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Python Django Basics Model Administration First Model

Nicholas Anstis
Nicholas Anstis
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Posted by Nicholas Anstis
Nicholas Anstis
2,095 Points

Create a model named Article that has a headline attribute. Article.headline should be a CharField with a max_length of

This is what i've come up with but i'm stuck. If anybody could help me :D

articles/models.py 
from django.db import models

# Create your models here
class Article(models,Model):
    Article.headline = models.CharField(max_length=255)

2 Answers

Florian Tönjes
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Florian Tönjes
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Florian Tönjes
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Florian Tönjes
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Hey Nicholas,

you almost got it.

from django.db import models

# Create your models here
class Article(models.Model): 
    headline = models.CharField(max_length=255)

Regards, Florian

Patric Daniel Pförtner
Patric Daniel Pförtner
1,542 Points
Patric Daniel Pförtner
Patric Daniel Pförtner
1,542 Points

Hi Nicholas Anstis,

You are very close to the answer, here is how I did it: 

from django.db import models

# Create your models here
class Article(models.Model):
  headline = models.CharField(max_length = 255)

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