Unlike other frameworks like Rails, which use Model View Controller.
Models are classes that provide access to the data; Django has a great ORM.
class Location(models.Model):
name = models.CharField(max_length=200)
class Event(models.Model):
name = models.CharField(max_length=200)
location = models.ForeignKey(Location)
date = models.DateField()
draft_board = Location.objects.get(name='DraftBoard')
Event.objects.filter(location=draft_board).count()
Views are just functions that return an HTTP response.
def index(request):
return HttpResponse('Welcome to my website!')
Templates are files which are used to construct the response; usually HTML (but can be anything).
<html>
<ul>
{% for event in event_list %}
<li>{{ event.name }} ({{ event.date }})</li>
{% endfor %}
</ul>
</html>
Apps are the reason Django is so popular. They're just Python modules, but can be plugged into any project.
When developing a Django project, you create your own apps too!
$ django-admin startapp meetup
Apps contain your models.py, urls.py, views.py etc.