Feb. 26, 2020 » Django Chat » [Archived Version]
Jacinda is the co-founder of Apero Health and formerly CTO of DoctorOnDemand. We discuss lessons learned building both platforms from scratch and how to scale code and teams.
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In this episode, we worked on a weekly view for the Django app. We made navigation that would let users click from one week to the next, then fixed up the view to pull time from that particular week. The first thing that I did was focus on the UI required to navigate to a new weekly view in the app. We mocked out the UI and talked briefly about the flexbox layout that is available to modern browsers.
Read MoreFeb. 20, 2020 » Django on Matt Layman » [Archived Version]
In this episode, we added content to a template and talked about the N+1 query bug. I also worked tricky logic involving date handling. The first change was to update a course page to include a new icon for any course task that should be graded. After adding this, we hit an N+1 query bug, which is a performance bug that happens when code queries a database in a loop. We talked about why this happens and how to fix it.
Read MoreFeb. 19, 2020 » Django Chat » [Archived Version]
We discuss the role of the Django Software Foundation in the larger community and how/why to become more involved. Editing note: James Bennett is the Secretary of the DSF, not the Treasurer.
Read MoreFeb. 12, 2020 » Django Chat » [Archived Version]
Mikey is a technical writer at Red Hat and gave the keynote at DjangoCon Europe 2019 on documentation. We discuss how to get into technical writing, her work on Write the Docs, and more.
Read MoreFeb. 11, 2020 » REVSYS Blog » [Archived Version]
A Tip About DRF Permissions
Read MoreFeb. 6, 2020 » Django on Matt Layman » [Archived Version]
I’ve started a podcast! The podcast is called Django Riffs, and my goal is to help beginners learn how to use Django. You can find the show at djangoriffs.com or check iTunes, Spotify, or wherever you get podcasts. Each episode of the podcast will be a topical exploration of one facet of the Django web framework. With many years of Django under my belt, I believe I have the experience to help beginners on their journey into learning Django.
Read MoreFeb. 6, 2020 » Django on Matt Layman » [Archived Version]
In this episode, we worked on an edit view. We used Django’s generic UpdateView to aid the process and test drove the creation of the view to verify things every step of the way. We worked on a view to make it possible to edit the CourseTask model that are the actions that a student must complete for a course. To complete the form quickly, I took advantage of Django’s ModelForm views.
Read MoreFeb. 5, 2020 » Django Chat » [Archived Version]
We discuss how to maintain a career as a programmer, the manager career path, startups vs big company culture, and practicing self-care.
Read MoreFeb. 5, 2020 » REVSYS Blog » [Archived Version]
Custom Exceptions in Django REST Framework
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