feat(learning): added more features to Django blog project

.gitignore

@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ venv/
 env/
 ENV/
 .env/
+.env
 
 # Testing
 .coverage

Blog/2025/How I failed at writing a blog many times and what I would do differently if I could turn back time.md

@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ I’m finally focusing on what matters: **writing**.
 
 ![obsidian blog](https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:1400/1*Hfi8Lapum4YdQoFAzAiU2A.png)
 
-My new ugly website. Source: [https://frodigo.com/Garage](https://frodigo.com/Garage)
+My new ugly website. Source: [https://frodigo.com](https://frodigo.com)
 
 So now I’m writing — and I’ve made a deal with myself: no replatforming for the next year.
 

Blog/2025/Why teaching kids how to program is not easy.md

@@ -116,7 +116,5 @@ Teaching programming to kids requires luck, considerable strength, and abundant
 
 And may your child become an even better programmer than you!
 
-If you are interested in learning how to teach kids programming, please check out my learning roadmap: [https://frodigo.com/Garage/Programming+for+Kids](https://frodigo.com/Garage/Programming+for+Kids)
-
 ---
 *Published 07/04/2025* #blog #ProgrammingFundamentals  #Python #BestPractices  #ConceptExplanation  #CaseStudy  #Beginner

Now/History/1. 25-03-2025.md

@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ My son has repeatedly asked me what I do in my work, so I showed him some code a
 
 Connected resources:
 
-- [Programming for Kids](Programming%20for%20Kids.md)
 - [Why teaching kids how to program is not easy](Why%20teaching%20kids%20how%20to%20program%20is%20not%20easy.md)
 
 ---

Projects/Testtrack/M1 - Django Learning/mysite/.env.example

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+EMAIL_HOST_USER=
+EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD=
+DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL=

Projects/Testtrack/M1 - Django Learning/mysite/.gitignore

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+.env

Projects/Testtrack/M1 - Django Learning/mysite/blog/admin.py

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 from django.contrib import admin
-from .models import Post
+from .models import Post, Comment
 
 
 @admin.register(Post)
@@ -12,3 +12,10 @@ class PostAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
     date_hierarchy = 'published_at'
     ordering = ('status', 'published_at')
     show_facets = admin.ShowFacets.ALWAYS
+
+
+@admin.register(Comment)
+class CommentAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
+    list_display = ('name', 'email', 'post', 'created_at', 'active')
+    list_filter = ('active', 'created_at', 'updated_at')
+    search_fields = ('name', 'email', 'body')

Projects/Testtrack/M1 - Django Learning/mysite/blog/feeds.py

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+import markdown
+from django.contrib.syndication.views import Feed
+from django.template.defaultfilters import truncatewords_html
+from django.urls import reverse_lazy
+from .models import Post
+
+
+class LatestPostsFeed(Feed):
+    title = "My Blog"
+    link = reverse_lazy('blog:post_list')
+    description = "Updates on the latest blog posts."
+
+    def items(self):
+        return Post.published.all()[:5]
+
+    def item_title(self, item):
+        return item.title
+
+    def item_description(self, item):
+        return truncatewords_html(markdown.markdown(item.body), 30)
+
+    def item_pubdate(self, item):
+        return item.published_at

Projects/Testtrack/M1 - Django Learning/mysite/blog/forms.py

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+from django import forms
+from .models import Comment
+
+
+class EmailPostForm(forms.Form):
+    name = forms.CharField(max_length=25)
+    email = forms.EmailField()
+    to = forms.EmailField()
+    comments = forms.CharField(
+        required=False,
+        widget=forms.Textarea
+    )
+
+
+class CommentForm(forms.ModelForm):
+    class Meta:
+        model = Comment
+        fields = ('name', 'email', 'body')

Projects/Testtrack/M1 - Django Learning/mysite/blog/migrations/0002_alter_post_slug.py

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# Generated by Django 5.2.7 on 2025-10-06 05:33
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('blog', '0001_initial'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name='post',
+            name='slug',
+            field=models.SlugField(
+                max_length=250, unique_for_date='published_at'),
+        ),
+    ]

Projects/Testtrack/M1 - Django Learning/mysite/blog/migrations/0003_comment.py

@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+# Generated by Django 5.2.7 on 2025-10-06 13:05
+
+import django.db.models.deletion
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('blog', '0002_alter_post_slug'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.CreateModel(
+            name='Comment',
+            fields=[
+                ('id', models.BigAutoField(auto_created=True,
+                 primary_key=True, serialize=False, verbose_name='ID')),
+                ('name', models.CharField(max_length=80)),
+                ('email', models.EmailField(max_length=254)),
+                ('body', models.TextField()),
+                ('created_at', models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)),
+                ('updated_at', models.DateTimeField(auto_now=True)),
+                ('active', models.BooleanField(default=True)),
+                ('post', models.ForeignKey(on_delete=django.db.models.deletion.CASCADE,
+                 related_name='comments', to='blog.post')),
+            ],
+            options={
+                'ordering': ('created_at',),
+                'indexes': [models.Index(fields=['created_at'], name='blog_commen_created_4e025c_idx')],
+            },
+        ),
+    ]

Projects/Testtrack/M1 - Django Learning/mysite/blog/migrations/0004_post_tags.py

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# Generated by Django 5.2.7 on 2025-10-07 11:52
+
+import taggit.managers
+from django.db import migrations
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('blog', '0003_comment'),
+        ('taggit', '0006_rename_taggeditem_content_type_object_id_taggit_tagg_content_8fc721_idx'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AddField(
+            model_name='post',
+            name='tags',
+            field=taggit.managers.TaggableManager(
+                help_text='A comma-separated list of tags.', through='taggit.TaggedItem', to='taggit.Tag', verbose_name='Tags'),
+        ),
+    ]

Projects/Testtrack/M1 - Django Learning/mysite/blog/models.py

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 from django.db import models
+from django.urls import reverse
 from django.utils import timezone
 from django.conf import settings
+from taggit.managers import TaggableManager
 
 
 class PublishedManager(models.Manager):
@@ -15,7 +17,10 @@ class Status(models.TextChoices):
         PUBLISHED = 'PB', 'Published'
 
     title = models.CharField(max_length=250)
-    slug = models.SlugField(max_length=250)
+    slug = models.SlugField(
+        max_length=250,
+        unique_for_date='published_at'
+    )
     author = models.ForeignKey(
         settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL,
         on_delete=models.CASCADE,
@@ -30,6 +35,7 @@ class Status(models.TextChoices):
 
     objects = models.Manager()
     published = PublishedManager()
+    tags = TaggableManager()
 
     class Meta:
         ordering = ('-published_at',)
@@ -39,3 +45,37 @@ class Meta:
 
     def __str__(self):
         return self.title
+
+    def get_absolute_url(self):
+        return reverse(
+            'blog:post_detail',
+            args=[
+                self.published_at.year,
+                self.published_at.month,
+                self.published_at.day,
+                self.slug
+            ]
+        )
+
+
+class Comment(models.Model):
+    post = models.ForeignKey(
+        Post,
+        on_delete=models.CASCADE,
+        related_name='comments'
+    )
+    name = models.CharField(max_length=80)
+    email = models.EmailField()
+    body = models.TextField()
+    created_at = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)
+    updated_at = models.DateTimeField(auto_now=True)
+    active = models.BooleanField(default=True)
+
+    class Meta:
+        ordering = ('created_at',)
+        indexes = [
+            models.Index(fields=['created_at']),
+        ]
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        return f'Comment by {self.name} on {self.post}'

Projects/Testtrack/M1 - Django Learning/mysite/blog/sitemaps.py

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+from django.contrib.sitemaps import Sitemap
+from .models import Post
+
+
+class PostSitemap(Sitemap):
+    changefreq = 'weekly'
+    priority = 0.9
+
+    def items(self):
+        return Post.published.all()
+
+    def lastmod(self, obj):
+        return obj.updated_at

Projects/Testtrack/M1 - Django Learning/mysite/blog/templates/blog/base.html

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+{% load blog_tags %}
 {% load static %}
 <!DOCTYPE html>
 <html lang="en">
@@ -9,11 +10,26 @@
 </head>
 <body>
   <article id="content">
-        {% block content %}{% endblock %}
+    {% block content %}{% endblock %}
   </article>
   <aside id="sidebar">
-        <h2>My blog</h2>
-        <p> Hello dude!</p>
+    <h2>My blog</h2>
+    <p>Hello dude! I published {% total_posts %} posts so far.</p>
+    <p>
+       <a href="{% url "blog:post_feed" %}">Subscribe to my blog feed</a>
+    </p>
+    <h3>Latest posts</h3>
+    {% show_latest_posts 3 %}
+    <h3>Most commented posts</h3>
+    {% get_most_commented_posts as most_commented_posts %}
+    <ul>
+      {% for post in most_commented_posts %}
+        <li>
+          <a href="{{ post.get_absolute_url }}">{{ post.title }}</a> ({{ post.comments.count }})
+        </li>
+      {% empty %}
+        <li>No posts available.</li>
+      {% endfor %}
   </aside>
 </body>
 </html>

Projects/Testtrack/M1 - Django Learning/mysite/blog/templates/blog/post/comment.html

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{% extends "blog/base.html" %}
+
+{% block title %}Add a comment{% endblock %}
+
+{% block content %}
+  {% if comment %}
+    <h2>Your comment has been added.</h2>
+    <p><a href="{{ post.get_absolute_url }}">Back to post</a></p>
+  {% else %}
+     {% include "blog/post/includes/comment_form.html" %}
+  {% endif %}
+{% endblock %}

Projects/Testtrack/M1 - Django Learning/mysite/blog/templates/blog/post/detail.html

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 {% extends "blog/base.html" %}
+{% load blog_tags %}
 
 {% block title %}{{ post.title }}{% endblock %}
 
@@ -7,5 +8,34 @@ <h1>{{ post.title }}</h1>
     <p class="date">
         Published on {{ post.published_at }} by {{post.author}}
     </p>
-   {{ post.body|linebreaks }}</p>
+   {{ post.body|markdown }}
+   <p>
+       <a href="{% url 'blog:post_share' post.pk %}">Share via email</a>
+   </p>
+   <h2>Similar posts</h2>
+   {% for post in similar_posts %}
+      <p>
+        <a href="{{ post.get_absolute_url }}">
+          {{ post.title }}
+        </a>
+      </p>
+   {% empty %}
+      <p>No similar posts found.</p>
+   {% endfor %}
+   {% with comments.count as total_comments %}
+        <h2>
+            {{ total_comments }} Comment{{ total_comments|pluralize }}
+        </h2>
+   {% endwith %}
+   {% for comment in comments %}
+        <div class="comment">
+          <p class="info">
+              Comment {{ forloop.counter }} by {{ comment.name }} on {{ comment.created_at }}
+          </p>
+          {{ comment.body|linebreaks }}
+        </div>
+   {% empty %}
+        <p>No comments yet.</p>
+   {% endfor %}
+   {% include "blog/post/includes/comment_form.html" %}
 {% endblock %}

Projects/Testtrack/M1 - Django Learning/mysite/blog/templates/blog/post/includes/comment_form.html

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+<h2>Add new comment</h2>
+<form action="{% url "blog:post_comment" post.id %}" method="post">
+    <div class="left">
+        {{ form.name.as_field_group }}
+    </div>
+    <div class="left">
+        {{ form.email.as_field_group }}
+    </div>
+    {{ form.body.as_field_group }}
+    {% csrf_token %}
+    <p>
+        <input type="submit" value="Add comment"/>
+    </p>
+</form>

Projects/Testtrack/M1 - Django Learning/mysite/blog/templates/blog/post/latest_posts.html

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+<ul>
+  {% for post in latest_posts %}
+    <li>
+      <a href="{{ post.get_absolute_url }}">{{ post.title }}</a> - {{ post.published_at }}
+    </li>
+  {% empty %}
+    <li>No recent posts available.</li>
+  {% endfor %}
+</ul>