Smooth Page Transitions in Modern Browsers
Implement smooth cross-page transitions in Django projects using the View Transition API and CSS animations, supporting both dynamic updates via HTMX or Alpine AJAX.
Django Chat #174: Beyond Golden Pathways - Teaching Django with Sheena O’Connell
Sheena is a long-time Django developer and teacher currently focused on Prelude Tech, small workshops focused on topics like Django, HTMX, and Git.
Matt Layman lays down a solid argument and video about why you may not need JavaScript in your project and how to use a library like HTMx effectively.
Hypermedia Systems is an in-progress book that employs a more straightforward approach to building applications on the Web and beyond with htmx and Hyperview
PyCon Namibia 2021 - Virtual June 18-19th
PyCon Namibia is online this year. This is a good chance to experience an African PyCon. There are talks on Django and Adam Johnson is giving one on htmx.
Django at UC Berkeley - Mohammed Shamma and Matthew Newton
Mohammed and Matthew are software developers at UC Berkeley who use Django and Wagtail extensively. We discuss their programming careers, porting existing projects over to Django, and their excitement around htmx.
Bringing Locality of Behaviour to Django Views and URLs
An attempt via django-view-decorator to bring more locality of behaviour between Django URLs and views. Picking up on the concept first popularized by HTMX and highlighted by Carlton Gibson in his recent DjangoCon Europe talk, among other places.
Django Chat: HorseRecords with Andy Ide
Andy Ide is the creator of HorseRecords, a comprehensive Horse Husbandry App written in Django. We discuss his 20+ year career as a programmer, the local to production gap in Django, django-unicorn, htmx, and more.
Lightweight Javascript Framework Review (For Django Developers)
If you were curious about lightweight javascript frameworks, then this is the comprehensive post for you which includes:
A free and open-source "daily chess challenge" game, where you play against a computer opponent with pixel art graphics from The Battle for Wesnoth.
Zakuchess is built with Django 5, htmx, Tailwind CSS, and some other neat tech.
