Changes between Version 5 and Version 6 of DosAndDontsForApplicationWriters

Timestamp:

Nov 19, 2005, 9:06:58 AM (19 years ago)

Author:

L.Plant.98@…

Comment:

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DosAndDontsForApplicationWriters

@@ -28 +28 @@
 
  * To avoid name clashes with templates from other applications all your templates should
-   go into {{{mnemosyne/templates/mnemosyne/}}}
+   go into {{{mnemosyne/templates/mnemosyne/}}}.  The {{{mnemosyne/templates}} directory
+   will need to be added to 'TEMPLATE_DIRS'.
  * Your templates should all extend a single {{{base}}}-template specific to
    your application, in my example it would be {{{mnemosyne/templates/mnemosyne/base.html}}}
@@ -83 +84 @@
    and {{{/media/mnemosyne}}}.
 
+== Package and module structure ==
+
+ * Separate generic apps that you are intending to distribute into a different project
+   from other projects which might happen to use that app.  To avoid clashes, use a name for
+   the project which is unique to you, the author, such as one based on a domain name that 
+   you own.  Examples:
+   {{{
+project_for_acme_com/
+    apps/
+        myapp/
+ibofobi/
+    apps/
+        mnemosyne/
+   }}}
+   rather than:
+   {{{
+project_for_acme_com/
+    apps/
+        myapp/
+        mnemosyne/
+   }}}
+   This will enable your urls.py module to be fully portable.    
+
 == URLs ==