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Writing managers is really simple, and they provide a better user interface to your code. This code snippet simply adds a latest() method to the default objects manager class ForecastDayManager(Manager): def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs): super(ForecastDayManager, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs) def latest(self): return self.get_query_set().order_by('forecast_date')[0] It can be called ForecastDay.objects.latest(). This is a trivial example, but there is a lot of power that lies in this functionality.

class PersonManager(models.Manager): def get_fun_people(self): return self.filter(fun=True)

objects = PersonManager()

Open Source Dimdim, "Liberty"

Moodle: Dimdim is integrated with version 1.9 of Moodle's Course Management System;

will continue to offer a free version for meetings with 20 or fewer people.

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Verbs: classify, describe, discuss, explain, express, identify, indicate, locate, recognize, report, restate, review, select, translate.

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With ForeignKey fields, it works the other way, too, but it’s slightly different due to the non-symmetrical nature of the relationship. To get a list of books for a given publisher, use publisher.book_set.all(), like this:

Making Changes to a Database Schema

Run manage.py sqlall [yourapp]