Feb. 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
Read MoreFeb. 3, 2020 » James Bennett » [Archived Version]
Once upon a time I wrote a bit about testing, specifically how I was organizing and testing my open-source Django apps. It’s been a while since that post, though, and the calendar has even flipped over to a new penultimate digit in the year number, so it’s worth revisiting to go over what’s changed in how I do things and what’s stayed the same. And since I do maintain a couple things that aren’t … Read full entry
Read MoreFeb. 3, 2020 » James Bennett » [Archived Version]
Once upon a time I wrote a bit about testing, specifically how I was organizing and testing my open-source Django apps. It’s been a while since that post, though, and the calendar has even flipped over to a new penultimate digit in the year number, so it’s worth revisiting to go over what’s changed in how I do things and what’s stayed the same. And since I do maintain a couple things that aren’t … Read full entry
Read MoreJan. 31, 2020 » Django on Matt Layman » [Archived Version]
On this episode, we discuss Django’s front door, URLs. We talk about what URLs are, how to build them in Django, and the functions Django provides to work with URLs. Listen at djangoriffs.com. What’s a URL? A URL is a Uniform Resource Locator. It is the full address that goes into a browser. Consider https://www.mattlayman.com/django-riffs/. Here are the parts: Scheme, https:// Domain name: Top Level Domain (TLD), com Domain, mattlayman Subdomain, www Path or route, /django-riffs/…
Read MoreJan. 30, 2020 » Django on Matt Layman » [Archived Version]
Welcome to the show notes for the first episode of Django Riffs! Django Riffs is a podcast for learning web application development in Python using the Django web framework. Listen at djangoriffs.com. Who Is This For? This podcast is for absolute Django beginners. No prior knowledge of Django or web development is expected. Experienced users may learn something new or get a good refresher from topics they might have missed in the documentation.
Read MoreJan. 29, 2020 » Django Chat » [Archived Version]
Anna discusses GeoDjango, a built-in contrib module that turns Django into a world-class geographic Web framework.
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