News
Django 3.2 release candidate 1 released
Django 3.2 release candidate 1 is the final opportunity for you to try out the mezcla of new features before Django 3.2 is released.
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Django and Wagtail in Google's Summer of Code 2021
[volunteer opportunity] Django is a mentor organization for the 2021 Google Summer of Code. The project is looking for both Mentors and Students.
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DjangoCon AU 2021?
[volunteer opportunity] DjangoCon AU is looking for new organizers who are interesting in making the conference happen.
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Articles
Show the timezone for datetimes in the Django admin by Simon Willison
This is a nice tip to show timezone in the Django Admin.
simonwillison.net
Five Django Packages We Love at Monadical
An overview of five popular 3rd party Django packages.
monadical.com
Dockerizing Wagtail App
An article on Docker Compose and how to combine it with Wagtail and Postgres services.
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Implement a comment system for a blog application with Django
A basic example of implementing a comment system in a Django blog application.
samuelliedtke.com
PyDev of the Week: Žan Anderle
Žan Anderle is the PyDev of the Week! Žan is a freelance software developer and a Django Software Foundation board member.
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My Python testing style guide by Stargirl (Thea) Flowers
One of the best testing guides I have ever read.
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Events
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Podcasts
Django Chat: Python Web Conference with Calvin Hendryx-Parker
Calvin is the CTO at Six Feet Up, a Python, Django and Cloud expert consultancy. We discuss Calvin’s career, the Python Web Conference (March 22-26), and LoudSwarm, a highly-engaging online event platform built by Six Feet Up in the heart of the pandemic.
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Projects
dabapps/django-zen-queries
Explicit control over database query execution in Django applications.
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django-polymorphic/django-polymorphic
Improved Django model inheritance with automatic downcasting.
github.com
tailwindlabs/tailwindcss-jit
An experimental just-in-time compiler for Tailwind CSS that generates your styles on-demand as you author your templates instead of generating everything in advance at initial build time.
github.com
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