News

Python 3.8.6 is now available

Python 3.8.6 is a maintenance release. Check out the What's New In Python 3.8 document for more information about features.

Django CMS 3.8.0 RC1 released

The first Django CMS release under a newly founded Django CMS Association. This release focuses on Django 3.1 support.

Articles

Django Best Practices: Security

Django security best practices starting with the most important and working down the list.

Docker Github Actions V2

Docker released V2 of their Docker Github Actions which adds some much better build and caching options.

Django and its default values

A dive into how Django's migration system handles default values on model fields.

What is the Value of Browser Diversity?

A thoughtful take on what's lost if one/two browsers dominate.

feincms may still be relevant

Thoughts on the Django CMS landscape from the creator of feincms.

Using sorl-thumbnail with Redis on Heroku

How to add sorl-thumbnail to a Django project with Redis and deploy on Heroku

Comprehending Class-Based Views in Django - The View Base Class

A look at the base View class from which all other Class-Based Views are built.

Events

Django Day Copenhagen 2020

Djangonauts from in and around Denmark are meeting up for the second edition of Django Day, to be held on September 25th 2020. It will be a full day of talks, either to be experienced online -or- at our venue with safe social distancing.

Videos

Python Web Conf 2020 Talks

The Python Web Conf 2020 Talks were released to YouTube!

Django Boston August 2020 Virtual Event with Benjamin "Zags" Zagorsky

Benjamin "Zags" Zagorsky presents "Rapid Prototyping in Django", a distilled set of lessons and recommendations from the projects we've done for how to build a functional Django website in 2 days and not regret it later.

"At The Root : Wagtail + Gatsby + GitPod" - Dawn Wages (PyConline AU 2020)

How to combine headless Wagtail with a Gatsby frontend and Gitpod.

Can you keep a secret?

Techniques to properly store, share, and manage your secrets, as easily as possible, and most importantly without disrupting your workflow.

Podcasts

Running in Production - Collecting and Processing Genomic Data to Help Cure Rare Diseases

Using Django to build an internal tool that helps make sense of ~5 Petabytes of Genomic data that is then made available to clinicians. It’s running across many different AWS resources using ECS Fargate.

Projects

raphaelm/django-scopes

Safely separate multiple tenants in a Django database

matthiask/feincms3

feincms3 offers tools and building blocks which make building a CMS that is versatile, powerful and tailor-made at the same time for each project a reachable reality.

SmileyChris/django-countries

A Django application that provides country choices for use with forms, flag icons static files, and a country field for models.

lnxpy/DBMQ

A Docker-based Message Queue using Django as the web server.