""" 2. Adding __repr__() to models Although it's not a strict requirement, each model should have a ``__repr__()`` method to return a "human-readable" representation of the object. Do this not only for your own sanity when dealing with the interactive prompt, but also because objects' representations are used throughout Django's automatically-generated admin. """ from django.core import meta class Article(meta.Model): fields = ( meta.CharField('headline', maxlength=100), meta.DateTimeField('pub_date'), ) def __repr__(self): return self.headline API_TESTS = """ # Create an Article. >>> from datetime import datetime >>> a = articles.Article(id=None, headline='Area man programs in Python', pub_date=datetime(2005, 7, 28)) >>> a.save() >>> repr(a) 'Area man programs in Python' >>> a Area man programs in Python """