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Export Journal Feature - Building SaaS #191

May 23, 2024 » Django on Matt Layman » [Archived Version]

In this episode, I started with cleaning up a few small items. After those warmups, we moved on to building an export feature that will allow users to take their journal entries if they want to leave the service.

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Settings and Billing Portal - Building SaaS #190

May 16, 2024 » Django on Matt Layman » [Archived Version]

In this episode, I worked on the settings page for the user. This was a vital addition because it allows users to access the Stripe billing portal and close their account if they no longer wish to use JourneyInbox.

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Settings and Billing Portal - Building SaaS with Python and Django #190

May 16, 2024 » Django on Matt Layman » [Archived Version]

In this episode, I worked on the settings page for the user. This was a vital addition because it allows users to access the Stripe billing portal and close their account if they no longer wish to use JourneyInbox.

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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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