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Django Cairn - A collection of Django knowledge

March 19, 2023 » Better Simple » [Archived Version]

First, I want to say I love djangopackages.com. I direct people to it all the time! It provides breakdowns on a variety of Django related packages. I struggle to keep up with all the new libraries folks are building or have built, but the site helps me discover them. Similarly, our community has a lot of published knowledge on the web. If we consider DjangoCon talks alone, there’s hundreds of videos out there. I would benefit immensely from having a categorized collection of those videos. Mix …

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Plotting the trail for Django Cairn

March 19, 2023 » Better Simple » [Archived Version]

This high-level post will go over how I design Django projects. The goal is to consider every action the application will need and determine what is needed to implement those actions. We’ll encounter some hand-waving around the details, but that’s fine. We can’t know everything. And if we did, why are we bothering with this? The benefit of this exercise is to realize a more complete understanding of the project and to create an outline of what needs to be implemented. An outline makes it much…

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Locking Down Your Users' Secrets: Django Sessions 101

March 18, 2023 » Django on Matt Layman » [Archived Version]

Django is a powerful and popular web framework that makes it easy to build robust and secure web applications. One of the key features of Django is its ability to manage user sessions, which are essential for many web applications. However, you may be wondering if Django sessions are secure. In this article, we’ll explore the security of Django sessions and see how they can be made even more secure.

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Django News - DjangoCon US 2023 Preview - Mar 17th 2023

March 17, 2023 » Django News » [Archived Version]

Sponsored Link Meet Wagtail, the #1 Django-powered CMS 100% open source. Powered by Python & Django. Built for editors and developers with excellent documentation. Trusted by Google, NASA and hundreds of thousands of organisations around the world. bit.ly Articles How virtual environments work A comprehensive look at how virtual environments work to help demystify them. snarky.ca Time Travel with dj…

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Django: Parameterized tests for all model admin classes

March 17, 2023 » Adam Johnson » [Archived Version]

Here’s an application of “test smarter, not harder”, as per Luke Plant’s post. I came up with this recently whilst working on my client Silvr’s project, and I’m pretty proud of it. It should apply to any project using Django’s admin. When you declare a …

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10 Latest Mortgage Technology Trends For 2023

March 16, 2023 » Software Development Blog & IT Tech Insights | Django Stars » [Archived Version]

Today’s mortgage businesses should rely on technology heavily to do more with less. With the US Federal Reserve increasing interest rates and borrowing costs, banks stepping back from mortgage servicing, and 49% of homebuyers preferring self-service portals, according to ICE Mortgage Technology, mortgage market players must rapidly adopt technology to remain competitive. 90% of the […] The post 10 Latest Mortgage Technology Trends For 2023 appeared first on Software Development Blog &…

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Cater Waiter, Template Bugs, and Type Fixes - Building SaaS with Python and Django #155

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

In this episode, I did another Exercism problem in Python that dug into Python sets. Once the exercise was complete, we went back to the issue list. I debugged and fixed a template error, the spent time improving types with my Django app.

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Cater Waiter, Template Bugs, and Type Fixes - Building SaaS #155

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

In this episode, I did another Exercism problem in Python that dug into Python sets. Once the exercise was complete, we went back to the issue list. I debugged and fixed a template error, the spent time improving types with my Django app.

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Sync or Async? Unpacking the Mysteries of Django Signals

March 15, 2023 » Django on Matt Layman » [Archived Version]

Django is a popular web framework for Python developers, known for its robustness, flexibility, and security. One of the features that make Django powerful is its signal system. Signals allow developers to trigger certain actions when specific events occur, such as when a model is saved or deleted. However, there is often confusion about whether Django signals are asynchronous or not. In this article, we will explore this question and discuss the tradeoffs associated with using Django signals.

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Python Web Conference 2023

March 14, 2023 » Paolo Melchiorre » [Archived Version]

The Python Web Conf is the most in-depth Python conference for web developers.

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