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Why Django and why not Flask?

April 18, 2024 » Django on Matt Layman » [Archived Version]

Why would someone pick Django over Flask? That’s the question that I got on stream and here is my answer.

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Importing Content - Building SaaS with Python and Django #189

April 18, 2024 » Django on Matt Layman » [Archived Version]

In this episode, I built the import view that is needed to allow users to add their own journal entries to JourneyInbox. After completing that, I handled the pull requests from dependabot, then I worked on some quality of life to do better handling with beta user trials.

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Importing Content - Building SaaS #189

April 18, 2024 » Django on Matt Layman » [Archived Version]

In this episode, I built the import view that is needed to allow users to add their own journal entries to JourneyInbox. After completing that, I handled the pull requests from dependabot, then I worked on some quality of life to do better handling with beta user trials.

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Why Django and why not Flask?

April 18, 2024 » Django on Matt Layman » [Archived Version]

Why would someone pick Django over Flask? That’s the question that I got on stream and here is my answer.

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Flash messages and content encodings - Building SaaS with Python and Django #188

April 4, 2024 » Django on Matt Layman » [Archived Version]

In this episode, we added flash messages (after a rough start with some networking issues). Then I tracked down a thorny issue. We found that there is a non-breaking space with ’timesince’ that affects the encoding and what links Gmail adds to emails.

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Flash messages and content encodings - Building SaaS #188

April 4, 2024 » Django on Matt Layman » [Archived Version]

In this episode, we added flash messages (after a rough start with some networking issues). Then I tracked down a thorny issue. We found that there is a non-breaking space with ’timesince’ that affects the encoding and what links Gmail adds to emails.

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Start Polishing - Building SaaS #187

March 28, 2024 » Django on Matt Layman » [Archived Version]

In this episode, we attacked the issue list. JourneyInbox is live and serving user and now it’s time to start polishing and building the full set of features. There are so many easy targets to fix that we focused on a few clear improvements to user experience and the user interface.

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Start Polishing - Building SaaS with Python and Django #187

March 28, 2024 » Django on Matt Layman » [Archived Version]

In this episode, we attacked the issue list. JourneyInbox is live and serving user and now it’s time to start polishing and building the full set of features. There are so many easy targets to fix that we focused on a few clear improvements to user experience and the user interface.

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Post-launch Punchlist - Building SaaS with Python and Django #186

March 21, 2024 » Django on Matt Layman » [Archived Version]

In this episode, we had a bunch of issues to resolve post-launch. I set the code that causes trials to expire, made updates to who receives prompt emails, and added some polish to the sign up process and interface to make it clear what will happen in the flow. After those modifications, we worked through a set of smaller changes like setting up Dependabot and adding a missing database index.

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Post-launch Punchlist - Building SaaS #186

March 21, 2024 » Django on Matt Layman » [Archived Version]

In this episode, we had a bunch of issues to resolve post-launch. I set the code that causes trials to expire, made updates to who receives prompt emails, and added some polish to the sign up process and interface to make it clear what will happen in the flow. After those modifications, we worked through a set of smaller changes like setting up Dependabot and adding a missing database index.

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