News

2023 DSF Board Nominations

Applications for the 2023 Django Software Foundation Board of Directors are now open until November 4th. Please consider running.

What does the DSF Board actually do?

An overview of the Django Software Foundation Board and its duties.

Python Release Python 3.11.0

Python 3.11.0 is the newest major release of the Python programming language, and it contains many new features and optimizations.

Python 3.12.0 alpha 1 released

Python 3.12.0a1 is the first of seven planned alpha releases for the next version of Python.

Python Core Development Sprint 2022: 3.11 and beyond!

Overview of a Python 3.11 core sprint. Something we could potentially add to Django itself, too.

django-developers: Changing the role of the Technical Board

Thoughts from Andrew Godwin about the Django Technical Board's future.

Articles

Tim Schilling: How to have a great DjangoCon

Good advice on attending a DjangoCon, participating, and taking time for yourself as needed during it.

How to implement a “dry run mode” for data imports in Django

In data import processes it’s often useful to have a “dry run” mode, that runs through the process but doesn’t actually save the data. This post shows how to implement a dry run mode in Django by using a database transaction and rolling it back.

Simon Willison's Weeknotes: DjangoCon, SQLite in Django, datasette-gunicorn

Simon Willison's notes on DjangoCon US and benchmarking SQLite in production.

Migrate PostgreSQL ID’s from serial to identity after upgrading to Django 4.1

A post on why you might want to update existing columns from serial types to identity columns, and a management command to update them.

About my proposal for the Django Core Sprints

From Paolo Melchiorre, behind-the-scenes of his proposal for future Django core sprints based on discussion at DjangoCon US 2022.

Events

PyCascades 2023 CFP is now open

The PyCascades Call for Proposals is now open until November 16th.

Call for Volunteers: DjangoCon US 2023

Volunteers make DjangoCons happen. There is documentation on existing roles and expect to hear details on dates and venues for DjangoCon US 2023 within the next month or so.

Tutorials

How to Install Python on a Mac

Solid advice from a Django Ops Team member and Caktus Group co-founder.

Adding a Datasette ASGI app to Django

From a DjangoCon sprint, code for how to run Datasette inside a Django application, talking to the same SQLite databases as Django itself.

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Podcasts

Django Riffs #17: Accepting Files

Maybe your app needs to handle files from users like profile pictures. Accepting files from others is tricky to do safely. On this episode, we'll see the tools that Django provides to manage files safely.

Django Girls: Overcoming with Dani Papamaximou

Listen as Dani walks us through her journey. Some of the topics covered were Microaggressions, power of mentor-ship, automation and more.

Django Chat: HorseRecords with Andy Ide

Andy Ide is the creator of HorseRecords, a comprehensive Horse Husbandry App written in Django. We discuss his 20+ year career as a programmer, the local to production gap in Django, django-unicorn, htmx, and more.

Projects

django-import-export/django-import-export

Django application and library for importing and exporting data with admin integration.

codingjoe/django-dynamic-filenames

Write advanced filename patterns using the Format Format String Syntax.

simonw/django_sqlite_benchmark

Benchmarking Django using SQLite.