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Mastering Django: Core

You're reading from   Mastering Django: Core The Complete Guide to Django 1.8 LTS

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Product type Paperback
Published in Dec 2016
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ISBN-13 9781787281141
Length 694 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Mastering Django: Core
Credits
About the Author
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Preface
1. Introduction to Django and Getting Started FREE CHAPTER 2. Views and URLconfs 3. Templates 4. Models 5. The Django Admin Site 6. Forms 7. Advanced Views and URLconfs 8. Advanced Templates 9. Advanced Models 10. Generic Views 11. User Authentication in Django 12. Testing in Django 13. Deploying Django 14. Generating Non-HTML Content 15. Django Sessions 16. Djangos Cache Framework 17. Django Middleware 18. Internationalization 19. Security in Django 20. More on Installing Django 21. Advanced Database Management Model Definition Reference Database API Reference Generic View Reference Settings Built-in Template Tags and Filters Request and Response Objects Developing Django with Visual Studio

Extending the template system


Now that you understand a bit more about the internals of the template system, let's look at how to extend the system with custom code. Most template customization comes in the form of custom template tags and/or filters. Although the Django template language comes with many built-in tags and filters, you'll probably assemble your own libraries of tags and filters that fit your own needs. Fortunately, it's quite easy to define your own functionality.

Code layout

Custom template tags and filters must live inside a Django app. If they relate to an existing app it makes sense to bundle them there; otherwise, you should create a new app to hold them. The app should contain a templatetags directory, at the same level as models.py, views.py, and so on. If this doesn't already exist, create it-don't forget the __init__.py file to ensure the directory is treated as a Python package.

After adding this module, you will need to restart your server before you can use the tags...

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