A flake8 plugin to detect bad practices on Django projects.
Install from pip with:
$ pip install flake8-django
flake8-django uses pytest for tests. To run them use:
$ pytest
Run coverage report using:
$ pytest --cov=.
| Rule | Description |
|---|---|
DJ01 |
Avoid using null=True on string-based fields such as CharField and TextField |
DJ03 |
Avoid passing locals() as context to a render function |
DJ06 |
Do not use exclude with ModelForm, use fields instead |
DJ07 |
Do not use __all__ with ModelForm, use fields instead |
DJ08 |
Model does not define __str__ method |
DJ12 |
Order of Model's inner classes, methods, and fields does not follow the Django Style Guide |
DJ13 |
@receiver decorator must be on top of all the other decorators |
More details about each of the Rules can be found on the wiki page.
| Rule | Description |
|---|---|
DJ10 |
Model should define verbose_name on its Meta inner class |
DJ11 |
Model should define verbose_name_plural on its Meta inner class |
To enable optional rules you can use the --select parameter. It's default values are: E,F,W,C90.
For example, if you wanted to enable DJ10, you could call flake8 in the following way:
flake8 --select=E,F,W,C90,DJ,DJ10
You could also add it to your configuration file:
[flake8]
max-line-length = 120
...
select = C,E,F,W,DJ,DJ10
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