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A podcast on the Django Web Framework by William Vincent and Carlton Gibson.

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Security

Dec. 11, 2019 » Django Chat » [Archived Version]

We discuss why web security is so important, how to implement it properly with Django, common web attacks, social engineering, the principle of least privilege, and more.

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E-Commerce - Jacob Rief

Dec. 4, 2019 » Django Chat » [Archived Version]

Jacob maintains many popular Django packages including django-shop, a popular e-commerce solution. We discuss the challenges of handling payments, web components, and more.

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Listen Notes - Wenbin Fang

Nov. 27, 2019 » Django Chat » [Archived Version]

Listen Notes is a search engine for podcasts powered by Django. It’s founder, Wenbin Fang, joins us to talk about building a one-person internet company, prototyping it over a weekend, and how simple tools scale well.

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Caching

Nov. 20, 2019 » Django Chat » [Archived Version]

We discuss how caching dramatically improves website performance, Django’s 4 built-in options, and Redis vs Memcached.

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Kenneth Love

Nov. 13, 2019 » Django Chat » [Archived Version]

Kenneth Love is a longtime Django developer, teacher (at Treehouse), and dev lead at O’Reilly. We discuss how to onboard new team members, burnout, remote work, and his advice for Django newcomers.

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Channels

Nov. 6, 2019 » Django Chat » [Archived Version]

Channels are the current way to add async support and websockets to Django. We discuss the history of the project, its current status, and how it relates to Django 3+.

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How Django Experts Think

Oct. 30, 2019 » Django Chat » [Archived Version]

What does mastery in Django really feel like? We discuss our learning journeys, what’s different after years of experience, how to ask for help, and why coding is a zen experience.

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Middleware

Oct. 23, 2019 » Django Chat » [Archived Version]

Middleware makes Django, well, Django, but is poorly understood. In this episode we discuss how middleware works and why it's so important.

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Signals

Oct. 16, 2019 » Django Chat » [Archived Version]

Signals are a powerful but poorly understood and widely abused feature in Django. We explain how they work and introduce Carlton's "Am I allowed to use signals" test.

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Migrating from Python 2 to 3 at EdX - David Ormsbee & Nimisha Asthagiri

Oct. 9, 2019 » Django Chat » [Archived Version]

EdX is an online education platform used by more than 20 million learners and institutions including MIT and Harvard. We discuss migration from Python 2 to 3, where to put business logic, and the limits of Django defaults on a website at massive scale.

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