On Sat, Apr 11, 2009 at 7:21 PM, Malcolm Tredinnick < malc...@pointy-stick.com> wrote:
> > On Sat, 2009-04-11 at 17:49 -0500, James Bennett wrote: > > On Sat, Apr 11, 2009 at 5:13 PM, codecowboy <guy.ja...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I've followed some examples from around the Django community and that > > > is why I use the reverse() method at all. What is the point of using > > > the reverse() method? > > > > Well, there's a problem you'll run into fairly often. > > > > Suppose, for example, that you set up a weblog, and you have it at the > > URL "/weblog/". So in your templates you have links to "/weblog/", in > > your code the get_absolute_url() method of entries returns a string > > containing "/weblog/", any redirects involved have to have "/weblog/" > > in the URL, etc. > > > > And then one day you suddenly need to deploy another copy of the > > appliation, but on a site which wants the weblog at "/blog/". > > As James is well aware, but I'd like to make it explicit: This is > particularly true if you're writing an application that is going to be > distributed and used by a broader audience. You have absolutely no idea > where the end-users are going to install your application in the their > URL hierarchy. Tying your application to some particular URLs is simply > poor design practice in those cases. > > Regards, > Malcolm > > > > > Even if your application is exclusively for your own usage, it's not uncommon for the pointy haired boss to come in with requests to change a URL hierarchy, and there's no reason to create more work for yourself. Alex -- "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." --Voltaire "The people's good is the highest law."--Cicero --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
