Changes between Version 131 and Version 132 of RemovingTheMagic


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May 1, 2006, 9:06:44 PM (19 years ago)
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Adrian Holovaty
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Updated page to reflect the merge.

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    11= Removing the magic =
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    3 The "magic-removal" branch aims to make several sweeping changes to the Django codebase, removing warts that Django has accumulated over the years. Most changes involve the database API and removing some of its unneeded magic, and other changes involve improving the framework's simplicity and usability.
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    5 These changes will be integrated into the next Django release, 0.92.
    6 
    7 This document explains the changes in the branch.
     3The "magic-removal" branch has made several sweeping changes to the Django codebase, removing warts that Django accumulated over the years. Most changes involve the database API and removing some of its unneeded magic, and other changes involve improving the framework's simplicity and usability.
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     5As of May 1, 2006, these changes have been integrated into the Django development version (Subversion's trunk), and they'll be released officially in the next Django release, 0.95.
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     7This document explains all changes.
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    99[[TOC(inline, RemovingTheMagic)]]
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    1111== How to get the branch ==
    1212
    13 Play with it! The branch is available via Subversion at http://code.djangoproject.com/svn/django/branches/magic-removal .
     13If you're running Django 0.91 at the moment and want to start playing with the new, magic-removal version, just check out Django's development version using this command:
     14
     15{{{
     16svn co http://code.djangoproject.com/svn/django/trunk/
     17}}}
    1418
    1519=== Using two versions of Django side-by-side ===
    1620
    17 Here's one way to use Django's trunk and magic-removal branch on the same machine. This assumes Django's trunk (or a release such as 0.90 or 0.91) is installed:
    18 
    19 {{{
    20 # Get the magic-removal code somewhere on your filesystem. In this example, we use /home/python/django.
     21Here's one way to use Django 0.91 and the magic-removal trunk versions on the same machine. This assumes a release such as 0.90 or 0.91 is installed:
     22
     23{{{
     24# Get the development/trunk code somewhere on your filesystem. In this example, we use /home/python/django.
    2125$ cd /home/python/django
    22 $ svn co http://code.djangoproject.com/svn/django/branches/magic-removal
    23 
    24 # This will have created a "magic-removal" directory.
    25 
    26 # Whenever you want to use magic-removal, set the environment variable {{{PYTHONPATH}}} to the directory containing magic-removal.
    27 export PYTHONPATH=/home/python/django/magic-removal
     26$ svn co http://code.djangoproject.com/svn/django/trunk
     27
     28# This will have created a "trunk" directory.
     29
     30# Whenever you want to use trunk, set the environment variable {{{PYTHONPATH}}} to the directory containing trunk.
     31export PYTHONPATH=/home/python/django/trunk
    2832}}}
    2933
    3034== Overview ==
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    32 The biggest changes in magic-removal are:
     36The biggest changes are:
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    3438 * The magic package {{{django.models}}} no longer exists. To use models, just import the model class from wherever it lives on the Python path. Similarly, the magic modules (such as {{{django.models.polls}}} in the tutorial) no longer exist; now, you interact directly with the model class.
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    3640 * The database API has changed in several ways.
    3741 * Various packages, such as the Django template system (previously in {{{django.core.template}}}), have been moved around to make importing less verbose and easier to remember.
    38 
    39 == Status ==
    40 
    41 Have at it! It's pretty stable, and we just need people to hack at it and make sure all is well.
    4242
    4343== Database changes you'll need to make ==
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    448448from django.db import connection
    449449cursor = connection.cursor()
     450
    450451
    451452}}}
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    887888== Documentation status ==
    888889
    889 Adrian is proofreading each document in {{{docs/}}} to make sure all is well. Here's the status.
     890The documentation on djangoproject.com has been updated to focus on trunk. [http://www.djangoproject.com/documentation/0_91/ Documentation for 0.91] has been archived.
     891
     892A few improvements still need to be made to the new documentation, however. Adrian is proofreading each document to make sure all is well. Here's the status.
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    891894||Document||Edited by Adrian||
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