News
Django Unicorn v0.45.0 released
Django Unicorn is a reactive component framework that progressively enhances a normal Django view, makes AJAX calls in the background, and dynamically updates the DOM.
If you haven't checked the project out in a while, they have been making steady progress for a while.
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Articles
How to Clean Up Unused Code With Git
Several good tips for cleaning up unused code with Git. This is one of those things that "feels" really good as an engineer and ultimately does matter to a codebase.
Restrain the Rate of Requests with Throttling in Django by Mangabo Kolawole
A short but sweet introduction to throttling Django REST framework requests using Django REST framework.
Events
San Diego Python Users Group (Virtual) - April 28th
Multiple talks including an interesting one on Django REST Framework with Machine Learning.
Tutorials
How To Build A Django Web App Using Termux And Push To GitHub
Ezinne Anne Emilia shows us how to develop and even run the Django runserver locally on an Android phone.
Videos
Django with PostgreSQL superpowers
Paolo Melchiorre shows us how to set up a new project with PostgreSQL and dozens of features along the way.
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Datapane is Hiring Senior and Mid Django Developers Remotely
Datapane is helping the open-source Python data ecosystem replace clunky UI-based tools. We want your help.
Projects
RentFreeMedia/rentfreemedia
Repo for the free/open source Rent Free Media distribution of Django + Wagtail that allows for public or private distributions and optional payments via Stripe.
KristianOellegaard/django-health-check
A pluggable app that runs a full check on the deployment, using a number of plugins to check e.g. database, queue server, celery processes, etc.
tarpas/pytest-testmon
Selects tests affected by changed files. Continuous test runner when used with pytest-watch.