This question is related to (but perhaps not quite the same as):
Does Django have HTML helpers?
My problem is this: In Django, I am constantly reproducing the basic formatting for low-level database objects. Here's an example:
I have two classes, Person and Address. There are multiple Addresses for each Person, setup likeso (in their respective models.py)
class Person(models.Model):
...
class Address(models.Model):
contact = models.ForeignKey(Person)
Now, whenever I look at a Person, I want to see all their Addresses. So suppose Persons/views.py has something likeso:
def detail(request, person_id):
person = get_object_or_404( Person, pk=person_id )
return render_to_response('persons/details.html',
{ 'title' : unicode(person), 'addresses': person.address_set.all() } )
And, I have a template, persons/details.html, with code, for example, like-so:
{% extends "base.html" %}
{% for address in addresses %}
<b>{{ address.name }}</b>
{{ address.type }} <br>
{{ address.street_1 }}<br>
{{ address.street_2 }}<br>
{{ address.city }} {{ address.stateprov }} {{ address.postalcode }}<br>
{{ address.country }}
<hr>
{{ endfor }}
I am repeating this code quite a bit, often with minor variations, such when it's in a table, and then < br > must be substituted by < /td >< td >. Other times, I don't want a street_2 to display (or the < br > after it). All to say, there is fundamental logic that I want to express, that I am even more loath to tote around with block-and-copy!
What I want is a persons/details.html with, for example, the following:
{% extends "base.html" %}
{% for address in addresses %}