Thanks, Cal -- that's extremely helpful. On Dec 22, 5:42 pm, "Cal Leeming [Simplicity Media Ltd]" <cal.leem...@simplicitymedialtd.co.uk> wrote: > Sure thing. > > In several previous projects, they required the user to upload a file > via the browser (usually above 10mb), and this was then sent off into > the queuing system to be processed. Now, because of the huge amounts of > time it took to upload, we instead created a management command, which > did a file read directly from disk rather than requiring an upload each > time. At the same time, the command also spat out huge amounts of debug > during processing, so when we needed to figure out why the adapter (i.e. > the piece of code that was scanning for content inside the file) wasn't > working, we could easily do this without the overhead of uploading and > waiting for debug emails to come back from the queuing system. > > As for the django shell, this is extremely useful for testing individual > pieces of code on the fly. It is a tad annoying that if any of the > python modules change after being imported, reload() doesn't seem to > play nicely all the time, so this usually means restarting the shell. > But, for things like model lookups etc, I find it a great deal easier > than writing huge chunks of SELECT SQL. > > On 22/12/2010 22:12, ringemup wrote: > > >> * If you want to test work flow, then try and make good use of the > >> "manage.py shell" and also the ability to create management > >> commands. This will allow you to quickly test code changes, > >> without having to do app restarts, or going through login > >> processes. > > Cal, would you be willing to elaborate a bit on this point, or maybe > > share an example? > >
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