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Is backing up a MySQL database in Git a good idea?
I am trying to improve the backup situation for my application. I have a Django application and MySQL database. I read an article suggesting backing up the database in Git.
On the one hand I like ...
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Should we have a database independent SQL like query language in Django?
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I know we have Django ORM already that keeps things database independent and converts to the database specific SQL queries.
Once things starts getting complicated it is preferred to write raw ...
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Should custom data elements be stored as XML or database entries?
There are a ton of questions like this, but they are mostly very generalized, so I'd like to get some views on my specific usage.
General:
I'm building a new project on my own in Django. It's focus ...
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Notify players every x seconds in a multiplayer game
I'm working on a realtime multiplayer game using Django and gevent-socketio, I'm facing some issues:
I need to send an update of the game state to connected players every X seconds (~4 seconds), so ...
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Should model / table names be as generic as possible?
When naming a model, should the name be as generic as possible-- even if that won't be the name displayed to users?
For example let's imagine a Django model for liking another user's posts.
Does it ...
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Keeping “historical” migrations in Django-south
After a system has gone through many migrations, and evolved enough for a second version, does it make sense to keep the old migrations around? I mean, old versions will use them to upgrade to the new ...
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Best practices when dealing with lots of empty table columns?
I have a schema that allows for multiple post types in my Django project (kinda like Tumblr). Users can make Posts of different types. One of those types is a photo, which I'll want the EXIF data for. ...
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Extending user registration in Django site that uses both site admin tables and my own module?
I'm writing a Django site that registers a particular type of user and this is done by the resources that come with the framework, the site administration.
The issue: I'd like to create a new model ...
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One to Many Relationship Django
let say I want my User model to have only one location and my Post model to have many location. How Do I design the model? This is what I have in mind so far. Is this going to work? Do I need to ...
