diff -r 5ff1fc726848 -r c6bca38c1cbf parts/django/docs/glossary.txt --- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 +++ b/parts/django/docs/glossary.txt Sat Jan 08 11:20:57 2011 +0530 @@ -0,0 +1,81 @@ +.. _glossary: + +======== +Glossary +======== + +.. glossary:: + + field + An attribute on a :term:`model`; a given field usually maps directly to + a single database column. + + See :doc:`/topics/db/models`. + + generic view + A higher-order :term:`view` function that provides an abstract/generic + implementation of a common idiom or pattern found in view development. + + See :doc:`/ref/generic-views`. + + model + Models store your application's data. + + See :doc:`/topics/db/models`. + + MTV + See :ref:`mtv`. + + MVC + `Model-view-controller`__; a software pattern. Django :ref:`follows MVC + to some extent `. + + __ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model-view-controller + + project + A Python package -- i.e. a directory of code -- that contains all the + settings for an instance of Django. This would include database + configuration, Django-specific options and application-specific + settings. + + property + Also known as "managed attributes", and a feature of Python since + version 2.2. From `the property documentation`__: + + Properties are a neat way to implement attributes whose usage + resembles attribute access, but whose implementation uses method + calls. [...] You + could only do this by overriding ``__getattr__`` and + ``__setattr__``; but overriding ``__setattr__`` slows down all + attribute assignments considerably, and overriding ``__getattr__`` + is always a bit tricky to get right. Properties let you do this + painlessly, without having to override ``__getattr__`` or + ``__setattr__``. + + __ http://www.python.org/download/releases/2.2/descrintro/#property + + queryset + An object representing some set of rows to be fetched from the database. + + See :doc:`/topics/db/queries`. + + slug + A short label for something, containing only letters, numbers, + underscores or hyphens. They're generally used in URLs. For + example, in a typical blog entry URL: + + .. parsed-literal:: + + http://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2008/apr/12/**spring**/ + + the last bit (``spring``) is the slug. + + template + A chunk of text that acts as formatting for representing data. A + template helps to abstract the presentation of data from the data + itself. + + See :doc:`/topics/templates`. + + view + A function responsible for rending a page.