Add icon to TechGroup

src/web/migrations/0007_techgroup_icon.py

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Generated by Django 5.0.1 on 2024-03-28 19:15
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('web', '0006_alter_event_duration'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AddField(
+            model_name='techgroup',
+            name='icon',
+            field=models.CharField(blank=True, help_text='Emojji or Font Awesome CSS icon class(es) to represent the group.', max_length=256),
+        ),
+    ]

src/web/models.py

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 from django.db import models
 from django.urls import reverse
-
 from handyhelpers.models import HandyHelperBaseModel
 
 
@@ -14,6 +13,11 @@ class TechGroup(HandyHelperBaseModel):
     enabled = models.BooleanField(default=True)
     # platform = models.ForeignKey("EventPlatform", blank=True, null=True, on_delete=models.SET_NULL)
     homepage = models.URLField(blank=True, null=True)
+    icon = models.CharField(
+        max_length=256,
+        blank=True,
+        help_text="Emojji or Font Awesome CSS icon class(es) to represent the group.",
+    )
 
     def __str__(self) -> str:
         return self.name

src/web/views.py

@@ -1,15 +1,14 @@
 from typing import Any
+
 from django.http import HttpRequest, HttpResponse
 from django.shortcuts import render
-from django.utils import timezone
 from django.template import loader
-
+from django.utils import timezone
 from django.views.generic import DetailView
-from handyhelpers.views.gui import HandyHelperListView, HandyHelperIndexView
-from handyhelpers.views.calendar import CalendarView
 from handyhelpers.mixins.view_mixins import HtmxViewMixin
-from handyhelpers.views.htmx import BuildModelSidebarNav, BuildBootstrapModalView
-
+from handyhelpers.views.calendar import CalendarView
+from handyhelpers.views.gui import HandyHelperIndexView, HandyHelperListView
+from handyhelpers.views.htmx import BuildBootstrapModalView, BuildModelSidebarNav
 
 from web.models import Event, TechGroup
 
@@ -23,9 +22,8 @@ def __init__(self, **kwargs: Any) -> None:
         self.item_list = [
             {
                 "url": tech_group.get_absolute_url(),
-                "icon": "fa-brands fa-python",  # TODO: add this to the TechGroup model
+                "icon": tech_group.icon,
                 "title": str(tech_group),
-                "description": (tech_group.description or "")[:100],
             }
             for tech_group in TechGroup.objects.all()
         ]
@@ -72,11 +70,11 @@ class BuildSidebar(BuildModelSidebarNav):
 
     menu_item_list = [
         {
-            "queryset": Event.objects.filter(date_time__gte=timezone.now()),
+            "queryset": Event.objects.filter(date_time__gte=timezone.now()).order_by("date_time"),
             "icon": """<i class="fa-solid fa-calendar-day"></i>""",
         },
         {
-            "queryset": TechGroup.objects.filter(enabled=True),
+            "queryset": TechGroup.objects.filter(enabled=True).order_by("name"),
             "icon": """<i class="fa-solid fa-people-group"></i>""",
         },
     ]