MrBenn Toolbar Plugin Docs¶
The MrBenn Toolbar Plugin is an addon for the Django Debug Toolbar which allows you to quickly open static files and views in your IDE.
Limitations and next steps¶
Do not use this package in production. Do not use Django-Debug-Toolbar in production either! In this package, template file-system location information is sent to the backend via a url-parameter. As it stands, any files on your file system could be opened by manipulating this parameter. An easy pull-request would be to check that a file to be opened exists within the current project, before opening it.
Django-debug-toolbar cleverly uses keys instead of raw file system information (https://github.com/jazzband/django-debug-toolbar/blob/5665d6808ce0780d2594157684dd6869d1e048a5/debug_toolbar/panels/templates/views.py#L19) . This would also be good next step for this package to implement.
What’s with the name?¶
Mr Benn was a kids UK TV show from the 70s (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr_Benn). The main character, Mr Benn, on each episode walked through a magical door which took him on different adventures. Perhaps I was thinking that this package in a similar fashion performs a little IDE magic, transporting you to the right file, each time you click the link to your current view or template. #ModernKidsTVshowsSuck #CBEEBIESthoughRocks