Instead of using render_to_response to bind your context to a template and render it (which is what the Django docs usually show) use the generic view direct_to_template. It does the same thing that render_to_response does but it also automatically adds RequestContext to the template context, implicitly allowing context processors to be used. You can do this manually using render_to_response, but why bother? It's just another step to remember and another LOC. Besides making use of context processors, having RequestContext in your template allows you to do things like:

<a href="{{MEDIA_URL}}images/frog.jpg">A frog</a> 

这是非常有用的。事实上，+1在一般的视图上。对于简单的应用程序，Django文档大多将它们作为快捷方式显示，甚至没有views.py文件，但你也可以在自己的视图函数中使用它们:

from django.views.generic import simple

def article_detail(request, slug=None):
    article = get_object_or_404(Article, slug=slug)
    return simple.direct_to_template(request, 
        template="articles/article_detail.html",
        extra_context={'article': article}
    )

如果您对模型进行更改

./manage.py dumpdata appname > appname_data.json  
./manage.py reset appname
django-admin.py loaddata appname_data.json

使用django调试工具栏。例如，它允许查看在呈现视图时执行的所有SQL查询，您还可以查看其中任何一个的堆栈跟踪。

使用信号动态地添加访问方法。

我在django photologue中看到过这种技术:对于添加的任何Size对象，post_init信号都会将相应的方法添加到Image模型中。 如果您添加了一个巨型站点，检索巨型分辨率图片的方法将是image.get_giant_url()。

这些方法是通过调用post_init信号中的add_accessor_methods来生成的:

def add_accessor_methods(self, *args, **kwargs):
    for size in PhotoSizeCache().sizes.keys():
        setattr(self, 'get_%s_size' % size,
                curry(self._get_SIZE_size, size=size))
        setattr(self, 'get_%s_photosize' % size,
                curry(self._get_SIZE_photosize, size=size))
        setattr(self, 'get_%s_url' % size,
                curry(self._get_SIZE_url, size=size))
        setattr(self, 'get_%s_filename' % size,
                curry(self._get_SIZE_filename, size=size))

参见photologue的源代码。用于实际使用的模型。

为具有相同结构的遗留表集创建动态模型:

class BaseStructure(models.Model):
    name = models.CharField(max_length=100)
    address = models.CharField(max_length=100)

    class Meta:
        abstract=True

class DynamicTable(models.Model):
    table_name = models.CharField(max_length=20)

    def get_model(self):
        class Meta:
            managed=False
            table_name=self.table_name

        attrs = {}
        attrs['Meta'] = Meta

        # type(new_class_name, (base,classes), {extra: attributes})
        dynamic_class = type(self.table_name, (BaseStructure,), attrs) 
        return dynamic_class

customers = DynamicTable.objects.get(table_name='Customers').get_model()
me = customers.objects.get(name='Josh Smeaton')
me.address = 'Over the rainbow'
me.save()

这假设您拥有具有相同结构的遗留表。您不需要创建一个模型来包装每个表，而是定义一个基本模型，并动态构造与特定表交互所需的类。

在init上更改Django表单字段属性

有时向Form类传递额外的参数是有用的。

from django import forms
from mymodels import Group

class MyForm(forms.Form):
    group=forms.ModelChoiceField(queryset=None)
    email=forms.EmailField()
    some_choices=forms.ChoiceField()


    def __init__(self,my_var,*args,**kwrds):
        super(MyForm,self).__init__(*args,**kwrds)
        self.fields['group'].queryset=Group.objects.filter(...)
        self.fields['email'].widget.attrs['size']='50'
        self.fields['some_choices']=[[x,x] for x in list_of_stuff]

来源:Dzone片段