News

Wagtail 2.12.4, 2.11.7, and 2.13rc1

New security releases for Wagtail 2.12.4 and 2.11.7 along with 2.13rc1.

Django: Technical Board Candidate Registration

With the completion of the Django 3.x major release cycle and in accordance with DEP-10 it is now time to collect candidates for the Django Technical Board. Registration for Candidates will end on April 27th, 2021 AoE.

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Until April 29, you can purchase PyCharm at 30% off and the full purchase price will be donated to the Django Software Foundation.

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Migrating from Django 1.7 to 3.2 is no small task. Learn how to successfully leapfrog a massive Django/Python upgrade.

Articles

Django Tailwind v2.0 is out. It brings the "JIT" mode and hot reloading. ⚡

Django Tailwind is an integration package for Tailwind CSS and v2 brings JIT and hot reloading.

Your Guide to Connection Management in Postgres

If you aren't sure what connection pooling is or why you'd ever need it, this article dives into three variations and walks you through the benefits of each.

15 DevTool Secrets for JavaScript Developers

A set of helpful tips for Chrome and Firefox DevTools tips.

Progressively Enhance a Form with HTMX

Django Fellow Carlton Gibson posted a nice example of how to progressively enhance a form with htmx.

Work with GitHub Actions in your terminal with GitHub CLI - The GitHub Blog

As of 1.9.0, GitHub Actions is available in your terminal. Two new top-level commands, gh run and gh workflow, provide insight into workflow runs.

PyCharm Introduction to Django + AWS

An 8-part guide to Django and AWS, including the use of Django REST Framework and authentication.

Events

PyOhio 2021 Call for Proposals

PyOhio 2021 takes place July 31 and proposals for talks can be submitted until May 3rd.

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Projects

adamchainz/heroicons: Use heroicons in your Django and Jinja templates.

Use heroicons in your Django and Jinja templates. Contribute to adamchainz/heroicons development by creating an account on GitHub.

See Adam's Introducing the heroicons Python Package write-up about the package.

tfranzel/drf-spectacular: Sane and flexible OpenAPI 3 schema generation for Django REST framework.

Sane and flexible OpenAPI 3 schema generation for Django REST framework. - tfranzel/drf-spectacular

wagtail/wagtail-airtable: Airtable import and export support for Wagtail pages and Django models.

Airtable import and export support for Wagtail pages and Django models. - wagtail/wagtail-airtable

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