Django bugfix releases issued: 4.2.9 and 5.0.1

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Django bugfix releases issued: 4.2.9 and 5.0.1

Django 5.0.1 fixes eight different bugs in 5.0.

DjangoCon Europe 2024 CFP Now Open

The Call for Proposals (CFP) is open now, and will be until midnight on February 29th.

django CMS 4.1 is here! - django CMS

django CMS 4.1 brings a brand new approach to content management. Bringing version control, improved front end editing and configurable content creation workflows.

2FA Required for PyPI

PyPI now requires 2FA for all users.

Updates to Django

Django didn't stop for the holidays! Last week we had 19 pull requests merged by 13 different contributors - including 5 first time contributors! Congratulations to Salvo Polizzi, virgitl.io, Rigoberto Villalta, Paul Bailey, and Mohammad Yameen for having their first commits merged into Django - welcome on board!

Last week a new feature landed in Django 5.1. F() and OuterRef() expressions that output CharField, EmailField, SlugField, URLField, TextField, or ArrayField can now be sliced! See the docs on Slicing F() expressions for more details.

To quote Nick Pope: "Maybe after 5 years, 5 pull requests, and 6 authors we're finally there... 😅".

Congratulations and thank you to Nick Pope, Priyansh Saxena, Niclas Olofsson, David Smith, Mariusz Felisiak and Abhinav Yadav for their work on this feature. 💚

Articles

The simplest way to build an instant messaging app with Django

This tutorial demonstrates a simple way to add async, real-time events with Django.

DjangoConUS 2023: A Wish Fulfilled

A detailed look at attending DjangoCon US 2023 for the first time, giving a talk, and all the outside opportunities to connect with members of the Django community.

Fastest Way to Read Excel in Python

Reading 500K rows in less than 4 seconds

PostgreSQL: Full text search with the “websearch” syntax

No downtime restarts with Gunicorn

Restart your Gunicorn process without downtime.

Videos

Upgrade your Django project from 3.2 to 4.2 FAST!

While you were all smug in the comfort of Django's long term support (LTS), Django has been marching on. It's two years later and support for Django 3.2 is running out! ⌛

DjangoCon US 2023: Modern editing experience for your Django models with Wagtail

Learn how to benefit from powerful content-management features (such as: saving revisions, managing live/draft versions, moderating content, and more) for your Django models by integrating Wagtail CMS into your project.

DjangoCon US 2023: HTML-ivating your Django web app's experience with HTMX, AlpineJS, and streaming HTML

Many Python developers who build web applications rely on JavaScript-heavy Single-Page Applications (SPAs) to achieve dynamic user experiences. However, these SPAs have challenges, including increased complexity, slower load times, and complicated build pipelines. But an alternative approach exists that delivers an exceptional user experience without the drawbacks of SPAs!