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Emulating nested optgroups in Django Forms

Some motivation Django has a field called ChoiceField which lets you very easily create a <select> dropdown in your forms. A great feature is the ability to transform nested choices into appropriate <optgroup> groups. For instance, the following code: …creates a field that when rendered looks something like this:   The HTML that Django produced looks …

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jQuery Deconstructed

I really enjoy exploring jQuery’s source code. Recently, I’ve been using James Padolsey’s jQuery Source Viewer. It’s a really neat tool that lets you type in the name of a function (even if it’s an internal function!) and view its source. Just today, I’ve discovered a different tool/series called JS Libs Deconstructed. Not only will …

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