Passing objects from Django to Javascript DOM

Same Question, “Better”(more recent) answer: Django Queryset to dict for use in json

Answer by vashishtha-jogi:

A better approach is to use DjangoJSONEncoder. It has support for Decimal.

import json
from django.core.serializers.json import DjangoJSONEncoder

prices = Price.objects.filter(product=product).values_list('price','valid_from')

prices_json = json.dumps(list(prices), cls=DjangoJSONEncoder)

Very easy to use. No jumping through hoops for converting individual
fields to float.

Update : Changed the answer to use builtin json instead of simplejson.

This is answer came up so often in my google searches and has so many views, that it seems like a good idea to update it and save anyone else from digging through SO. Assumes Django 1.5.