Weeknotes (2024 week 35)

Weeknotes (2024 week 35)

Getting deep into htmx and django-template-partials

I have been skeptical about htmx for some time because basically everything the library does is straightforward to do myself with a few lines of JavaScript. I am a convert now because, really, adding a few HTML attributes is nicer than copy pasting a few lines of JavaScript. Feels good.

The combination of htmx with django-template-partials is great as well. I didn’t know I had been missing template partials until I started using them. Includes are still useful, but replacing some of them with partials makes working on the project much more enjoyable.

I haven’t yet had a use for django-htmx but I may yet surprise myself.

Releases

• django-authlib 0.17: django-authlib bundles authlib.little_auth which offers an user model which uses the email address as the username. I have also introduced the concept of roles instead of permissions; now I have reorganized the user admin fieldset to hide user permissions altogether. Group permissions are still available as are roles. I’m personally convinced that user permissions were a mistake.
• feincms3-forms 0.5: Allowed setting a maximum length for the bundled URL and email fields through the Django administration interface.
• django-content-editor 7.0.7: Fixed a bug where plugins with several fieldsets weren’t collapsed completely.
• django-imagefield 0.19.1: Allowed deactivating autogeneration of thumbnails completely through the IMAGEFIELD_AUTOGENERATE setting. This is very useful for batch processing. Also, documented all available settings.
• django-prose-editor 0.8: Added support for translating the interface elements and for restricting the available heading levels in the UI.
• form-designer 0.25: Fixed the type of the author field for the send-to-author processing action.
• feincms3 5.2.2: Added support for embedding SRF play external content. They do not support oEmbed unfortunately.
• feincms3-cookiecontrol 1.5.3: Added support for SRF play embeddings as well. The difference is that the feincms3-cookiecontrol embedding requires consent before embedding external content.