April 6, 2024 » Matthias Kestenholz: Posts about Django » [Archived Version]
Weeknotes (2024 week 14)I’m having a bit of a slow week with the easter weekend and a wisdom tooth extraction. I’m recovering quite quickly it seems and I’m glad about it. This weeknotes entry is short and quick. I’m trying to get back into the habit of writing them after a mediocre start this year. 20th Anniversary Celebration of Young Greens Switzerland I have attended the celebration of Young Greens Switzerland. I have been a founding member and have been active for c…
Read MoreApril 5, 2024 » Django News » [Archived Version]
News Django bugfix release issued: 5.0.4 Check out the Django 5.0.4 release notes for a list of five bug fixes in this release. djangoproject.com Join DEFNA! Board Member Recruitment Django Events Foundation North America (DEFNA) is seeking another board member. This is a great chance to help grow the DjangoCon US community. defna.org PSF News: New Open Initiative for Cybersecurity Standards A new Open Init…
Read MoreApril 4, 2024 » Paolo Melchiorre » [Archived Version]
Local group of developers dedicated to Python in Pescara and surrounding areas.
Read MoreApril 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.
Read MoreApril 3, 2024 » The Django weblog » [Archived Version]
Today we've issued the 5.0.4 bugfix release. The release package and checksums are available from our downloads page, as well as from the Python Package Index. The PGP key ID used for this release is Natalia Bidart: 2EE82A8D9470983E. Django 3.2 has reached the end of extended support Note that with this release, Django 3.2 has reached the end of extended support. All Django 3.2 users are encouraged to upgrade to Django 4.2 or later to continue receiving fixes for security issues. See the downl…
Read MoreApril 1, 2024 » Luke Plant » [Archived Version]
Some code and tips to combine Python and Django introspection APIs to enforce naming conventions in your Django models.
Read MoreMarch 29, 2024 » Django News » [Archived Version]
News Welcome our new Django Fellow Sarah Boyce is the newest Django Fellow! Read more about her background as a software developer and active member of the Django community. djangoproject.com PyPI halted new users and projects while it fended off supply-chain attack PyPI temporarily halted new project creation and new user registration following an onslaught of package uploads that executed malicious code on any device that installed them.…
Read MoreMarch 29, 2024 » Better Simple » [Archived Version]
A talk by A. Jesse Jiryu Davis and my review
Read MoreMarch 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.
Read MoreMarch 27, 2024 » Matthias Kestenholz: Posts about Django » [Archived Version]
The Django admin is a CMSThe post Why is the Django Admin “Ugly”? and the discussion on Mastodon around it finally motivated me to write down my thoughts regarding the recurring theme in Django land that the Django administration interface isn’t a CMS (Content Management System). I think that this is misguided and needlessly limits the discourse around what the admin’s current functionality is and the ideas what it could be and already is. A web content management system is about we…
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