CRUD URL Design with Python

urls.py

# settings.py

APPEND_SLASH = True

# projectname/urls.py

from django.conf.urls import include
from django.conf.urls import patterns
from django.conf.urls import url

import people.customers.urls
import stock.products.urls

urlpatterns = patterns(
    '',
    url(r'^customers/', include(people.customers.urls)),
    url(r'^products/', include(stock.products.urls)),
)

# people/customers/urls.py

from django.conf.urls import include
from django.conf.urls import patterns
from django.conf.urls import url

from people.customers import views

urlpatterns = patterns(
    '',
    url(r'^$', views.ListView.as_view(), name='customer-list'),
    url(r'^new/$', views.CreateView.as_view(), name='customer-create'),
    url(r'^(?P<pk>\d+)/', include(patterns(
        url(r'^$', views.DetailView.as_view(), name='customer-detail'),
        url(r'^edit/$', views.UpdateView.as_view(), name='customer-update'),
        url(r'^delete/$', views.Delete.as_view(), name='customer-delete'),
    ))),
)

# P.S. Works great on its own, works better with https://github.com/jleeothon/urlmodel

Whereas a traditional way to do it could be:

urlpatterns = patterns(
    '',
    url(r'^customers/$', ListView.as_view(), name='customer-list'),
    url(r'^customers/new/$', CreateView.as_view(), name='customer-create'),
    url(r'^customers/(?P<pk>\d+)/$', DetailView.as_view(), name='customer-detail'),
    url(r'^customers/(?P<pk>\d+)/edit/$', UpdateView.as_view(), name='customer-update'),
    url(r'^customers/(?P<pk>\d+)/delete/$', DeleteView.as_view(), name='customer-delete'),
)

The "DRYer" way is not extremely DRY either. Unless someone will make an installable module for that. It may be added to urlmodel, but I'm too busy right now. And that's arguable a good or bad idea.