Django 5.1 release candidate 1 released

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Django 5.1 release candidate 1 released

Django 5.1 release candidate 1 is the final opportunity for you to try out a kaleidoscope of improvements before Django 5.1 is released.

Stack Overflow 2024 Developer Survey

The most recent results show Django remaining one of the top web framework choices.

Updates to Django

Today 'Updates to Django' is presented by Raffaella Suardini from Djangonaut Space!

Last week we had 11 pull requests merged into Django by 7 different contributors - including 1 first-time contributor! Congratulations to Maryam Yusuf for having their first commits merged into Django - welcome on board! 🚀

In Django 5.0 a regression is fixed where ModelAdmin.action_checkbox could break the admin change list HTML page when rendering a model instance with a __html__ method.

Do you want to follow Eliana Rosselli's path to becoming a new Django core contributor? Listen to her journey during her talk in DjangoCon Europe.

Articles

til/stripe/using_dj_stripe_webhooks_locally.md

Today I Learned . Contribute to williln/til development by creating an account on GitHub.

Reducing downtime in Django with django-safemigrate · Better Simple

A thorough description of why downtime occurs during Django deployments and how to reduce it with django-safemigrate.

Implementing Single Sign-On (SSO) with SAML for a Django Application

A straightforward tutorial on adding SSO via SAML to a Django application, which can otherwise be a complex process.

PEP 751 – A file format to list Python dependencies for installation reproducibility

This PEP proposes a new file format for dependency specification to enable reproducible installation in a Python environment. The format is designed to be human-readable and machine-generated.

Videos

Django core demystified by Sarah Boyce

Django Fellow Sarah Boyce recently presented a talk to the Djangonaut Space 2024 Session 2 team about Django core. If you're curious about how things work under the hood, take a look!