django-dbpreferences 0.6.0

With django-dbpreferences you can store app/user settings into the database.

description

With django-dbpreferences you can store some app/user preferences into the database.

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A django app defines a form with initial values. The form cleaned data dict would be stored serialized into the database. The app can easy get the current preference dict and the user can easy edit the values in the django admin panel.

With UserSettings you can store some settings per user.

More Information and examples can be found here:

• https://code.google.com/p/django-dbpreferences/w/list

unittests

There exist different ways to run unittests, e.g.:

.../django-dbpreferences $ ./setup.py test
.../django-dbpreferences $ ./manage.py test
.../django-dbpreferences $ ./runtests.sh

Run specific tests, e.g.:

.../django-dbpreferences $ ./setup.py test tests.test_dbpreferences.TestDBPref
.../django-dbpreferences $ ./manage.py test tests.test_dbpreferences.TestDBPref
.../django-dbpreferences $ ./runtests.sh tests.test_dbpreferences.TestDBPref

Django compatibility

django-tools	django version	python
v0.6.0	1.6 - 1.8	2.7, 3,4
v0.5.0	<=1.6	2 only
v0.4.5	<=1.4	2 only

(version combination will be tested via travis-ci)

history

• v0.6.0 - 11.08.2015 - compare v0.5.0…v0.6.0

  • Bugfixes and compatibility with Python 2 and 3, Django 1.6-1.8

  • data_eval rewrite using ast module

  • dbpreferences.fields.DictField was renamed to DictModelField

• v0.5.0 - 12.02.2015 - compare v0.4.5…v0.5.0

  • Changes for django 1.6 support

• v0.4.5 - 03.08.2012 - compare v0.4.4…v0.4.5

  • Add cache for preferences access (used LocalSyncCache from django-tools if installed)

• v0.4.4 - 03.08.2012 - compare v0.4.3…v0.4.4

  • Add south support (if installed)

  • tests can be run with ./setup.py test

  • add german translations

• v0.4.3

  • Bugfix: For ‘UserSettings’ object has no attribute ‘get_settings’

• v0.4.2

  • Bugfix: Add templates to pypi package

• v0.4.1

  • Bugfix with BooleanField

• v0.4.0

  • NEW: Use initial data, if not exist in saved preferences. So it’s easier to add new preferences values.

• v0.3.8

  • Bugfix in error message for not existing keys

• v0.3.7

  • Change version scheme and add last git commit date to version string

• v0.3.6

  • Display current value on ValidationError

• v0.3.5

  • Updates for django v1.2 API changes

• v0.3.4

  • Bugfix if help_text contains non ascii characters and html code

• v0.3.3

  • validate preferences with model validation

  • clean preferences in get_preferences()

• v0.3.2

  • some bugfixes

• v0.3.1

  • Bugfix if DictField can be null / DictFormField(required=False)

• v0.3.0

  • separate field stuff from models.py into fields.py, so its usable in other projects, too.

  • Use own dict class for serialize/deserialize

  • Update unittest for new django admin url prefix

• v0.2.0

  • Add UserSettings, see: http://www.jensdiemer.de/_command/118/blog/detail/64/ (de)

• v0.1.0

  • first version cut out from PyLucid CMS – http://www.pylucid.org

pip upgrade

To do a pip upgrade in a virtual environment, run this:

~$ cd /YourVirtualEnv/bin
~/YourVirtualEnv/bin$ source activate
(YourVirtualEnv)~/YourVirtualEnv/bin$ pip install --upgrade --verbose --editable=git+git://github.com/jedie/django-dbpreferences.git#egg=django-dbpreferences

The example used git readonly clone url. If you use subversion do this:

(YourVirtualEnv)~/YourVirtualEnv/bin$ pip install --upgrade --verbose --editable=http://svn.github.com/jedie/django-dbpreferences.git#egg=django-dbpreferences

If you have git write access, use this:

(YourVirtualEnv)~/YourVirtualEnv/bin$ pip install --upgrade --verbose --editable=[e-mail]:jedie/django-dbpreferences.git#egg=django-dbpreferences

donation

If you like it, send some Bitcoins to 1HLNVtZFwdHLavRKdUebTGHVn8A7e6Dgne ;)

links

homepage	http://github.com/jedie/django-dbpreferences
PyPi	http://pypi.python.org/pypi/django-dbpreferences/

contact

Come into the conversation, besides the github communication features:

Forum	http://www.pylucid.org/en/forum/10/
IRC	#pylucid on freenode.net (Yes, the PyLucid channel…)
webchat	http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=pylucid