Issue 21

News

PyCharm & DSF Campaign 2020 Results

The recent JetBrains PyCharm campaign raised $40k for the Django Software Foundation.

Articles

New Features in Python 3.9 You Should Know About

While Python 3.9 is not scheduled for release until October 2020, you can still see what new features, improvements and fixes we can expect and look forward to.

Using Webpack with Django: no plugins required!

If you have struggled to configure Django and Webpack to work together then this article is for you.

Packaging without setup.py

Learn how to migrate your setup.py scripts to Poetry.

Django Testing Cheat Sheet

A cheat-sheet of common testing patterns and best practices in Django applications.

Tutorials

Mental Models for Class Based Views

A look at Django's class-based views and how they differ from function-based views.

Django Polls Tutorial API

Make a web API out of the official Django polls app tutorial.

Exposing a Django REST-like API over a WebSocket Connection

A look at djangochannelsrestframework in action.

Simple Django deployment: a guide

A very detailed guide--with videos!--to deploying Django on Digital Ocean.

Creating Interactive Views in Django

Hands-on tutorial covering multiple ways to implement views in Django.

Videos

PyCon 2020 - Optimize Python & Django apps with Postgres superpowers

Learn Postgres superpowers to help optimize performance of Python and Django apps, using a sample Django application which runs on Azure Database for PostgreSQL.

PyCon 2020 - Deploying Django on Serverless Infrastructure

Learn how to deploy Django on Serverless Infrastructure using Google Cloud.

Podcasts

Django Chat #61 - Practices of the Python Pro with Dane Hillard

Dane is the author of a new book, Practices of the Python Pro. The discussion covers using Django at scale, pytest, and teaching beginners.

Issue 21 May 1st 2020