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News

Test pip’s alpha resolver and help us document dependency conflicts – Bernard Tyers

The pip team needs your help testing the dependency resolver. They specifically are looking for projects with complex dependencies which are prone to fail. If this sounds like you, please help them out.

Admin accessibility - Google Groups

Via Adam Johnson, "Interested in helping increase Django's accessibility? Chime in on this discussion started by Tom Carrick."

Articles

Second-guessing the modern web

A critical look at the SPA + API backend pattern currently en vogue.

Leverage the InnoDB architecture to optimize Django model design

What every developer should know about InnoDB.

Optimizing Django ORM Queries

An under-the-hood look at Django's ORM.

The Fast Way to Test Django transaction.on_commit() Callbacks

Performance tips on Django tests from Adam Johnson.

Events

Django London Meetup - May 26th

The 2nd London Virtual Django Meetup.

Tutorials

Caching and scaling for Django

An overview with sample Github code on how/why to cache a Django site.

Videos

PyCon 2020 - Finite State Machine (FSM) in Django

Calvin Hendryx-Parker on using django-fsm ti build quick, lightweight business workflows for Django applications.

PyCon 2020 - Big O No

Chris Seto on Django ORM runtime complexity and how to avoid it using LATERAL JOINS.

PyCon 2020 - What is deployment, anyway?

A beyond-the-basics look at deploying Django projects.

Podcasts

Django Chat #64 - Python at Microsoft with Nina Zakharenko

Nina is a Cloud Developer Advocate at Microsoft, Twitch Streamer, Pythoniasta, PyCon 2019 Keynoter, long-time DjangoCon speaker, and now teacher at FrontendMasters.

Virtual Meetups Galore May 22nd 2020