Chris Cabral

1 video · 1 event · 2014 · 25 min of video

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From Legacy to Admin

DjangoCon US 2014 · September 17, 2014

Django’s `inspectdb` can reverse-engineer models from an existing database, giving a useful starting point for adding an admin interface or writing management commands without rebuilding the legacy application. Chris explains that it reads tables, columns, relationships, and indexes but does not reliably infer many-to-many relationships,…

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