Favorite Django Tips & Features?

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I’m just going to start with a tip from myself 🙂

Use os.path.dirname() in settings.py to avoid hardcoded dirnames.

Don’t hardcode path’s in your settings.py if you want to run your project in different locations. Use the following code in settings.py if your templates and static files are located within the Django project directory:

# settings.py
import os
PROJECT_DIR = os.path.dirname(__file__)
...
STATIC_DOC_ROOT = os.path.join(PROJECT_DIR, "static")
...
TEMPLATE_DIRS = (
    os.path.join(PROJECT_DIR, "templates"),
)

Credits: I got this tip from the screencast ‘Django From the Ground Up‘.

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