News

DjangoCon Europe 2021 Announcement

This year's DjangoCon Europe will be virtual only and held June 2-6.

Python 3.7.10 and 3.6.13 security updates now available

Python 3.7.10 and 3.6.13, the latest security fix rollups for Python 3.7 and Python 3.6, are now available.

Wagtail 2.12 and 2.11 Bugfixes

Minor Wagtail versions 2.12.2, 2.12.1, 2.11.5, and 2.11.4 were released to address bug fixes.

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Articles

New Testing Features in Django 3.2

Adam Johnson explores in-depth 5 new testing features in the forthcoming Django 3.2 release.

Django and Stripe Payments Tutorial

A video and text tutorial on adding Stripe Checkout to a Django website.

Django and Pydantic

How to integrate Pydantic with a Django application using the Pydantic-Django and Django Ninja packages.

Quick and Dirty Django - Passing data to JavaScript without AJAX

A clever quick & dirty way to proof of concept data without needing AJAX.

Why you really need to upgrade pip by Itamar Turner-Trauring

In order to get the latest and greatest packages, without compilation, you need to upgrade to a recent version of pip.

Events

PyCascades 2021 Remote is this weekend!

Friday, February 19th, 2021, is the last day to purchase your PyCascades Remote 2021 tickets. Tickets range from $10 to $50.

Tutorials

The Docker Handbook – 2021 Edition

From FreeCodeCamp, a very detailed look at modern Docker and best practices.

Podcasts

Django Chat #85: Django Forum with Ken Whitesell

Ken is the 2020 Malcolm Tredinnick Memorial Prize winner for contributions to the Django community, a familiar presence at DjangoCons, and an active participant on the official Django Forum. We discuss his long programming career, making the move to Python, and why Django is his favorite community.

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Buttondown is an email newsletter service that sends out 100k+ emails using a mix of Django templates and DRF + Vue.

Projects

django-crispy-forms/crispy-tailwind

A Tailwind template pack for django-crispy-forms.

gvanrossum/patma

Pattern Matching examples and tutorial from the creator of Python.

jordaneremieff/pydantic-django

Experimental Pydantic support for Django ORM.

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