feat: Implement ride management views and utility functions

- Added functions for checking user privileges, handling photo uploads, preparing form data, and managing form errors.
- Created views for listing, creating, updating, and displaying rides, including category-specific views.
- Integrated submission handling for ride changes and improved user feedback through messages.
- Enhanced data handling with appropriate context and queryset management for better performance and usability.

thrillwiki/views.py

@@ -1,10 +1,14 @@
 from django.shortcuts import render
 from django.views.generic import TemplateView
-from django.db.models import Count, Q
+from django.db.models import Count, Q, Value, CharField
+from django.db.models.functions import Concat
+from django.core.cache import cache
 from parks.models import Park
 from rides.models import Ride
 from companies.models import Company, Manufacturer
+from analytics.models import PageView
 from django.conf import settings
+import random
 import os
 
 
@@ -27,15 +31,60 @@ class HomeView(TemplateView):
             'total_roller_coasters': Ride.objects.filter(category='RC').count(),
         }
         
-        # Get popular parks (based on average rating)
-        context['popular_parks'] = Park.objects.exclude(
+        # Try to get trending items from cache first
+        trending_parks = cache.get('trending_parks')
+        trending_rides = cache.get('trending_rides')
+
+        # If not in cache, get them directly and cache them
+        if trending_parks is None:
+            try:
+                trending_parks = list(PageView.get_trending_items(Park, hours=24, limit=10))
+                if trending_parks:
+                    cache.set('trending_parks', trending_parks, 3600)  # Cache for 1 hour
+                else:
+                    # Fallback to highest rated parks if no trending data
+                    trending_parks = Park.objects.exclude(
+                        average_rating__isnull=True
+                    ).order_by('-average_rating')[:10]
+            except Exception:
+                # Fallback to highest rated parks if trending calculation fails
+                trending_parks = Park.objects.exclude(
+                    average_rating__isnull=True
+                ).order_by('-average_rating')[:10]
+
+        if trending_rides is None:
+            try:
+                trending_rides = list(PageView.get_trending_items(Ride, hours=24, limit=10))
+                if trending_rides:
+                    cache.set('trending_rides', trending_rides, 3600)  # Cache for 1 hour
+                else:
+                    # Fallback to highest rated rides if no trending data
+                    trending_rides = Ride.objects.exclude(
+                        average_rating__isnull=True
+                    ).order_by('-average_rating')[:10]
+            except Exception:
+                # Fallback to highest rated rides if trending calculation fails
+                trending_rides = Ride.objects.exclude(
+                    average_rating__isnull=True
+                ).order_by('-average_rating')[:10]
+
+        # Get highest rated items (mix of parks and rides)
+        highest_rated_parks = list(Park.objects.exclude(
             average_rating__isnull=True
-        ).order_by('-average_rating')[:5]
+        ).order_by('-average_rating')[:20])  # Get more items to randomly select from
         
-        # Get popular rides (based on average rating)
-        context['popular_rides'] = Ride.objects.exclude(
+        highest_rated_rides = list(Ride.objects.exclude(
             average_rating__isnull=True
-        ).order_by('-average_rating')[:5]
+        ).order_by('-average_rating')[:20])  # Get more items to randomly select from
+
+        # Combine and shuffle highest rated items
+        all_highest_rated = highest_rated_parks + highest_rated_rides
+        random.shuffle(all_highest_rated)
+        
+        # Keep the same context variable names for template compatibility
+        context['popular_parks'] = trending_parks
+        context['popular_rides'] = trending_rides
+        context['highest_rated'] = all_highest_rated[:10]  # Take first 10 after shuffling
         
         return context
 
@@ -76,6 +125,7 @@ class SearchView(TemplateView):
             ).prefetch_related('rides')[:10]
 
         return context
+
 def environment_and_settings_view(request):
     # Get all environment variables
     env_vars = dict(os***REMOVED***iron)
@@ -86,4 +136,4 @@ def environment_and_settings_view(request):
     return render(request, 'environment_and_settings.html', {
         'env_vars': env_vars,
         'settings_vars': settings_vars
-    })
+    })