Various Topics for Documentation

List of topics not assigned to any chapter and in random order

This is just a collection of topics which shall be handled in the refactored documentation for django-SHOP. Feel free to extend this list with everything coming to your mind, especially topics where the current documentation does a poor job.

• Organize your URLs
• Use django-CMS to create pages
• Register CMSApps: CatalogListApp, CatalogSearchApp, OrderApp
• Why do we deregister menu pool modifier
• How to internationalize URLs
• How to reset the password (why can't this be done like we handle views)
• How to implement self-registration of users
• FAQs
• The Shop uses DRF Views exclusive, there are no Django Views
• How to create a Catalog List View without the CMS
• How to create a Catalog Search View without the CMS
• How to create the Order Views without the CMS
• How to pass additional parameters to the View inside the url() call
• Access pages expecting HTML or JSON
• Routing to the shop's endpoints
• the role of AngularJS
• initializing AngularJS components using Sekizai
• How deferred models work
• Merchant is responsible for creating migrations
• Why is the deferred model superior to EAV
• Why is the BaseProduct model almost empty (no field for price, product code, etc.)
• When to use and how to handle polymorphism
• what is the smallest common denominator for all products, to show in product list views
• Put business logic into serializers
• Handle model translations with django-parler
• How to extend the AddToCartSerializer for variations
• How to handle items in stock using AddToCartSerializer
• How to contribute and report bugs
• PEP8 and additional style guide
• How to write Cart modifiers and what shall they do
• Better integration of docstrings using Sphinx
• How to handle forms during checkout
• How does client-side form validation work
• Creating a marketplace with django-SHOP
• Handle taxes, including different rates per item and delivery country
• Filtering products by tags
• Roadmap to future features
• Release note management
• Multi-Vendor sites
• Quantity management
• Editable product detail views
• Create an EAV for another shop
• Create a shipping provider connection