News
Loren Crary has joined the PSF as its Director of Resource Development
Financial sustainability is critical to the Python Software Foundation (PSF), and the entire Python ecosystem as Python grows in popularity. The PSF welcomes Loren Crary as our new Director of Resource Development!
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Using Django with Pants
Pants is a cutting-edge build system with strong support for Python. See how Pants can help streamline your Django-based projects, especially when you have multiple services in a single shared codebase.
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Articles
Using PostgreSQL Views in Django
Views in PostgreSQL allow you to query against the results of another query. This article is a look at two different types of Postgres views and how to decide when and if you should use them in a Django app.
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The Well Maintained Test
An article on building out a tool to programmatically answer the 12 questions from Adam Johnson's blog post on deciding whether a new package is well-maintained.
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Encrypted Data Archives With Django And Backblaze B2
Implementing a user data export feature to a Django project with Backblaze B2 cloud storage (similar to Amazon S3) which also supports server side encryption that allows your data to be encrypted at rest.
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Tutorials
Django, HTMX and Alpine.js: Modern websites, JavaScript optional
Part 5 of Cory's Modern JavaScript for Django Developers series, this tutorial looks at combining HTMX and Alpine.js to "sprinkle in" JavaScript to a Django app.
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Projects
trailofbits/pip-audit
Audits Python environments and dependency trees for known vulnerabilities.
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social-app-django
Python Social Auth is an easy to setup social authentication/registration mechanism.
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sample-django-app
Sample Django app from Zagaran Software that uses principles outlined in the DjangoCon US 2022 talk Rapid Prototyping in Django.
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