Conventions

In this book, you will find a number of styles of text that distinguish between different kinds of information. Here are some examples of these styles, and an explanation of their meaning.

Code words in text are shown as follows: "We can include other contexts through the use of the include directive."

A block of code will be set as follows:

{% extends "base.html" %}
{% block title %}User Registration{% endblock %}
{% block head %}User Registration{% endblock %}
{% block content %}
<form method="post" action=".">
  {{ form.as_p }}
  <input type="submit" value="register" />
</form>
{% endblock %}

When we wish to draw your attention to a particular part of a code block, the relevant lines or items will be shown in bold:

import os
from django.conf.urls.defaults import *
from bookmarks.views import *

site_media = os.path.join(
 os.path.dirname(__file__), 'site_media'
)

urlpatterns = patterns('',
  (r'^$', main_page),
  (r'^user/(\w+)/$', user_page),
  (r'^login/$', 'django.contrib.auth.views.login'),
  (r'^logout/$', logout_page),
 (r'^site_media/(?P<path>.*)$', 'django.views.static.serve',
 {'document_root': site_media}),
)

Any command-line input or output is written as follows:

$ django-admin.py startproject django_bookmarks

New terms and important words are shown in bold. Words that you see on the screen, in menus or dialog boxes for example, appear in our text like this: "clicking the Next button moves you to the next screen".