- Update the authorized vendors' information
- In multiple places, specified that various third-party packages are indeed third-party packages and not part of Django
- Fixed problem accross multiple later chapters where tests passed but pytest reported
Can't add file tracer data for unmeasured file - Use
Git Bashto test git installation on Windows on chapter 1 - Fixed the start of chapter 6 so it doesn't overlap with chapter 5
- Fix rendering problem in chapter 9
- Update the chapter 25 coverage report to match with the project generated by django-crash-starter
- Explained that TimeStampedModel is from django-model-utils, which is a third-party package in chapter 27
- Use
movecommand to move thecheesesdirectory on Windows on chapter 27 - Use double quotes on some code samples of chapter 27
- Explained that shell_plus is from django-extensions which is a third-party package in chapter 28
- Fixed indentation on some code samples of chapter 28, 29 and 37
- Moved link to changelog from its own chapter to chapter 59
- Link to command-line tutorials in the introduction
- Removed mention that VS Code is open source in chapter 1
- Mention
pathlib.Pathin chapter 9 - Added use of
.envto chapter 18 for managing of secrets - Removed duplicate instructions in chapter 18
- Matched the book with django-crash-starter for postgre
DATABASESdefinition in chapter 18 - Explain how to exit
shell_pluswithctrl+din chapter 28 - Fixed the wonky image problems in chapter 22
- Fixed the wonky image problems in chapter 46
- Various grammar changes
- Fix pathlib usage on sqlite database configuration
- Updated the grid description in chapter 44
- Use lists consistently with urlpatterns in chapter 46
- Removed duplicated names from chapter 60
- Supporting Django 3.1's new
Pathusage for files across the book - Updated Conda installation to the new Python 3.8 package in chapter 1
- Remove unnecessary imports in chapter 53
- New cover!
- Defined Django 3.1 as the minimum version of Django on the
hellodjangocode samples - Use pathlib on chapter 9 and 18 to be compatible with Django 3.1
- Lots and lots of grammar polishing across the book
- Removed unnecessary reference to UserUpdateForm in chapter 23
- Specify better where to add link to CheeseUpdateView in chapter 55
- Cleanup of 127.0.0.1:8000 links across the book
- Replace all instances of
test___str__()withtest__str__() - Specify "Until we finish this project" instead of "for the rest of this course" in chapter 3
- Added pagebreak after chapter 17
- Install Django before trying to use it in chapter 18
- Included missing
shell_plusimports ofCheeseFactoryto Chapters 41 and 42 - Put
reverseimport before the rest of the example to improve clarity in chapter 46 - Put
settingsimport before the rest of the example to improve clarity in chapter 49 - Mentioned our online courses including for this book at https://www.feldroy.com/pages/courses
- Added tip for indenting Python in chapter 12
- Divided instructions on how to create and activate a Conda environment in chapter 15
- Updated the comment about the number of installed packages in chapter 16
- Add instructions about how to create the
projectsdirectory from command-line in chapter 16 - On Windows, create the
projectsdirectory in the User's Home insteadofC:\to avoid permission errors on non-Administrator users in chapter 16 - Added the windows
dircommand on explanation about how to list files and folders from the command-line in chapter 16 - Added a note about where is located the User's Home directory on Windows, Linux, and Mac and related environment variables in chapter 16
- On Windows, use
\character as the path separator inpip installsample on chapter 18 - Added a note about how to open the GUI file manager from the terminal/command-line on Windows, Linux and Mac in chapter 16
- Replaced
createdbbypg_isreadyto verify if PostgreSQL is running in chapter 18 - Added a warning to remember to activate the everycheese conda environment in chapter 18
- Added missing reminder in chapter 18
- Reduced the commit message size to prevent text leaking out of the margin of the book in chapter 20
- Included instructions on how to get VS Code to "Auto Save" in chapter 23
- Made ending paragraph about migrations more clear in chapter 23
- Rewrite the 'description' string value in the
shell_plussample to prevent the text from leaking out of the book margin in chapter 28 - Updated the '94% coverage' image in chapter 29
- Updated the cheese create tests to use a regular user and
client.force_login()in chapter 53 - In Chapter 54, the pytest fixture is now the second fixture
- Refactor multiple tests of update views in chapter 56
- Updated the python packages installation logs in chapter 1 and 16
- Improved the Mac PostgreSQL installation tutorial in chapter in chapter 1
- Updated cookiecutter install sample in chapter 16
- Change title bar to be dark in the django-crash-starter project to match screen captures
- Remove call to
CheeseFactoryin all chapterstest_good_cheese_create_view()is defined - Added footer with link to issue tracker on all pages
- Include BitWarden and KeePass as open source password managers in chapters 6, 22, and 31
- Installing Conda on Linux now instructs to say "yes" to "init" in chapter 1
- Explain why we are installing Python 3.7 conda in a Python 3.8 book in chapter 1
- Remove unnecessary first header in chapter 3
- Have readers check that Django was installed correctly in chapter 3
- Included explanation for creating and running migrations in chapter 22
- Added 'Explaining "|linebreaksbr"' section to chapter 24
- Add description of how template tags work in chapter 36
- Added Stracchino to cheese list to have countries specified in chapter 45
- Remove unnecessary
(object)fromMyMixindeclaration in chapter 48 test__str__()in chapter 52 now matches what existed in previous chapters, replacing missing assertion intest_models.py- Added ongoing count of tests so people know they are on track in chapters 53, 54, 55, and 56
- Grammar fixes
- Added explanation of HTTP methods to chapter 33
- Remove
objectas super class in example mixin in chapter 33 - Explain differences between HTTP methods in chapter 33
- Explain that request.GET and request.POST are dictionary-like objects in chapter 33
- Provide clearer description for usage of django-braces in chapter 33
- Close all
{% endblock %}tags consistently across the book - Properly donate code blocks across the book that were missing code hilighting
- Remove internal cruft from across the book
- Added a pagebreak between Part I intro and Chapter 2
- Added short intro to chapter 5
- Remove unnecessary
{sample}tag in chapter 16 - Be more explicit for windows users when running Cookiecutter in chapter 16
- Added link to code at https://github.com/feldroy/django-crash-course/tree/master/code in introduction
- More easily understood git config instructions in chapter 1
- Added missing import to code example in chapter 33
- Fixed code highlighting in chapters 12, 13, 16, 17, and 24
- Windows users are now on sqlite in Chapter 1 and 16
- Removed TODO for using VS Code to set up SSH keys in Chapter i1
- Linked to other authored books in chapter 57
- Grammar and spelling review in Chapter 1
- Changed "Installing Git on Windows" tutorial to use CMD instead Anaconda Prompt to check if git was successfully installed in Chapter 1
- Updated the short link of the vscode quick install script in Chapter 1
- Updated the short link of the PostgreSQL 12 quick install script in Chapter 1
- Revised PostgreSQL setup for Windows in Chapter 1
- Added Two Scoops of Django to Chapter 59
- Made clarifications to the windows VS Code installation instructions in the Ultimate Django Setup Chapter
- Made clarifications to the Mac VS Code installation instructions in the Ultimate Django Setup Chapter
- Provided a warning to users of Safari on Mac and finding downloaded files in the Ultimate Django Setup Chapter
- Removed TODO from the Ultimate Django Setup Chapter
- Broke up Git installation instructions for Windows and Mac in the Ultimate Django Setup Chapter
- Added global Git configuration to the Ultimate Django Setup Chapter
- Improved the Conda instructions in the Ultimate Django Setup Chapter
- New Linux content!
- Added Git installation instructions for Linux to the Ultimate Django Setup Chapter
- Added Linux VS Code installation instructions to the Ultimate Django Setup Chapter
- Added PostgreSQL instructions for Linux to the Ultimate Django Setup Chapter
- Remove backticks from first commit message in chapter 20
- Added
UserDetailViewcomments todjango-crash-starterto match what we show in chapter 22 - Tiny grammar fix in chapter 45
- Fixed spelling in the changelog
- Tweaked the Kindle/Mobi render so it should work in all devices
- Various small grammar edits
- Improved installation git instructions in Chapter 1
- Added Configuring git section in Chapter 1
- Improve installation of vscode on Mac instructions in Chapter 1
- Closed parenthesis in the description of tests in chapter 42
- Changed links and references from roygreenfeld to feldroy per https://www.feldroy.com/blogs/news/were-now-a-little-company-called-feldroy.
- Description improvements across the book
- Fixed two more code overuns
- Explained why we add
__init__.pyto ourcheeses/tests/directory in chapter 29
- Working
kindle/mobiversion thanks to Carlos Johnson!
- Small grammar improvements across the book
- Switched to Latin Modern font in kindle/epub to increase accessibility of code examples across the book
- Reordered the installation instructions in chapter 1
- Removed reference to
test.txtin chapter 18 - Corrected template tag ending in chapter 55
- Reordered the installation steps on chapter 1
- Explained views a little more in chapter 10
- Reordered some of the text in chapter 5 and removed a duplicate senter in chapter 25
- Explain Django model Choices and how they are based on Python enums in chapter 27
- Specify better where the cheeses path include should go in chapter 35
- Explain where
get_firmness_displaycomes from in chapter 38 - Add missing code block around output of test results in chapter 42
- Fixed flawed URL in chapter 46
- Re-explained basic foreign principles in chapter 49
- Removed unnecessary import of
assertRedirectin chapter 53
- Simplified add/update page titles using view properties rather than the harder-to-test-in-templates
HttpRequestapproach in chapter 55
- Made all chapters except the introduction have a number, this is to make referencing code examples easier
- Added Fabio as a tech reviewer
- Warning box for password managers had the word "names" corrected to "passwords"
- Accepted PR that fixed django-crash-starter
- Revised Postgres.app installation instructions in chapter 1
- Rename
README.rsttoREADME.mdin chapter 17 - Replace the reference to
cookiecutter-djangotodjango-crash-starterin chapter 17 - Refer back to basic url routing in chapter 22
- Explained
app_nameandpath namein chapter 34 - Add mention and links to Factory Boy in chapters 40 and 41
- Use correct fontface for
country_of_originin chapter 44 - Included missing
app_namein chapter 46 - Made
INSTALLED_APPSa list rather than a tuple in chapter 48 - Added troubleshooting chapter 58 and began moving troubleshooting instructions there
- Give Christian and Enrique formal credit as tech reviewers
- Grammar and spelling corrections, including some embarressingly large ones
- Test
str()built-in function result in chapters 28 and 41 - Fixed location of figure 54 in chapter 47
- Removed unnecessary usage of Stracchino in chapter 51. Up for debate is if there ever an unnecessary usage of cheese
- Corrected markdown error in chapter 53
- Used even more flexible approach in chapter 54 to account for form changes
- Added typesetting to acknowledgements
- Minor grammar and spelling corrections
- Replaced old summary with chapter 16 with 16.2 paragraphs
- Combine end text for chapter 16 with start text in chapter 17 to be new start text of chapter 17
- Put verify your email image into correct place within chapter 22
- Explained source of
cheese_listin chapter 35 - Properly use cheese firmness in chapter 41
- Use f-strings instead of
format()in chapter 41 - Correct git message in chapter 41
- Added tipbox in chapter 52 explaining that
assertContainsincludes an HTTP status check
- Minor grammar and spelling corrections
- Added the cover back to the PDF version
- Fixed epub metadata so Audrey shows up as author
- Made some explanations more concise per the classic
Two Scoops of Djangostyle - Added explanation for
as_view()method in Chapter 9
- Code examples are now at 70% scale, meaning code overlaps should be a thing of the past
- The PDF now uses Source Code Pro as the code font
- Added section in introduction titled Why Learn Django?
- Linux instructions for installing Conda in the Ultimate Django Setup, authored by Enrique Matías Sánchez
- Added unidecode to django-crash-starter to deal with future unicode issues like
Κεφαλοτύρι - Added another troubleshooting link for Conda on Mac in the Ultimate Setup Chapter.
- Added troubleshooting instructions for GCC failures on the Mac in chapter 17
- Windows users now have troubleshooting instructions for MS Visual Studio code failures in chapter 17
- Put figures (images) into their right places in chapters 22 and 23
- Chapter 24 test run example now lists the correct number of tests
- Troubleshooting non-ASCII characters added to chapter 45
- Rewrote chapter 56, next steps
- Pronoun corrections across the book
- Specific Django version in the introduction
- Various grammar fixes
- Removed
vendor.jsfromdjango-crash-starter - Corrected Spanish in chapter 8
- Now using
django-crash-starteras a name consistently - Added missing exit from psql in chapter 17
- Accepted PR that patched the totally borked
django-crash-starter - For repo creation in chapter 19, corrected text and image
- Made HTML in chapter 35 match what exists in
django-crash-starter - Added missing closing backtick in chapter 35
- Fixed broken test in chapter 41
- Imported more art!
- New tip and warning icons
- More pronoun corrections
- Removed mention of
UnitTestfrom several chapters - Note in Ultimate Django Setup about using alternatives to conda
- In Ultimate Django Setup added instruction for CLI tools for Mac
- Finished fixing chapter 11
context['my_statement']dialogue to say 'Nice to see you!' - Chapter 15 updates:
django-crash-starterCookiecutter prompts updated to match current template, and fix escaping and margins - More clear description of allauth source code in chapter 21
- Now calling Cheese firmness the correct way in chapter 27, 40, and 41
- Wrote literal definition of Cheese Factory to chapter 39
- Added chapters 51, 52, 53, 54, and 55! All chapters are in! Hooray!
- Described Django settings as constants
- Converted chapter 26 to use Django 3-style enums
- Pronoun corrections in numerous chapters
- Image size optimizations to reduce filesize
- Added calling
codecommand from shell for Mac in Ultimate Django Setup chapter - Added summary to chapter 6
- Fixed chapter 11
context['my_statement']result to say 'Nice to see you!' - Added chapter 50: Updating the cheese factory
- ePub TOC now only lists chapter level items
- Removed
avatar_tagstemplate tag reference - Fixed pytest segments
- upgraded from legacy
django.core.urlresolvers.reverseto moderndjango.urls.reverse - Foreign keys now have
on_deletearguments set - Minor grammar corrections
- Better description faker material so it's more obvious what's going on
- Describe git commit messages to better reflect the content of their chapters
- Cleanup on chapters 37 to 49. Next up, getting more chapters into the book!
- Added how to give feedback to the next steps chapter
- Fix for digits at the end of some PDF links
- Make lowercase code segments like
#!/Usr/Bin/Env Pythonand__Str__caused by an overzealous titlecase script - Added strong password and good storage practices reminder to Django superuser creation
- Replaced link to image to the actual image
- Corrected index links to projects
- Removed broken link markup
- Replaced old mentions of GitLab with GitHub
- Use lists instead of tuples to avoid missing-comma tuple confusion
- Updated PyPI link to https://pypi.org/project/
- Better description for hard forks of open source projects
- Added troubleshooting for Conda on Mac
- Cleanup on chapter 35
- Cleanup on chapter 36
- Added acknowledgements and changelog sections
- Fixed conda setup for hellodjango project
- grammar and spelling fixes
- URL path corrections
- Removed
:suffix fromcookiecuttercommand
- Release of the alpha!