Tutorial 01 __unicode__ step needs reload

[g4d]

Hi,

In going through Tutorial 01, there seems to be a small step missing after adding the unicode methods to polls.models.py.

After adding unicode methods to models.py and entering "Poll.objects.all()" in the shell, I got the same response as before adding unicode methods ( [<Poll: Poll object>] ). I figured that my new changes had to be reloaded. Not knowing any spiffy command for reloading, I closed and reopened the shell and imported my project again. When I then entered Poll.object.all() in the shell, I got the expected [<Poll: What's up?>].

In retrospect, I probably could have just re-entered the import. I'm brand new to Django and pretty new to Python as well, so I will not try to supply the proper solution.

Hope this helps!

Regards,

G4D

[Karen Tracey]

#10269 is similar and was closed as a dupe. Note if you read far enough, the text mentions "jumping back into" the shell, implying a restart. But it seems that people are trying to test this change out immediately, so perhaps earlier mention (if it doesn't already exist, I haven't checked) of the need to restart the shell in order for any change such as this to take effect would be good. I thought it was already there somewhere but I may be remembering that from a beginning Python tutorial, not Django tutorial.

[Matt Boersma]

Clarify that the user must start a new Python shell to see changes to models

[Matt Boersma]

Rather than explain any mechanics of Python's class loader to tutorial readers, I simply removed the "jump back into the shell" wording and replaced it with "start a new shell," which shouldn't be error-prone if people are following along.

[Gary Wilson]

(In [10263]) Fixed #10266 -- Clarified restart of shell in tutorial, patch from mboersma.

[Gary Wilson]

(In [10264]) [1.0.X]: Fixed #10266 -- Clarified restart of shell in tutorial, patch from mboersma.

Backport of r10263 from trunk.

[Jacob]

Milestone 1.1 deleted