News
2023 Term Python Steering Council Election Results
The results of the 2023 Python Steering Council election are in, and the top five vote-getters are Pablo Galindo Salgado, Gregory P. Smith, Emily Morehouse, Brett Cannon, and Thomas Wouters.
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Articles
Save models with update_fields for better performance in Django
An interesting TIL on using update_fields to generate leaner underlying SQL. Probably not advised in most cases but a good learning example.
Migrations Of Madness
The django-migration-snapshots package allows users to create and manage migration snapshots. This article provides an introduction to the package and explains how to use it.
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Running Playwright inside Docker containers
Learn how to run Playwright in headed mode to interact with the browser’s user interface from outside Docker containers.
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Django for Startup Founders: A better software architecture for SaaS startups and consumer apps
In an ideal world, startups would be easy. We'd run our idea by some potential customers, build the product, and then immediately ride that sweet exponential growth curve off into early retirement. Of course it doesn't actually work like that....
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Events
PyTexas 2023 CFP
The PyTexas conference is now accepting proposals for talks and tutorials to be presented at the conference on April 1 & 2, 2023.
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Videos
DjangoCon US: Panel Discussion - The State of Django
What does the future of Django hold? How should the community grow? Features Carlton Gibson, Andrew Godwin, Jeff Triplett, Will Vincent, Rachell Calhoun, and Mariusz Felisiak.
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DjangoCon US: State of the Object-Relational Mapping (ORM) with Simon Charette
Simon is a longtime Django core developer and offers insights on the ORM.
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HTMX vs. jQuery for DOM / Web Scripting
If you were wondering how to swap out jQuery for HTMX, here is a good video overview.
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DjangoCon US: A Pythonic Full-Text Search by Paolo Melchiorre
How to implement full-text search using Django + PostgreSQL and analyzing the advantages compared to more complex solutions based on external services.
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Podcasts
From Therapist to full-stack developer with Maria Violante by Django Girls podcast
Maria started with the Django Girls tutorial and made the switch to a full-stack developer role with ButterCMS.
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Projects
bashu/django-maintenancemode
django-maintenancemode allows you to temporarily shutdown your site for maintenance work.
Tobi-De/fuzzy-couscous
A cli tool to bootstrap your Django projects and enhance your development experience.
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