In the last year, I’ve defined a quite stable fundation for my django projects. In this post I’m enumerating template design components that saved my day by reducing development time while keeping code readable, concise and standard-compliant.

1. Blueprint CSS framework

While not a django-specific add-on, Blueprint CSS framework is a perfect companion for django template designers: it features cross-browser style reset, a 24-column grid layout, a nice looking typography and a print-friendly style.

2. django-uni-form

django-uni-form implements UniForm CSS framework in Django: you can render your forms as stylish xhtml-compliant divs using a simple template tag filter and add form layout information to your Form classes.

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