Sept. 16, 2014 » Markus Holtermann » [Archived Version]
About two weeks ago Django 1.7 was released with a lot of new and shiny features, such the App Loading Refactoring, Custom Lookups, the Checks Framework the buildin Migration support and many more. The release notes are the longest in Django’s history and span approx. 1,800 lines.
Read MoreSept. 15, 2014 » /var/ - django » [Archived Version]
Implementing non-HTML (for instance CSV, XSL, etc) responses with Django and Class Based Views
Read MoreSept. 14, 2014 » Markus Holtermann » [Archived Version]
Whenever you write unit or integration tests for your Django application that involves sending mails, you end up with the LocMem mail back-end as a default set by Django during test setup. However, if you want to have a look at all the mails that have been sent, you are probably going to choose the File mail back-end.
Read MoreSept. 14, 2014 » Markus Holtermann » [Archived Version]
Whenever you write unit or integration tests for your Django application that involves sending mails, you end up with the LocMem mail back-end as a default set by Django during test setup. However, if you want to have a look at all the mails that have been sent, you are probably going to choose the File mail back-end.
Read MoreJune 4, 2014 » Markus Holtermann » [Archived Version]
About a month ago, I attended DjangoCon Europe on the Île des Embiez, a small island between Toulon and Marseille. After an incredible circus edition 2013 in Warsaw, this year’s organizers stepped up to the plate to host another amazing conference.
Read MoreJune 4, 2014 » Markus Holtermann » [Archived Version]
About a month ago, I attended DjangoCon Europe on the Île des Embiez, a small island between Toulon and Marseille. After an incredible circus edition 2013 in Warsaw, this year’s organizers stepped up to the plate to host another amazing conference.
Read MoreApril 11, 2014 » /var/ - django » [Archived Version]
An implementation & discussion of generic FormViews for acting on model instances
Read MoreMarch 29, 2014 » Markus Holtermann » [Archived Version]
Last weekend the EuroPython web team met in Berlin in order to bring the EuroPython 2014 website software forward.
Read MoreMarch 29, 2014 » Markus Holtermann » [Archived Version]
Last weekend the EuroPython web team met in Berlin in order to bring the EuroPython 2014 website software forward.
Read MoreJan. 13, 2014 » django on Jacob Kaplan-Moss » [Archived Version]
Adrian broke the news: today, he and I are retiring as BDFLs, transitioning to a truly community-run project. Adrian wrote a bit about the history of the BDFL term and our roles wearing that hat. Go check out his writing for that, and for some of his personal thoughts. Here, I’ll just add a few things of my own: For me, this has been a long time coming – I’ve been thinking about this for at least a year.
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