Dear all, Using VS Code I stumbled into this error raised by django-pyling: Whenever I write: from django.contrib.auth.models import User Django-Pylint return me this error: User model imported from django.contrib.auth.models Apparently there are a lot of ppl experiencing the same errors on S…

Django does say to use get_user_model()… only when building reusable apps - i.e. those intended for use in multiple projects, installed via PyPI or similar. This is covered under the heading Reusable apps and AUTH_USER_MODEL in the docs. pylint-django is somewhat mistaken in always recommending th…

Best Practice and documentation: from django.contrib.auth.models import User, Pylint and errors

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carloocchiena March 7, 2022, 8:47pm 3

thank you @adamchainz
loved your precision and your effort in helping me understand what’s the right use of Django!
thanks!
Carlo

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Best Practice and documentation: from django.contrib.auth.models import User, Pylint and errors

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