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Django Bugfix Releases
An incremental bugfix release was done for Djangos 1.4.x-1.7.x. The older ones are pretty minor, but there’s a laundry list of fixes in 1.7.1 that are worth checking out.
Inagural Django Fellows Announced
For the first time, the Django Software Foundation is paying two “fellows” (Tim Graham and Berker Peksağ) to work on Django. Their weekly reports show they’ve already done some serious housekeeping in the first few weeks.
New Core Team Members
Michael Manfre, Collin Anderson, Tom Christie, and Curtis Maloney (aka FunkyBob) joined the Django core team. These additions are more focused on outstanding community members than past additions which have been centered around contributions to Django core.
High Performance Django
High Performance Django is the book we wish we had when we got started. It gives you a repeatable blueprint for building and deploying fast, scalable Django sites. Pick up a copy today →
Links of Interest
Call for Volunteers for DjangoCon US 2015
It looks like DjangoCon will be transitioning to a 100% community run conference (similar to PyCon) next year. If you’ve been hesitant to volunteer in the past, consider reaching out now.
High Performance Django Live
We had a live Django Q&A last month. The video is online as well as some discussion on Reddit.
Multiple Template Engines for Django DEP
Aymeric Augustin’s successful crowdfunding campaign for multiple template engines in Django has reached it’s first milestone. The DEP (Django Enhancement Proposal) outlines the implementation plan.
New Django Girl Stories
Django Girls has been picking up lots of steam lately. They’ve added a bunch of new stories to their list of “badass ladies who use Python or Django”. They also opened a chat room on gitter.im.
Django models, encapsulation and data integrity
Some techniques Tom Christie uses to ensure data integrity in large Django applications.
Lightweight Django
Julia Elman and Mark Lavin’s O’Reilly book is available for purchase. It covers using Django as a backend for client-side MVC frameworks, including topics such as REST APIs and websockets.
Tango with Django version 1.7
The free online book, Tango with Django, has a new version for Django 1.7 in draft phase online.
Decorators!
Python testing guru, Harry Percival, shows you how to make a simple Python decorator and use it on a Django view.
Ultimate Front End Development Setup
Frank Wiles outlines his front-end development setup for Django including tools like bower, gulp, livereload, and django-compressor.
JSON Web Token Authentication with Django and AngularJS
JSON web tokens provide an alternative to cookie-based authentication. This is the second in a two-part post showing you how to plug it into Django and AngularJS.
Starting a Django Project
Answering the question, “How do I setup a Django project from scratch?”. Newly updated for Django 1.7.
Upgrading Your Django Reusable App To Support Django 1.7
A great post from Twilio on bringing your Django apps up-to-date with the latest and greatest.
Django vs Flask vs Pyramid: Choosing a Python Web Framework
Curious how Django compares to other popular Python web frameworks? This post is a nice high-level overview of what each one brings to the table.
New & Updated Packages
- djorm-ext-filtered-contenttypes A GenericForeignKey, that can be filtered & indexed server-side using subqueries.
- django-rest-assured Instantly test-cover your Django REST Framework based API.
- taiga A project management platform
- django-hashbrown A feature switching library for Django.
- django-pushy Push notifications via Celery.