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Coding style
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============
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Please follow these coding standards when writing code for inclusion in Django.
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Python style
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* Unless otherwise specified, follow :pep:`8`.
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Use `flake8`_ to check for problems in this area. Note that our ``setup.cfg``
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file contains some excluded files (deprecated modules we don't care about
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cleaning up and some third-party code that Django vendors) as well as some
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excluded errors that we don't consider as gross violations. Remember that
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:pep:`8` is only a guide, so respect the style of the surrounding code as a
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primary goal.
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An exception to :pep:`8` is our rules on line lengths. Don't limit lines of
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code to 79 characters if it means the code looks significantly uglier or is
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harder to read. We allow up to 119 characters as this is the width of GitHub
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code review; anything longer requires horizontal scrolling which makes review
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more difficult. This check is included when you run ``flake8``. Documentation,
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comments, and docstrings should be wrapped at 79 characters, even though
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:pep:`8` suggests 72.
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* Use four spaces for indentation.
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* Use underscores, not camelCase, for variable, function and method names
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(i.e. ``poll.get_unique_voters()``, not ``poll.getUniqueVoters``).
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* Use ``InitialCaps`` for class names (or for factory functions that
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return classes).
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* Use convenience imports whenever available. For example, do this::
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from django.views.generic import View
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Don't do this::
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from django.views.generic.base import View
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* In docstrings, use "action words" such as::
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def foo():
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"""
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Calculates something and returns the result.
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"""
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pass
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Here's an example of what not to do::
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def foo():
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"""
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Calculate something and return the result.
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"""
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pass
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Template style
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--------------
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* In Django template code, put one (and only one) space between the curly
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brackets and the tag contents.
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Do this:
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.. code-block:: html+django
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{{ foo }}
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Don't do this:
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.. code-block:: html+django
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{{foo}}
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View style
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* In Django views, the first parameter in a view function should be called
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``request``.
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Do this::
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def my_view(request, foo):
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# ...
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Don't do this::
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def my_view(req, foo):
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# ...
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Model style
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* Field names should be all lowercase, using underscores instead of
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camelCase.
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Do this::
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class Person(models.Model):
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first_name = models.CharField(max_length=20)
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last_name = models.CharField(max_length=40)
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Don't do this::
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class Person(models.Model):
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FirstName = models.CharField(max_length=20)
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Last_Name = models.CharField(max_length=40)
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* The ``class Meta`` should appear *after* the fields are defined, with
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a single blank line separating the fields and the class definition.
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Do this::
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class Person(models.Model):
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first_name = models.CharField(max_length=20)
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last_name = models.CharField(max_length=40)
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class Meta:
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verbose_name_plural = 'people'
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Don't do this::
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class Person(models.Model):
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first_name = models.CharField(max_length=20)
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last_name = models.CharField(max_length=40)
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class Meta:
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verbose_name_plural = 'people'
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Don't do this, either::
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class Person(models.Model):
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class Meta:
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verbose_name_plural = 'people'
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first_name = models.CharField(max_length=20)
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last_name = models.CharField(max_length=40)
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* If you define a ``__str__`` method (previously ``__unicode__`` before Python 3
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was supported), decorate the model class with
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:func:`~django.utils.encoding.python_2_unicode_compatible`.
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* The order of model inner classes and standard methods should be as
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follows (noting that these are not all required):
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* All database fields
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* Custom manager attributes
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* ``class Meta``
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* ``def __str__()``
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* ``def save()``
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* ``def get_absolute_url()``
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* Any custom methods
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* If ``choices`` is defined for a given model field, define each choice as
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a tuple of tuples, with an all-uppercase name as a class attribute on the
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model. Example::
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class MyModel(models.Model):
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DIRECTION_UP = 'U'
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DIRECTION_DOWN = 'D'
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DIRECTION_CHOICES = (
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(DIRECTION_UP, 'Up'),
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(DIRECTION_DOWN, 'Down'),
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)
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Use of ``django.conf.settings``
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Modules should not in general use settings stored in ``django.conf.settings``
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at the top level (i.e. evaluated when the module is imported). The explanation
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for this is as follows:
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Manual configuration of settings (i.e. not relying on the
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``DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE`` environment variable) is allowed and possible as
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follows::
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from django.conf import settings
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settings.configure({}, SOME_SETTING='foo')
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However, if any setting is accessed before the ``settings.configure`` line,
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this will not work. (Internally, ``settings`` is a ``LazyObject`` which
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configures itself automatically when the settings are accessed if it has not
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already been configured).
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So, if there is a module containing some code as follows::
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from django.conf import settings
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from django.core.urlresolvers import get_callable
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default_foo_view = get_callable(settings.FOO_VIEW)
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...then importing this module will cause the settings object to be configured.
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That means that the ability for third parties to import the module at the top
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level is incompatible with the ability to configure the settings object
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manually, or makes it very difficult in some circumstances.
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Instead of the above code, a level of laziness or indirection must be used,
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such as ``django.utils.functional.LazyObject``,
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``django.utils.functional.lazy()`` or ``lambda``.
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Miscellaneous
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-------------
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* Mark all strings for internationalization; see the :doc:`i18n
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documentation </topics/i18n/index>` for details.
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* Remove ``import`` statements that are no longer used when you change code.
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`flake8`_ will identify these imports for you. If an unused import needs to
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remain for backwards-compatibility, mark the end of with ``# NOQA`` to
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silence the flake8 warning.
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* Systematically remove all trailing whitespaces from your code as those
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add unnecessary bytes, add visual clutter to the patches and can also
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occasionally cause unnecessary merge conflicts. Some IDE's can be
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configured to automatically remove them and most VCS tools can be set to
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highlight them in diff outputs.
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* Please don't put your name in the code you contribute. Our policy is to
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keep contributors' names in the ``AUTHORS`` file distributed with Django
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-- not scattered throughout the codebase itself. Feel free to include a
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change to the ``AUTHORS`` file in your patch if you make more than a
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single trivial change.
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.. _flake8: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/flake8
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