News

Django 4.2 alpha 1 released

Django 4.2 alpha 1 is now available. It represents the first stage in the 4.2 release cycle and is an opportunity for you to try out the changes coming in Django 4.2.

Git security vulnerabilities announced

tl;dr Upgrade to the latest Git version as soon as possible.

GitHub Copilot Litigation

From November 2022 but still relevant. It is a class-action lawsuit against GitHub Copilot which trained its AI systems on public GitHub repositories (and potentially private as well) including Django's.

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Articles

PyDev of the Week: Tim Schilling - Mouse Vs Python

Tim is a longtime Django user who currently works on multiple third-party packages including django-debug-toolbar. He also gave a Django debugging tutorial at DjangoCon US last year.

Why I Like Nox

Tox is a command-line tool that automates testing in multiple Python environments. Nox is a similar tool that aims to simplify the usage of Tox by using standard Python files instead of INI-config files.

Events

DjangoCon Europe 2023 - Call for Proposals

CFP is now open until February 26th for the conference which takes place May 29 - June 2 in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Django Day Copenhagen 2023 - Call for Proposals

Django Day Copenhagen is April 14th, 2023. The Call for Proposals has just opened and the deadline is March 1st.

PSF's D&I Friendly Chat

Join the Python Software Foundation on January 31st to learn about the organization's initiatives and how you can contribute, regardless of coding expertise. The workshop, sponsored by the PSF's Diversity and Inclusion Working Group, will include a Q&A session.

Tutorials

CTRL Z Blog: How To Log Users In With Their Email

Learn how to use Django's authentication system to log users in with an email instead of a username.

Videos

HackCast S02E08 - Django Community & Django Styleguide

Rado & Ivo discuss the Django Community and HackSoft's Django Styleguide.

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Podcasts

Django Chat #131: Foxley Talent with Jon Gould

Jon is a longtime Django/Python recruiter who runs Foxley Talent. We discuss how to stand out to recruiters and companies, current trends in the market, and giving back to the Django community.

Projects

theskumar/python-dotenv

Reads key-value pairs from a .env file and can set them as environment variables. It helps in developing applications following the 12-factor principles.

mher/flower

Real-time monitor and web admin for Celery distributed task queue.

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