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More about Django · Module 2 - Models and the ORM in depth

2.6 Slugs, timestamps and abstract base models

18 min
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What we cover

  • SlugField, slugify and uniqueness
  • created_at and updated_at done once
  • Abstract base classes versus multi-table inheritance
  • Model mixins you will reuse in every project
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After this lesson you will

  • Share common fields between models without repeating
  • Generate unique, stable slugs for posts

Module 2

2.1Relations between models 2.2Migrations for real 2.3QuerySets you actually need 2.4Custom managers and querysets 2.5Killing N+1 queries 2.6Slugs, timestamps and abstract base models