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Django 4.x Technical Board Election Results

A new technical board was elected for Django!

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Articles

Fluent in Django: Get to know Django models better

A great look at Django models in this newest article in the Fluent in Django series from GirlThatLovesToCode.

Monitoring Django applications by Dani Hodovic

A summary of different monitoring methods for Django projects from crowdsourcing to error checks to specialized tools.

Disabling FLoC, Google’s new advertising technology by Adam Johnson

Google has started rolling out FLoC, currently to 0.5% of Chrome users, and some sites are already disabling it. In this post we’ll cover what FLoC is, who’s disabling it, why, and how to do so on a Django site.

HTMX & Django—bringing the new school to the old school by Craig Anderson

A nice using HTMX with Django article.

FLOSS and linguistic diversity by Paolo Melchiorre

Thoughts on linguistic diversity in FLOSS, arising from the Italian translation of the Django documentation.

Ajax-Enabled Checkbox and Select with Django and HTMX by Jack Linke

htmx allows for Javascript-like behavior without having to write any JavaScript yourself. This tutorial covers how to enable checkboxes on a Django settings page with htmx.

Videos

Python Debugger Crash Course: pdb / breakpoint by Anthony Sottile

A brief Python Debugger (pdb) overview.

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Podcasts

devMode.fm // Dynamic HTML with htmx

An interview with Carson from Big Sky Software, the creator of htmx which brings dynamic functionality to the modern web without needing to write your own JavaScript.

Projects

django-crispy-forms/crispy-bootstrap5: Bootstrap5 template pack for django-crispy-forms

Bootstrap5 template pack for django-crispy-forms. Contribute to django-crispy-forms/crispy-bootstrap5 development by creating an account on GitHub.

DanielJDufour/djenv

Load Django Settings from Environmental Variables with One Magical Line of Code.

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