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Bleach 6.0.0 release and deprecation
Bleach, the Python library for sanitizing and linkifying text in HTML, released 6.0.0 and was deprecated because html5lib is no longer actively maintained.
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The PSF is hiring a Security Developer-in-Residence!
The Python Software Foundation (PSF) is happy to announce the launch of a year-long security enhancement initiative that will include a security audit and the creation of a new Security Developer-in-Residence role.
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Articles
How to simulate a broken database connection for testing in Django
An overview of the challenges and three different solutions.
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Reflection on DjangoCon US 2022
Some recaps, favorite talks, and general impressions of DjangoCon US 2022.
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Configuring Sphinx Auto-Doc with projects having Django dependencies
How to make it so projects with Django as a dependency benefit from Sphinx's auto-documentation features.
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Testing a Python project using the WASI build of CPython with pytest
As part of bringing Python to the browser via vscode.dev, I looked into what it looks like today (January 2023) to test a Python project that uses pytest with a WASI build of CPython (see my post on WebAssembly and its various platforms if you don't know what "WASI"
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Thoughts on the Python packaging ecosystem
Pradyun Gedam shares his thoughts on the Python packaging ecosystem in a very long and comprehensive article.
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Forum
Feature idea: update_or_create to allow different defaults for create and update operations.
This was an interesting discussion on the Django Forum about a proposed feature update for the update_or_create ORM method.
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Videos
HackCast S02E09 - Deploying Django
The HackCast crew discuss all things deployment this week.
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