.. _topics-overview:

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Softwarefabrica Django Utils
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.. admonition:: About this document

   This document provides an overview of what Softwarefabrica Django Utils is.

.. contents::
   :depth: 3

What is this?
=============

This is a library that provides many useful routines and abstractions for
applications developed with the `Django`_ web framework.

Your help and feedback is precious. Suggestions and contributions are very much
appreciated. See below on how you can contribute.

If you want to actively collaborate and provide code, documentation, tests or
bug fixes, please feel free to create a new Bazaar branch in Launchpad, and tell
us about it! See the collaboration_ section for more information.

And don't forget to check also our other `Django`_ applications,
`softwarefabrica.django.forms`_, `softwarefabrica.django.crud`_, and
`softwarefabrica.django.wiki`_.

.. _`Django`: http://www.djangoproject.com
.. _`softwarefabrica.django.utils`: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/softwarefabrica.django.utils
.. _`softwarefabrica.django.forms`: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/softwarefabrica.django.forms
.. _`softwarefabrica.django.crud`: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/softwarefabrica.django.crud
.. _`softwarefabrica.django.wiki`: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/softwarefabrica.django.wiki
.. _`sflib`: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/sflib

Feature overview
----------------

- an handy `UUID`_ Django database field (``UUIDField``)
- a simple search functionality to search inside the application database
- views helper functions (to automatically populate template context with usuful
  information, a ``render_to_response`` using a ``RequestContext``, ...)

.. _`UUID`: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UUID
.. _`Markdown`: http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/syntax
.. _`Django`: http://www.djangoproject.com
.. _`forms library`: http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/forms/

Pre-requisites and installation
===============================

See the `installation guide document`_.

.. _`installation guide document`: install.html

.. _collaboration:

How can I contribute?
=====================

As said, your help is precious. We'll warmly appreciate any help you'll want to
give. Just using this library is a reward for us, but if you want to become more
actively involved, you are welcome!

The project has a `development home page`_ at `LaunchPad`_:

  https://launchpad.net/sf-django-utils

There you can file `bugs`_, suggest `enhancements`_, follow development or ask
to become an active `team`_ member.

You can checkout the development branch using `Bazaar`_:

::

    bzr branch lp:sf-django-utils

We'll appreciate very much if you'll want to contribute back any changes. Just
register your branch with `LaunchPad`_ and tell us!

Source code can also be browsed `online`_.

.. _`development home page`: https://launchpad.net/sf-django-utils
.. _`LaunchPad`: http://launchpad.net
.. _`Bazaar`: http://bazaar-vcs.org/
.. _`online`: http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~softwarefabrica/sf-django-utils/trunk/changes
.. _`Softwarefabrica`: https://edge.launchpad.net/softwarefabrica
.. _`team`: https://launchpad.net/~softwarefabrica
.. _`bugs`: https://bugs.launchpad.net/sf-django-utils
.. _`enhancements`: https://bugs.launchpad.net/sf-django-utils


Contacts
========

It's possible to contact the author by e-mail at the following addresses:

  m.pantaleoni at softwarefabrica.org

  panta at elasticworld.org

  marco.pantaleoni at gmail.com


LICENSE
=======

This software is covered by the GNU General Public License version 2.
If you want to use this software in a closed source application, you
need to buy a commercial license from the author.

This open source version is:

    Copyright (C) 2007-2008  Marco Pantaleoni. All rights reserved.

    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
    published by the Free Software Foundation.

    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
    GNU General Public License for more details.

    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
    with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
    51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
