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diff --git a/parts/django/docs/glossary.txt b/parts/django/docs/glossary.txt deleted file mode 100644 index b8f7a6b..0000000 --- a/parts/django/docs/glossary.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,81 +0,0 @@ -.. _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 <mtv>`. - - __ 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. |