has no effect on what _you_ can enter in the db

so if you don't want to allow empty values in forms, set blank=False, you can still enter blank values through the ORM

ahhh. I'm a dummy. Thank you very much.

Hi everyone

Which file I should edit in `contrib/admin/templates` to add the delete action & checkboxes to a custom change_list.html?

bakirelived i have removed the static_root folder and left only the staticfiles_dir to move the staticfiles to aws but i am getting this error i guess it is the slow network https://dpaste.de/GNTN

julipels_: Access Denied doesn't seem like it would be caused by a slow network, more like the credentials aren't correct

julipels_: btw, you've exposed both your SECRET_KEY and your AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY, you should change the SECRET_KEY and deactivate the AWS key. Also take a look at 12factor to keep such secrets out of your settings files

ok thank you kbbk

How do you know when something should be its own app? For example I have a feature I want to write that uses an API (with requests) and should populate a model/object with the data it receives back

in addition, when you use this cookiecutter https://github.com/pydanny/cookiecutter-django it creates a "users" folder under the root project source directory. that users folder is an app right?

andrewSC: yes, that's an app

knbk: that was exacly the problem, changing to from proj import conf and then using conf module fixes it

ty sooo much :D

bakirelived: you're welcome :) do you understand why that change is necessary?