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Django 4.1 alpha 1 released

Django 4.1 alpha 1 is now available. It represents the first stage in the 4.1 release cycle and is an opportunity for you to try out the changes coming in Django 4.1.

Wagtail 3.0 release notes

Wagtail 3.0 is live! This is a major update that has a page editor redesign, rich text block splitting, image duplication detection, and many more great features.

Python 3.9.13 is now available

The final regular maintenance release for Python 3.9. Starting now, the 3.9 branch will only accept security fixes and releases of those will be made in source-only form until October 2025.

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Articles

Django File (and Image) Uploads Tutorial

Fully updated guide to managing media files in Django by building an Instagram clone.

Recent objects using several Django models

From Matthias Kestenholz, an article on the new package django-recent-objects which can combine, for example, recent articles and comments in a single activity stream.

Deploying Django To App Engine With Github Actions

An in-depth guide to deploying a website with Google Cloud Platform App engine and performing migrations on a Cloud SQL database.

Unfinished Business with Postgres

Postgres is the most popular database used with Django and Heroku is one of the original PasS's (Platforms as a Service). Craig Kerstiens, who used to work at Heroku and is a Postgres expert, discusses the history of Postgres at Heroku and how it relates to the recent security incidences there.

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Datapane is Hiring Senior and Mid Django Developers Remotely

Datapane is an open-source framework which makes it easy for data scientists to create reports, dashboards, and apps using Python. They are growing quickly and are hiring amazing Django developers to help build their report hosting and app execution PaaS.

Projects

matthiask/django-recent-objects/

Recent objects fetching utilities.

Opus10/django-pgpubsub

A distributed task processing framework for Django built on top of the Postgres NOTIFY/LISTEN protocol.

codingjoe/django-pictures

Responsive cross-browser image library using modern formats like AVIF & WebP.

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