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2024 Django Software Foundation board nomination

Nov. 26, 2023 » Paolo Melchiorre » [Archived Version]

My self-nomination statement for the 2024 Django Software Foundation (DSF) board of directors elections

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Database generated columns⁽²⁾: Django & PostgreSQL

Nov. 23, 2023 » Paolo Melchiorre » [Archived Version]

An introduction to database generated columns, using PostgreSQL and the new GeneratedField added in Django 5.0.

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Serverless Functions in Django With Fly Machines

Nov. 23, 2023 » Django Beats » [Archived Version]

In this post we demonstrate how to use Fly Machines to run Serverless Functions using Django custom commands. Django on Fly.io is pretty sweet! Check it out: you can be up and running on Fly.io in just minutes. In the Serverless model, despite the name, there are still servers under the hood. Serverless is a broader concept that encompasses various cloud computing services where we don’t manage the infrastructure. Instead, it’s abstracted away from us - and we like that! The cloud…

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DevFest Pescara 2023

Nov. 18, 2023 » Paolo Melchiorre » [Archived Version]

GDG DevFest Pescara brings together world-class experts in Android, Web, Cloud, and Machine Learning technologies to Pescara for 2 days of sessions, workshops and showcases.

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Parse Inbound Email - Building SaaS with Python and Django #175

Nov. 16, 2023 » Django on Matt Layman » [Archived Version]

In this episode, we switched to the inbound side and parsed an email to transform it into a journal entry. This caused us to look into the dateutil library and look at Python’s standard email module to use EmailMessage.

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Parse Inbound Email - Building SaaS #175

Nov. 16, 2023 » Django on Matt Layman » [Archived Version]

In this episode, we switched to the inbound side and parsed an email to transform it into a journal entry. This caused us to look into the dateutil library and look at Python’s standard email module to use EmailMessage.

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New goodies in Django 5.0

Nov. 14, 2023 » Django Beats » [Archived Version]

Mariusz Felisiak, a Django and Python contributor and a Django Fellow, shares with us his personal favorites from a “deluge” of exciting new features in Django 5.0. Django on Fly.io is pretty sweet! Check it out: you can be up and running on Fly.io in just minutes. As planned, after 8 months of intensive development, the first alpha and beta versions of Django 5.0 are out! Almost 700 commits were merged to this release. 204 people 💗 and even more unnamed heroes, dedicated their time and effort…

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Django vs Flask: Which is the Best Python Web Framework?

Nov. 10, 2023 » The PyCharm Blog » [Archived Version]

Overview Even if you are new to web development, you probably already know that there are two main web frameworks in the Python world: Django and Flask. According to the Python Developers Survey 2022 conducted by JetBrains, 39% of developers reported using either or both. Whether you are a beginner thinking of what to learn […]

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Django News - 205 Reset Content - Nov 10th 2023

Nov. 10, 2023 » Django News » [Archived Version]

News Python Developers Survey 2023 The annual Python developers survey is out. Please take a moment to share your Python practices as the results do have a big impact on the organizations and maintainers in our community. alchemer.com Takahē: Life-Critical Side Projects Andrew Godwin, the developer of Takahē, is looking for new maintainers who want to help out in exchange for mentorship. aeracode.org Updates to Django …

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Django: Maybe disable PostgreSQL’s JIT to speed up many-joined queries

Nov. 9, 2023 » Adam Johnson » [Archived Version]

Here’s a write-up of an optimization I made in my client Silvr’s project. I ended up disabling a PostgreSQL feature called the JIT (Just-In-Time) compiler which was taking a long time for little benefit. This behaviour was observed on PostgreSQL 14, so things may have improved since. Although …

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