Hidding sensitive information from django settings module

Most beginners with django framework make the mistake of revealing sensitive information in their settings module especially when deploying to a version control (most popularly, GitHub.) this however creates serious security issues when the the site eventually goes live! The most common victim of this is the SECRET_KEY and others including database password and API keys which when allowed to the eyes of the public defeats most of django’s security measures. If you’ve already made this mistake, it is strongly advised you change...

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Django: Difference between BLANK and NULL model attributes

At some point in my experience with django web framework, i have been puzzled as regards the meaning / difference between the above model attributes. Here is a pretty nice explanation for them: NULL: setting the null attribute of a django model to True allows that particular field to save empty values as null in your database. null is a database terminology that represents a missing value. It is very different from a zero or a space value, it is just the database word for empty.(consult an SQL textbook for more explanation)....

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How To Install SublimeText plugins

Sublime Text is a proprietary cross-platform source code editor with a Python application programming interface. it has been my favorite IDE, mostly due to its lightweight, powerful and yet available for all major platforms. it is also notable for its extensive ecosystem of plugins which means that once you have downloaded the editor, you can install plug-ins for adding more features to it. This tutorial aims at showing you how to access...

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Transferring files between pc and android devices using flash share

I was having a faulty USB port and needed to transfer files quickly to my pc from an android device faster than bluetooth and my curiosity led me to this. If you've ever used an android smartphone, you should be familiar with flash share and its likes that makes it possible to transfer files between different android devices at incredible speed by utilizing the inbuilt wifi connection compared to it's much slower predecessor, bluetooth....

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How To Learn Programming

Programming is an art , whose concept may seems bizarre to newbies or non-techies. However, taking time to study these concepts makes one realise that mastering programming is as easy as learning every other trivia art. But following the principles explained below reduces the learning curve and makes your journey to becoming a programmer a fun filled one. 1. DECIDE YOU WANT TO LEARN HOW TO PROGRAM This principle  applies...

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Solution to Tcl error: favicon . ico is not defined when setting windows icon in tkinter

Most gui programmers using the standard tkinter framework has ecountered this error at least once when trying to change the ugly looking red tkinter default icon. I had my share recently and tried to trace the error for days without success and even nearly ported my program to another framework before I arrived at a solutio...

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Think python - Book review

Being a newbie in programming, the first book that caught my fancy was Think python - How to think like a computer scientist by Allen B. Downey. The book introduces you to programming in general starting from basic concepts including variables, operators, expressions and statements before delving into python programming in ful...

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