Django snippets

from django.db import models

class Person(models.Model):
    """Demonstrate model attribute with a Python property
    >>> p = Person(firstName='Jeff', lastName='Bauer')
    >>> p.name
    'Bauer, Jeff'
    >>>
    """
    firstName = models.CharField(maxlength=20)
    lastName = models.CharField(maxlength=20)
    middleName = models.CharField(maxlength=20, blank=True)

    def _name(self):
        if self.middleName:
            return "%s, %s %s." % (self.lastName,
                                   self.firstName,
                                   self.middleName[:1])
        else:
            return "%s, %s" % (self.lastName, self.firstName)
    name = property(_name)