在生产环境中自动设置'DEBUG'属性(settings.py)

import socket

if socket.gethostname() == 'productionserver.com':
    DEBUG = False
else:
    DEBUG = True

由:http://nicksergeant.com/2008/automatically-setting-debug-in-your-django-app-based-on-server-hostname/

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}
    )

PyCharm IDE是一个很好的编码环境，尤其是调试环境，内置了对Django的支持。

使用数据库迁移。使用南。

当将变量从视图传递到模板时，输入响应字典会变得很乏味。我发现使用locals()一次性传递所有局部变量很好。

def show_thing(request, thing_id):
    thing = Thing.objects.get(pk=thing_id)
    return render_to_response('templates/things/show.html', locals())

(本质上不是一个隐藏的特性，但对于刚接触Python和Django的人来说还是很有帮助的。)

编辑:显然，显式比隐式更好，但这种方法在开发过程中是有帮助的。

因为Django的“视图”只需要是返回HttpResponse的可调用对象，你可以很容易地创建基于类的视图，就像Ruby on Rails和其他框架中的那样。

有几种方法可以创建基于类的视图，下面是我最喜欢的:

from django import http

class RestView(object):
    methods = ('GET', 'HEAD')

    @classmethod
    def dispatch(cls, request, *args, **kwargs):
        resource = cls()
        if request.method.lower() not in (method.lower() for method in resource.methods):
            return http.HttpResponseNotAllowed(resource.methods)
        try:
            method = getattr(resource, request.method.lower())
        except AttributeError:
            raise Exception("View method `%s` does not exist." % request.method.lower())
        if not callable(method):
            raise Exception("View method `%s` is not callable." % request.method.lower())
        return method(request, *args, **kwargs)

    def get(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
        return http.HttpResponse()

    def head(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
        response = self.get(request, *args, **kwargs)
        response.content = ''
        return response

您可以在基本视图中添加各种其他东西，如条件请求处理和授权。

一旦你设置好了你的视图，你的urls.py将看起来像这样:

from django.conf.urls.defaults import *
from views import MyRestView

urlpatterns = patterns('',
    (r'^restview/', MyRestView.dispatch),
)