3.1. Model About

• What are model fields?

• Model field arguments

• Fat model architecture

• Single File vs. Models per file

3.1.1. Attributes

• blank

• choices

• db_column

• db_index

• default

• editable

• error_message

• help_text

• limit_choices_to

• max_length

• null

• primary_key

• unique

• validators

• verbose_name

3.1.2. Abstract Models

class MyBaseModel(models.Model):
    class Meta:
        abstract = True

class BaseModel(models.Model):
    uuid = models.UUIDField(verbose_name=_('Unique UUID'), unique=True, null=False, blank=False, default=uuid4, editable=False)
    creation_author = models.ForeignKey(verbose_name=_('Creation Author'), to='auth.User', null=True, blank=True, default=None, on_delete=models.SET_NULL, related_name='creation_author')
    creation_date = models.DateTimeField(verbose_name=_('Creation Date'), auto_now_add=True, editable=False)
    modification_date = models.DateTimeField(verbose_name=_('Modification Date'), auto_now=True)
    modification_author = models.ForeignKey(verbose_name=_('Modification Author'), to='auth.User', null=True, blank=True, default=None, on_delete=models.SET_NULL, related_name='modification_author')
    ip_address = models.GenericIPAddressField(verbose_name=_('IP Address'), null=True, blank=True, default=None, editable=False)

    class Meta:
        abstract = True

3.1.3. Database schema migration

Makemigrations:

$ python manage.py makemigrations
Migrations for 'contact':
  addressbook/contact/migrations/0001_initial.py
    - Create model Contact

Migrate:

$ python manage.py migrate
Operations to perform:
  Apply all migrations: admin, auth, contenttypes, contact, sessions
Running migrations:
  Applying contact.0001_initial... OK