News
Happy Anniversary to Python and the Python Software Foundation!
This week Python turned 30, and the Python Software Foundation turned 20 years old. In celebration, the PSF has a membership drive with the goal of getting 2,000 new or renewing members over the next 30 days. If you aren't a basic member, there is both a free and $99/year option to support the foundation.
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Python Developers Survey 2020 Results
JetBrains has released its annual Python developer survey which is full of graphics and interesting info on how the community uses Python in practice.
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Wagtail CMS: Accessibility team reloaded
After 6 months of operations, we reflect on the progress our accessibility team has made and go on the lookout for new contributors.
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Articles
Exciting New Features in Django 3.2 by Haki Benita
Django 3.2 is packed full of new features, and Haki Benita tells us about some of the most exciting.
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What You Should Know About DRF, Part 1: ModelViewSet attributes and methods
The first in a 3-part series of articles on Django REST Framework.
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Improve your Django experience with IPython by Adam Johnson
IPython is an improved Python shell for interactive use that has many great features such as syntax highlighting, autocomplete, and powerful “magic commands.”
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Understand Django - Test Your Apps
A look at how to test Django applications, from built-in testing suite to pytest, factory boy, and more.
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Adding Charts to Django with Chart.js
From Testdriven.io, a way to add interactive charts to a Django app.
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Testing Image Generation
Jacob Kaplan-Moss with some thoughts on how to test image generation with Pillow.
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Events
DjangoCon Europe 2021 CFP is open
The Call for Proposals is open for DjangoCon Europe 2021 and are due by April 1.
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PyCon AU 2021
Following the success of PyConline AU 2021, and with the lack of certainty in the world, PyCon AU is again running virtually in 2021 as PyConline AU, in UTC+10 (Australian Eastern Standard Time). We intend to run in late Q3 (~ September), but we have yet to confirm the exact date.
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Videos
PyCascades 2021 Video Playlist
Complete list of Python and Django talks from PyCascades 2021.
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Podcasts
Django Chat - High Performance Django w/ Peter Baumgartner
Peter is the founder of Lincoln Loop, author of High Performance Django, and creator of the new hosting solution AppPack. We discuss his long history with Django and why deployments are so challenging.
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Projects
sqlitebrowser
A high quality, visual, open source tool to create, design, and edit database files compatible with SQLite.
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jedie/django-reversion-compare
Add compare view to django-reversion for comparing two versions of a reversion model.
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