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This page, updated regularly, aggregates Community blog posts from the Django community.
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Choosing a Django Version
One of the first things you need to do when starting a new Django project is to choose which version of Django you are going to use. At any given time, there could be as many as three supported Django versions available to choose from: previous long-term supported version (LTS) current LTS latest official version I'm excluding pre-releases from this list which should only be used for testing. What are you optimizing for? The first question to ask yourself is what are you optimizing for. When we are building applications for our clients we are almost always optimizing to reduce costs, both during the initial development process and in support post-launch. For this reason, we are choosing versions which meet the goals of maximimizing interoperability with the Django ecosystem and minimizing maintenance (aka toil) down-the-road. Unless you are working on a hobby project and want to play with new features, I'd argue these goals are universal. Notes on Django Versioning Django does not follow the semantic versioning standard strictly. Versions will always be made up of three numbers (major.minor.patch). Minor version 2 is always an LTS version. After the LTS, the major version is incremented and two minor releases are … -
Django News - Python Developers Survey 2021 Results - Jun 10th 2022
News Get PyCharm, Support Django Until June 20, you can purchase PyCharm Pro at 30% off, with all of the proceeds being donated to the Django Software Foundation. jetbrains.com Python Developers Survey 2021: Python is everywhere The results of the fifth official annual Python Developers Survey are now available. blogspot.com Python Insider: Python 3.10.5 is available Python 3.10.5 is a bugfix release with more than 230 bugfixes and docs changes. blogspot.com Tailwind CSS v3.1 was released Tailwind CSS v3.1 adds variants, adds better support for importing existing CSS, and adds dozens of new features and bug fixes. tailwindcss.com Sponsored Ad Affordable Heroku-like experience for Django. Spin up a production-ready Django application, Postgres DB, and Redis in 5 minutes on AWS, DO, or any other provider. appliku.com Events DjangoCon US Talks I’d Like to See: 2022 Edition Friday, June 10th AOE is the last day to submit your DjangoCon US talk and tutorial proposals. Jeff wrote up some last-minute talk ideas that he'd like to see. Please note that they will be accepting an additional ten prerecorded talks if travel isn't your thing. jefftriplett.com Articles Django: How to send email without Celery Lightweight emails without Celery. And without a request-response cycle. … -
You Don't Need JavaScript
What If I Told You… You Don’t Need JavaScript. This talk explores why JavaScript is not good fit for most web apps. I then show how most web apps can do dynamic things using htmx. htmx is an extension library to make HTML markup better. I present examples of AJAX fetching and deletion. The presentation includes a dynamic search and how to implement infinite scrolling with a trivial amount of code. -
You Don't Need JavaScript
What If I Told You… You Don’t Need JavaScript. This talk explores why JavaScript is not good fit for most web apps. I then show how most web apps can do dynamic things using htmx. htmx is an extension library to make HTML markup better. I present examples of AJAX fetching and deletion. The presentation includes a dynamic search and how to implement infinite scrolling with a trivial amount of code. -
Handling Concurrency Without Locks
Concurrency is not very intuitive. You need to train your brain to consider what happens when multiple processes execute a certain code block at the same time. There are several issues I often encounter: Failing to recognize potential concurrency issues: It's not uncommon for both beginner and seasoned developers to completely miss a potential concurrency problem. When this happens, and the concurrency issue end up causing bugs, it's usually very hard to trace and debug. Dismiss concurrency issues due to low likelihood: If you recognized a potential concurrency issue, at some point you probably thought to yourself "what are the chances if this happening...". It's very tempting to dismiss concurrency issues when the likelihood is low. However, I personally found that concurrency issues tend to creep up at the worst time - when your system is under significant load and you have very little time (and grace) to come up with a solution. Abusing locks: If you recognized a potential issue and decided to handle it properly, your next step will usually involve some kind of lock. Sometimes locks are necessary, but more often than not they can be avoided, or replaced by more permissive locks. In this article I … -
Read The Docs - Eric Holscher
Eric’s personal wite@ ericholscher on TwitterRead the DocsWrite the DocsAd Funding at Read the Docs and What’s Next for Ethical AdvertisingDjangoCon Europe 2021: Dynamic static sites with Django & Sphinx by Carlton GibsonSupport the ShowThis podcast does not have any ads or sponsors. To support the show, please consider purchasing a book, signing up for Button, or reading the Django News newsletter. -
Django News - Annual Django PyCharm Promotion - Jun 3rd 2022
News Get PyCharm, Support Django Until June 20, you can purchase PyCharm Pro at 30% off, with all of the proceeds being donated to the Django Software Foundation. jetbrains.com Django bugfix release: 4.0.5 This bugfix fixes three bugs in Django 4.0.4. As ever, the best security practice is to always be on the latest version of Django. djangoproject.com PSF Board Election Dates for 2022 Board elections are a chance for the community to find the next batch of folks to help steer the Python Software Foundation. blogspot.com Sponsored Link Crunchy Bridge - Fully Managed Postgres as a Service crunchybridge.com Articles TDD Practice: Time API with Django The blog post version of a workshop the author ran at DjangoConEU in 2018. Now updated for Django 4.0, learn some TDD (Test Driven Development) tricks by building a small API with Django. brntn.me Debugging Tips And Techniques Multiple debugging and problem solving techniques for Django apps. mattlayman.com Build a CRUD application using Django, React & Docker Step-by-step guide to building a Menu website with CRUD support using Django, React, Docker. dev.to People in your software supply chain A thoughtful piece on recognizing and highlighting the contributors responsible for crucial parts of the Python … -
Debugging Tips And Techniques
In the last Understand Django article, we looked at security. How does a Django site stay safe on the big, bad internet? The article explored some core elements for making Django app more secure. With this article, we will investigate problem solving techniques for Django apps. The goal is to equip you with tools to fix the real problems that you’ll hit when building your Django site. From Browser To DjangoURLs Lead The WayViews On ViewsTemplates For User InterfacesUser Interaction With FormsStore Data With ModelsAdminister All The ThingsAnatomy Of An ApplicationUser AuthenticationMiddleware Do You Go? -
Django: How to send email without Celery
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