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Django Developers Community Survey
The Django Core Team wants to know more about how you use Django. Take a few minutes to fill out the survey and help them tailor Django so it meets our needs.
Bugfix and Security Releases: 1.8.1, 1.8.2 and 1.7.8
Bugfix releases were made on the 1.8 and 1.7 branches as well as a security release related to flushing database-backed sessions in the 1.8 release.
DjangoCon US Registration is open!
DjangoCon US is in Austin, TX this year and shaping up to be a great event. Ticket prices are the lowest they’ve been in years. Take advantage of the early-bird pricing while it’s still available.
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. Now available in print on Amazon! Pick up a copy today →
Links of Interest
Django Performance: 4 Simple Things
Four simple tweaks to boost the performance of your Django site by Frank Wiles at RevSys.
Hello Web App
Tracy Osborn released her book, Hello Web App last month. It is tailored towards showing non-programmers how to design and build their own web apps using Python and Django.
Fast Immutable Python Deployments
The recent 7.0 release of pip promises to make Django (or any other Python) deployments significantly faster.
Fun with Django’s New Postgres Features
Django 1.8 introduces the django.contrib.postgres module. The folks at Real Python take it for a spin and show off some of its capabilities.
Django Development with Docker Compose and Machine
Another post by Real Python, showing you how to use some newer parts of the Docker ecosystem (compose and machine) to help you develop Django sites and ship them to production.
Using ipdb with Docker Compose for interactive debugging
One of the major pain points when doing local development in Docker is the lack of an interactive debugger. This post shows you how to get access to (i)pdb inside your docker container.
Awesome Django
A curated list of awesome Django apps and resources by Roberto Rosario.
Python and Django Installation on Windows Environment
A quick intro to getting Python and Django running on a Windows computer.
Wagtail 1.0 (beta) best Django CMS?
Frank Wiles sings the praises of Wagtail, one of the newer projects on the Django CMS block.
Python 3 Cheatsheet for Djangonauts
Python 3 is here and support across the Django ecosystem is solid. Arun Ravindran discusses what you need to know to move your projects to Python 3.
Let’s modernize the way we handle frontend code with Django
Figuring out the dividing line between frontend tools and Django can be challenging. Here’s one approach to that problem which uses Webpack in lieu of Django’s staticfiles.
Creating a face detection API with Python and OpenCV (in just 5 minutes)
It’s surprisingly simple (once you see the code) to do face detection in images with OpenCV and Django. Check out the post for all the details.
Advice for the Django novice
Some great tips on how to write better code and level up from Django novice to pro.
Ten Reasons Django Is Perfect For Startups
If you need a sales pitch to use Django on your next project, here’s a nice list to bring to the table.
Optimizing like mad
An example of working around MySQL’s query “optimizer” to shave about a minute off of a single query. We encountered this exact issue just a few weeks ago as well.
Squashing and optimizing migrations in Django
One of the new features in Django’s built-in database migrations is the ability to squash multiple migrations down into one. This post explores that functionality and points out some of its rough edges.
An Object Caching Pattern for Django
A simple caching method for Django models. It won’t work for every situation, but covers the author’s use-case well.
New & Updated Packages
- Djangui Provide web-based access to Python scripts using argparse.
- django-cache-decorator A function decorator to cache and return results
- django-seed Automatically populate your database with test data
- django-test-plus Some helpers for common Django testing scenarios
- django-hosts Route requests based on the host/domain of the request