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.. glossary:: |
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field |
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An attribute on a :term:`model`; a given field usually maps directly to |
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a single database column. |
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See :ref:`topics-db-models`. |
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generic view |
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A higher-order :term:`view` function that abstracts common idioms and patterns |
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found in view development and abstracts them. |
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See :ref:`ref-generic-views`. |
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model |
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Models store your application's data. |
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See :ref:`topics-db-models`. |
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MTV |
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See :ref:`mtv`. |
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MVC |
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`Model-view-controller`__; a software pattern. Django :ref:`follows MVC |
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to some extent <mtv>`. |
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__ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model-view-controller |
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project |
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A Python package -- i.e. a directory of code -- that contains all the |
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settings for an instance of Django. This would include database |
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configuration, Django-specific options and application-specific |
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settings. |
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property |
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Also known as "managed attributes", and a feature of Python since |
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version 2.2. From `the property documentation`__: |
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Properties are a neat way to implement attributes whose usage |
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resembles attribute access, but whose implementation uses method |
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calls. [...] You |
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could only do this by overriding ``__getattr__`` and |
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``__setattr__``; but overriding ``__setattr__`` slows down all |
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attribute assignments considerably, and overriding ``__getattr__`` |
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is always a bit tricky to get right. Properties let you do this |
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painlessly, without having to override ``__getattr__`` or |
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``__setattr__``. |
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__ http://www.python.org/download/releases/2.2/descrintro/#property |
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queryset |
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An object representing some set of rows to be fetched from the database. |
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See :ref:`topics-db-queries`. |
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slug |
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A short label for something, containing only letters, numbers, |
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underscores or hyphens. They're generally used in URLs. For |
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example, in a typical blog entry URL: |
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.. parsed-literal:: |
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http://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2008/apr/12/**spring**/ |
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the last bit (``spring``) is the slug. |
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template |
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A chunk of text that separates the presentation of a document from its |
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data. |
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See :ref:`topics-templates`. |
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view |
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A function responsible for rending a page. |