News
PSF News: The PSF is hiring a Python Packaging Project Manager!
Thanks to a two-year grant commitment from Bloomberg, The Python Software Foundation (PSF) is hiring a full-time project and community manager for the Python Packaging ecosystem, with a specific focus on the Python Package Index (PyPI).
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Articles
Fluent in Django: 8 Django Template Tags You Should Know
Django comes with a number of built-in template tags and this article covers 8 less common but still very useful ones to know.
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How to convert a TestCase from setUp() to setUpTestData()
Django Technical Board member Adam Johnson shows how to convert your tests to speed up performance.
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PyDev of the Week: Haki Benita
This week we welcome Haki Benita (@be_haki) as our PyDev of the Week!
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Extending Django Wizards
Demonstrates how to extend default Django forms using the "wizard" pattern.
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Events
DjangoCon Europe 2021 Early Bird Tickets End Today!
Last call on DjangoCon Europe Early Bird Tickets. Sales end on April 30th.
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Django London May Meetup
You can submit to talk at this or a future event with this form: https://forms.gle/cXMDC43Ja5HSBvPy8
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Videos
DEFNA Interviews - Katherine Michel and Katia Lira
DEFNA (Django Events Foundation of North America) runs DjangoCon US each year. This is a video with Katherine and Katia from DEFNA talking about managing social media, website design and overall outreach for DjangoCon.
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Podcasts
Django Chat: Python Software Foundation with Ewa Jodlowska
Ewa is the Executive Director of the Python Software Foundation, the non-profit behind Python. We discuss her own background, the growth of Python and the PSF, and new developments in the Python community.
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Projects
mherrmann/django-404-middleware: An alternative to Django's BrokenLinkEmailsMiddleware
An alternative to Django's BrokenLinkEmailsMiddleware - mherrmann/django-404-middleware
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furious-luke/django-address
A Django address model and field. Addresses may be specified by address components or by performing an automatic Google Maps lookup.
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django-otp/django-otp
A pluggable framework for adding two-factor authentication to Django using one-time passwords.
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