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Professional Djangonaut skills

Aug. 18, 2023 » Better Simple » [Archived Version]

A brief description of various skills, experiences and technologies I feel that a professional Djangonaut has.

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Automate Hatch Publish with GitHub Actions

Aug. 18, 2023 » Anže’s Blog » [Archived Version]

Scribbling down how I automated publishing to PyPI with GitHub Actions.

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Some musings on classes

Aug. 17, 2023 » Carlton's latest posts. » [Archived Version]

I don’t know about you, but I write Terrible Code™, a lot. I’m always banging on about how classes are mainly a namespace because they give me a very neat way of containing that terror whilst I’m working out the details of my code. I’ve done plenty of functional programming in my time, and I like it, I’m a fan. But my experience is that functional composition gets messier, more quickly, and is harder to both contain, and comprehend, than breaking things up in a class. I’m not so confident of…

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Deployment Checklist - Building SaaS with Python and Django #168

Aug. 17, 2023 » Django on Matt Layman » [Archived Version]

In this episode, I added the deployment checklist and improved the security of the app. Then we moved to work to set up the database to use DATABASE_URL and prepare to use Postgres.

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Deployment Checklist - Building SaaS #168

Aug. 17, 2023 » Django on Matt Layman » [Archived Version]

In this episode, I added the deployment checklist and improved the security of the app. Then we moved to work to set up the database to use DATABASE_URL and prepare to use Postgres.

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The Single Folder Django Project Layout

Aug. 16, 2023 » Carlton's latest posts. » [Archived Version]

I added a quick note on how I start a Django project, a Single Folder layout. This makes the startproject folder an installed app, and skips the separate (often idle) startapp folder. I've been using this pattern for a couple of years and really like it. Give it a read: The Single Folder layout. Post on Fosstodon

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Django News - Python 3.12.0rc1 and Generative Agents oh mai - Aug 11th 2023

Aug. 11, 2023 » Django News » [Archived Version]

News Python 3.12.0 release candidate 1 released Python 3.12.0rc1 is the first release candidate of Python 3.12, with a final version expected on 2023-10-02. Maintainers are urged to ready their projects for 3.12 compatibility, though this preview is not advised for production use. blogspot.com The Python Software Foundation 2022 Annual Impact Report The Python Software Foundation's 2022 Annual Impact Report highlights a year where they wel…

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Words TUI: App for Daily Writing

Aug. 11, 2023 » Anže’s Blog » [Archived Version]

I am coding a TUI application to help me with my daily writing.

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Django: The perils of string_if_invalid in templates

Aug. 8, 2023 » Adam Johnson » [Archived Version]

Django’s template engine has a string_if_invalid option that replaces missing variable lookups with a string of your choice: TEMPLATES = [ { "BACKEND": "django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates", # ... "OPTIONS": { # ... "string_if_invalid": "MISSING VARIABLE %s", }, } ] The %s will be replaced with the name of the missing variable. This exists as a debugging aid to …

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Django News - Django bugfix release: 4.2.4 - Aug 4th 2023

Aug. 4, 2023 » Django News » [Archived Version]

News Django bugfix release: 4.2.4 The 4.2.4 bugfix release fixes three different issues. As always, updating to the latest version of Django is highly recommended. djangoproject.com Wagtail 5.1 gets a bit greener and leaner Notes on the latest Wagtail release that focuses on improving performance and reducing Wagtail's carbon footprint. wagtail.org Python Steering Council accepts PEP 703 and plans to remove the GIL…

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