If you come across an error like this: TypeError: list indices must be integers or slices, not str? Do not worry, it is just hinting that you have used the wrong data type (in this case, a string) as an…
Iterating over lists or any other collections of data, such as dictionaries, or tuples, is a common coding task. But before you do so, it is also quite useful to start by checking if the list you want to iterate…
In Python and other programming languages, to trim whitespace is to remove any extra blank or empty space around a word or character in a string. In Python, we use the function strip() and its younger siblings lstrip() and rstrip()…
A block of code is a snippet of code that spans across multiple lines. This then means a Python block comment is a snippet of consecutive lines of code that are marked in a certain way to indicate to a…
I mentioned an error called: typeerror: __init__() missing 1 required positional argument: ‘on_delete’ in my post about the significance of the Django on_delete argument and its 7 options. But that was just mentioned, I did not really explain why the…
This post will explain the Django blank vs null concept. The difference between blank=True and null=True is a confusing concept in Django models and this post will demystify it. What does null mean? Null in Database management basically means a…
Django, the Python web development framework that we all love, comes with many built-in features that are beneficial to the developer. At some point during the development of a Django project, you create a superuser whose signup details (username, email,…
This step-by-step guide will show you how to install FastAPI and set up a FastAPI project on your computer. We will start with a few requirements needed before one can install FastAPI and create a web project with it, then…
The command django-admin startproject project_name creates a Django project called project_name in the folder you ran the command in. The project folder structure looks like the below: Django uses the name of your project (the one you entered in the…
Git is a version control system that lets you go back to any version of your code, even if you delete something important by accident. It also lets you keep track of all your work through commits and work with…