Wagtail 6.2.1 release
UserProfile tutorial, limiting content types in a model, 6.x Steering Council Election, and more.
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Wagtail CMS News
Wagtail 6.2.1 release notes
Four new bugfixes in the latest release.
Updates to Django
Today 'Updates to Django' is presented by Lilian from Djangonaut Space!
Last week we had 12 pull requests merged into Django by 9 different contributors - including 2 first-time contributors! Congratulations to Marc Picaud and Mohammad Salehi for having their first commits merged into Django - welcome on board!
News in Django 5.2:
- Added support for validation of model constraints which use a GeneratedField.
- The new Expression.set_returning attribute specifies that the expression contains a set-returning function, enforcing subquery evaluation. This is necessary for many Postgres set-returning functions.
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Articles
Django UserProfile Model
How to set up a UserProfile model and a custom user model in your next Django project for maximum future flexibility.
How I handle versioning - Matthias Kestenholz
A somewhat unorthodox versioning method.
Limiting Content Types in a Django Model
This article looks at how to limit the content types in a Django model.
uv: Unified Python packaging
Today, the Astral team released a huge new release, uv 0.3.0, which adds a bewildering array of new features as part of their attempt to build "Cargo, for Python."
Custom Error Messages on Model Deletion in the Django Admin
A way to avoid accidentally deleting models.
Creating rows for django-tables2 with HTMX
A detailed look with code at using HTMX with tables in a production Django app.
Events
A First-Timer's Guide to Navigating America
If you are new to international travel to the United States of America, the DjangoCon US organizers have some good advice for what to expect and how to be as prepared as one can be.
Get Active at DjangoCon US
A list of multiple exercise options in and around the conference venue.
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Django for Beginners, Fifth Edition
The fifth edition covering Django 5.x is now available! It includes loads of new content, including sections on Django architecture, a new Company Website project, full coverage of function-based and class-based views, testing, and a revised deployment guide.
Django Job Board
Senior Software Engineer at Multi Media LLC 🆕
Senior Fullstack Python Engineer at Safety Cybersecurity
Django/Javascript Developer at Factal
Software Engineer III (Remote - US) at Energy Solutions
Django Forum
Preparing for the 6.x series Steering Council Election
A discussion led by Carlton Gibson about potential rule changes for the next Steering Council Election.
Projects
michalpokusa/django-admin-action-forms
Extension for the Django admin panel that allows passing additional parameters to actions by creating intermediate pages with forms.
jieter/django-tables2
An app for creating HTML tables.
