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Table of Contents
Introduction to using Django with NAV
Since the release of 3.4.0 parts of NAV have been using the Python web framework Django for some subsystems/apps, starting with the new IP Device Info app.
TODO: Intro to creating an NAV app with Django following the same sequence as the Django tutorial.
ETA: A first draft published Friday June 6, 2008
Creating a new application
TODO: File structure, etc.
Models
TODO
DB API
TODO
URL configuration
TODO
Views
TODO: Custom render_to_response(), etc.
Templates
TODO
Future enhancements
TODO
Sessions
NAV uses sessions for keeping track of logged in users. Currently, we are not using django.contrib.sessions, but are still using plain old mod_python sessions. The easiest way to get hold of the mod_python session in views is to use request._req.session, where request._req is the traditional mod_python request object.