Nov. 24, 2020 » Django on Matt Layman » [Archived Version]
On this episode, we’re going to look at working with users in a Django project. We’ll see Django’s tools for identifying users and checking what those users are permitted to do on your website. Listen at djangoriffs.com. Last Episode On the last episode, I explained the structure of Django application. We also talked why this structure is significant and how Django apps benefit the Django ecosystem as a tool for sharing code.
Read MoreNov. 23, 2020 » Paolo Melchiorre » [Archived Version]
Codemotion is an European Tech Conference devoted to software developers. Codemotion was created in 2007, and holds annual conferences in Rome, Milan, Madrid, Berlin, and Tel Aviv.
Read MoreNov. 20, 2020 » Django Chat » [Archived Version]
Nominations are due November 30th for next year’s Board of the Django Software Foundation, the non-profit that runs Django. We discuss the DSF’s mission, day-to-day work, and how to become more involved in the community.
Read MoreNov. 19, 2020 » Valentino Gagliardi - Django RSS Feed » [Archived Version]
A cheat-sheet of common testing recipes for Django applications.
Read MoreNov. 19, 2020 » Django on Matt Layman » [Archived Version]
In this episode, we looked at an UpdateView for the GradeLevel model in the homeschool application. Along the way, I had to display some UI elements on the grade to give users the ability to adjust the ordering of courses within their grade level. We started by adding the icon link that I wanted to use to give users access to the edit page. Once the link was in place, I created the URL and copied an existing view as a starting point for the UpdateView.
Read MoreNov. 16, 2020 » Django on Matt Layman » [Archived Version]
I have a side project and I’d like to do some content marketing to potential customers to show how my product is useful. To do this, I need a blog for my project. Maybe you need a blog for your project too. Have you thought about where your blog will exist on the internet? For me, I considered two choices: Use a subdomain like blog.mysite.com. Use a route style like mysite.
Read MoreNov. 12, 2020 » Django on Matt Layman » [Archived Version]
In this episode, I worked on a method of adding static content to a site that didn’t involve the staticfiles directory, a separate domain, or a reverse proxy like Nginx. We had to get clever with Heroku buildpacks and how to configure WhiteNoise. I want to put a blog on my side project for content marketing purposes. I want the blog to be statically generated and have content come from Markdown (just like these show notes that you’re currently reading).
Read MoreNov. 11, 2020 » Django Chat » [Archived Version]
Carl is a Software Engineer at Instagram and a Django Core developer. We discuss his contributions to Django and how Django and Python are used at Instagram today.
Read MoreNov. 6, 2020 » Valentino Gagliardi - Django RSS Feed » [Archived Version]
Too lazy to install Django debug toolbar or nplusone? Uncover N+1 queries in Django with a unit test!
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