Feb. 7, 2025

Django News - Official MongoDB Backend Support - Feb 7th 2025

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News

Django 5.1.6, 5.0.12, and 4.2.19 bugfix release

Two new bugfixes in the latest update.

djangoproject.com

MongoDB Django Backend Now Available in Public Preview

The Official Django MongoDB Backend is now available in public preview.

mongodb.com

Python 3.13.2 and 3.12.9 now available!

Python 3.13.2 and 3.12.9 are maintenance releases.

python.org

Updates to Django

Boost Your Git DX second update out now

Adam Johnson's excellent book, Boost Your Git DX, now has a second update available!

adamj.eu

Today 'Updates to Django' is presented by Velda Kiara from DEFNA and Djangonaut Space!

Last week we had 21 pull requests merged into Django by 13 different contributors - including 3 first-time contributors! Congratulations to Peter DeVita, Mohammadreza Eskandari, and Vinko Mlacic for having their first commits merged into Django - welcome on board 🎊 !

This Week's Django Highlights:

Allowed customizing the password_change_form in the Django Admin for custom validation (Django 6.0).
Fixed a bug in ArrayAgg() which ensures it returns a default value when using an empty list filter(__in=[]).
The Django Steering Council have started publishing their meeting minutes.

Django Newsletter

Wagtail CMS

Enjoy a smoother content experience with Wagtail 6.4

Our newest features help you create and organize quality content even faster

wagtail.org

Articles

Creating the MongoDB Database Backend for Django

Jib Adegunloye is the lead software developer on the official MongoDB database backend for Django. He writes here about the long process of brining official support to life.

medium.com

First month on Django’s Steering Council

Carlton Gibson shares some thoughts from the Django 6.x Steering Council.

noumenal.es

(Re)naming things is hard

MP 133: Naming things is hard, but renaming things can be even harder.

I've been steadily working through the remaining issues that should be closed before the 1.0 release of django-simple-deploy. One of the last things to address involves reconsidering a name that's used throughout the project.

Renaming a

mostlypython.com

The Ultimate Guide to Django Templates

A very in-depth guide on everything related to Django templates, including the different types and how to use them.

jetbrains.com

Better unit-tests for your emails with Django 5.2

Django 5.2 introduces a new helper method, body_contains(), that simplifies unit-testing email content, making it easier to assert text-based content across plain-text and HTML emails.

medium.com

Events

Call for Proposals for DjangoCon Africa 2025 is now open!

The Call for Proposals is now open and will run from the 1st of February to the 31st of March 2025.

pretalx.com

Speaking at DjangoCon Africa

A guide to the selection process, presentation types, proposal guidelines, and suggested topics for speaking at DjangoCon Africa.

djangocon.africa

Tutorials

Let’s Switch Things Up: Using MongoDB in an Intro Django Project

A beginner-friendly tutorial on creating a new project with a MongoDB backend.

dev.to

Podcasts

Django Chat #175: The Future of Django with Emma Delescolle

Emma is a longtime Django community member and newly elected member of the Django 6.x Steering Council. We discuss the future of Django, what it can learn from the Ember community, class-based views, django-ninja, and more.

djangochat.com