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copied!<p>This question is related to (but perhaps not quite the same as):</p> <p><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/61451/does-django-have-html-helpers">Does Django have HTML helpers?</a></p> <p>My problem is this: In Django, I am constantly reproducing the basic formatting for low-level database objects. Here's an example:</p> <p>I have two classes, Person and Address. There are multiple Addresses for each Person, setup likeso (in their respective <strong>models.py</strong>)</p> <pre><code>class Person(models.Model): ... class Address(models.Model): contact = models.ForeignKey(Person) </code></pre> <p>Now, whenever I look at a Person, I want to see all their Addresses. So suppose <strong>Persons/views.py</strong> has something likeso:</p> <pre><code>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() } ) </code></pre> <p>And, I have a template, <strong>persons/details.html</strong>, with code, for example, like-so:</p> <pre><code>{% 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 }} </code></pre> <p>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!</p> <p>What I want is a <strong>persons/details.html</strong> with, for example, the following: </p> <pre><code>{% extends "base.html" %} {% for address in addresses %} {% address.as_html4 %} {% endfor %} </code></pre> <p>And if I want inline table, something likeso (I guess!):</p> <pre><code>{% extends "base.html" %} <table><tr> {% for address in addresses %} <tr><td> {% address.as_html4 </td><td> %} </td></tr> {% endfor %} </table> </code></pre> <p>The question is, then: Where is the best place to put the formatting? The logic?</p> <p>Django seem to have the following (plausible) options:</p> <ol> <li><p>Put the formatting in models.py</p></li> <li><p>Put the logic/formatting in views.py</p></li> <li><p>Put the logic/formatting in some other sub-class of Person or Address (i.e. addresses/html4.py)</p></li> <li><p>Create custom tags</p></li> </ol> <p>Help / insight much appreciated!</p>

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