Jan. 15, 2020 » Django on Matt Layman » [Archived Version]
In this episode, we added django-allauth to create accounts that default to email instead of using usernames. We added the package, configured some templates, and created tests. We continued to look at Will Vincent’s django-allauth post on creating user accounts with email and passwords. django-allauth let’s us swap out username and email so that users won’t need to create a username, which is the behavior that I want for this service.
Read MoreJan. 8, 2020 » Django Chat » [Archived Version]
José has made major contributions to the Django ecosystem, especially around Django REST Framework and authentication. He is now an engineer at Auth0.
Read MoreJan. 8, 2020 » Django on Matt Layman » [Archived Version]
Maybe you have heard about Django and that it can help you build websites. You might be new to Python, new to web development, or new to programming. This new series, Understand Django, will show you what Django is all about. Throughout this series, I will reveal how Django is a powerful tool that can unlock the potential of anyone interested in making applications on the internet. Django is used by companies like Instagram, Eventbrite, Disqus, and Udemy, and is also a great tool for individual…
Read MoreJan. 6, 2020 » Valentino Gagliardi - Django RSS Feed » [Archived Version]
A Django project template is the natural solution when the default Django project format is not enough anymore. Learn how to make your own in this tutorial.
Read MoreJan. 6, 2020 » James Bennett » [Archived Version]
I have endeavoured in this Ghostly little book, to raise the Ghost of an Idea, which shall not put my readers out of humour with themselves, with each other, with the season, or with me. May it haunt their houses pleasantly, and no one wish to lay it. Every year around Christmas, I make a point of re-reading Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. If you’ve only ever been exposed to the story through adaptations into … Read full entry
Read MoreJan. 6, 2020 » James Bennett » [Archived Version]
I have endeavoured in this Ghostly little book, to raise the Ghost of an Idea, which shall not put my readers out of humour with themselves, with each other, with the season, or with me. May it haunt their houses pleasantly, and no one wish to lay it. Every year around Christmas, I make a point of re-reading Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. If you’ve only ever been exposed to the story through adaptations into … Read full entry
Read MoreJan. 1, 2020 » Django on Matt Layman » [Archived Version]
In this episode, we started a users app and hooked up the custom user model feature of Django to unlock the full extensibility of that model in the future. The stream was cut short this week because of some crashing issues in the OBS streaming software. The goal of the episode was to add django-allauth so that users can sign into the service with an email and password instead of the default username and password combination.
Read MoreDec. 18, 2019 » Django Chat » [Archived Version]
Is premature optimization the root of all evil? We discuss! And also cover both common and uncommon techniques for improving performance in a Django application.
Read MoreDec. 18, 2019 » Django on Matt Layman » [Archived Version]
My Software as a Service failed. After three years of running College Conductor, I’m shutting it down. The service failed for a host of reasons, and this article details what I learned from the whole experience. This is a chance for me to reflect, and give you some ideas of what pitfalls can happen if you’re planning to build a SaaS. The vision Before getting to the lessons, let’s look at my vision for the service so you have some context of what I was building.
Read MoreDec. 18, 2019 » Django on Matt Layman » [Archived Version]
In this episode, we set up a couple of tools that will be at the base of development. The first tool was django-environ to control Django settings from environment variables. The second tool was the django-debug-toolbar to help with debugging pages in future work. We started the stream with an upgrade to Django 3.0.1 because of a security release that was announced today. For a new project, I don’t recommend upgrading packages all the time, but security releases are my exception to that r…
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