News
Django security releases issued: 4.0.6 and 3.2.14
A potential SQL injection was recently found and fixed with this security release. All users of Django should upgrade as soon as possible.
Python Software Foundation News: Board Election Results for 2022!
Congratulations to everyone who won a seat on the PSF Board!
Announcing Python Software Foundation Fellow Members for Q2 2022! 🎉
The PSF is pleased to announce its second batch of PSF Fellows for 2022! The list includes DSF Fellow Carlton Gibson.
Quart is now a Pallets project
A very positive development in the Flask ecosystem: Quart, an ASGI re-implementation of the Flask API has joined the Pallets organization and the long term aim is to merge Quart and Flask to bring ASGI support directly to Flask.
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Hurricane is an initiative to fit Django perfectly with Kubernetes. It allows you to make use of many django standard features to leverage the capabilities of Kubernetes to its fullest extent.
Articles
How to upload images in Django with Pillow (blog example)
Alice Ridgway shows us how to build an Image upload form using ImageField and Pillow.
Replace Dependabot With a Single Dependency Upgrade Pull Request
An alternative approach to Dependabot opening many pull requests each week that instead uses only one scheduled pull request for all upgrades.
How To Learn Django For Free In 2022
Up-to-date listing of some free text and video resources for learning Django.
Tutorials
Deploying Django on Google Cloud Platform
A very well-documented repo on the many ways to deploy a Django application on Google Cloud Platform.
Videos
Wagtail Live: Bringing a live blogging tool to the Django ecosystem by Tidjani Dia
Hear about the Google Summer of Code 'Wagtail Live' project and experience. Wagtail Live enables reporters to instantly publish to a live blog by submitting messages via apps like Telegram and Slack.
East Meets West When Translating Django Apps by Andrew Knight
A Python Web Conf talk from Andrew Knight on how easy it is to provide translations for both new Django apps and existing ones.
Django Day CPH 2022: Migrations secret powers
Django Fellow Mariusz explores how we can use migrations' secret powers in response to changing business requirements, and how to create less complicated and more robust migrations with less downtime.
Predict Lightning Strikes using Django and AWS by Calvin Hendryx-Parker & Will Howard
A Python Web Conf talk on using Django to predict the first strike of any thunderstorm with a 99.6% accuracy and a 15- to 25-minute lead time (saving time, money and lives)? This case study shows how to take an algorithm and idea from a Jupyter Notebook to production ready and cloud native in Django.
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Podcasts
htmx - Carson Gross (Ep95 Replay)
Carson is the creator of htmx (formerly intercooler.js), which allows for AJAX, CSS Transitions, WebSockets, and Server Sent Events directly in HTML: no JavaScript required.
Projects
palewire/django-greeking
Django template tools for printing filler, a technique from the days of hot type known as greeking
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