django-extensions VS excalidraw

django_extensions/utils/dia2django.py: https://github.com/django-extensions/django-extensions/blob/...

django_extensions/management/modelviz.py:

I often perform operational tasks such as modifying data or debugging failures using the Django shell. In fact, anything I can't do through the admin or through management commands I use the shell for. The package django-extensions provides a shell on steroids that I much prefer over the built in shell. It allows you to run a custom REPL such as IPython or Ptpython and has autocomplete, command history, automatic model class imports and a myriad of other dev tools. shell_plus is for a Django programmer what a scalpel is for a surgeon.

It currently has a bug with the latest django update I think; so if it it isn't fixed by the time you try it, remember to check it out later, because django-extensions is genuinely useful.

alias m='exit_if_not_in_python_virtual_env && ./manage.py' alias mcs='exit_if_not_in_python_virtual_env && ./manage.py collectstatic' alias mcsu='exit_if_not_in_python_virtual_env && ./manage.py createsuperuser' alias mm='exit_if_not_in_python_virtual_env && ./manage.py migrate' alias mmm='exit_if_not_in_python_virtual_env && ./manage.py makemigrations' alias mrs='exit_if_not_in_python_virtual_env && ./manage.py runserver' alias ms='exit_if_not_in_python_virtual_env && ./manage.py shell' alias msa='exit_if_not_in_python_virtual_env && ./manage.py startapp' alias mt='exit_if_not_in_python_virtual_env && ./manage.py test' alias mts='exit_if_not_in_python_virtual_env && ./manage.py testserver' # [django-extension](https://github.com/django-extensions/django-extensions): alias msu="exit_if_not_in_python_virtual_env && ./manage.py show_urls" alias mvt="exit_if_not_in_python_virtual_env && ./manage.py validate_templates" alias msp="exit_if_not_in_python_virtual_env && ./manage.py shell_plus" alias mrsp="exit_if_not_in_python_virtual_env && ./manage.py runserver_plus"

I use https://github.com/django-extensions/django-extensions

If you just want a list of all the available urls & paths in your app, take a look at the django-extensions package. It has a django management command show_urls, which will list them all out nicely.

https://github.com/django-extensions/django-extensions has a command, show_urls which outputs the URLs rendered for a project along with the name of their view handler

# 1 million lines of logic and who knows how many queries

I've actually seen this pattern in every Django project :(

Regarding urls, instead of enforcing a flat file, I'd highly recommend always using django_extensions[0]. You'll get `shell_plus` that auto imports model and `show_urls` that you can grep for endpoint and gives you the handler.

[0] https://github.com/django-extensions/django-extensions

A common mistake in django is to make a model change but forget to run makemigrations to generate a migration for the model change. Sometimes it is not entirely obvious when this need to happen. For example, let's say I'm using the django-extensions library and I define a model like:

Django Extensions has a shell_plus with notebook mode.

ExcaliDraw - https://excalidraw.com/

ExcaliDraw

However, Notion and Obsidian can only help you write documentation. Well, how about some visuals? Let's talk about Excalidraw.

Fun fact: I used GA in Excalidraw, and it's still powering some of the interactions! https://github.com/excalidraw/excalidraw/blob/master/package...

I was happy to find out recently that there is a way to make Mermaid diagrams WYSIWYG / drag and drop editable that the open source https://excalidraw.com has and did I mention it's open source!? With a LLM, you can go full loop back to Mermaid again after a few rounds of manual editing. "What a time to be alive!"

I'm working on a personal project and found myself looking for an alternative to Postman/Insomnia this morning. This made me realize i've been using the same tools for so long for work (mobile development, finance) that this project may be a good time to try out some new things.

Here are a few tools that i've been using lately that I really enjoy:

https://pocketbase.io/ - A dead-simple self-hosted firebase/supabase-like "backend in a box" using golang and sqlite. So far i've been really impressed. I've gone the route of extending the base offering with more go code and am really enjoying the experience.

https://excalidraw.com/ - An open source whiteboarding tool. Slick to use and after learning some keybinds I've gotten pretty fast at throwing together diagrams to explain things to people on my team. The killer piece though is that the filetype is just json, so I can source control my diagrams. Even better, their "export to png" function has a box to embed the json data _into_ the png, allowing me to slap the diagram in places that only accept images (think confluence) and still be able to change the diagram later if needed. 10/10.

https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/ci/ - Gitlab's CI/CD toolset is really impressive, and I've gotten really intimate with it's deeper features over the past year. I'd be curious though to hear from someone who's familiar with it vs it's competitors.

Sketch easy and go back to work...

https://excalidraw.com/