May 11, 2023 » Software Development Blog & IT Tech Insights | Django Stars » [Archived Version]
Competition for new fintech customers is fierce. Particularly for the 1.4 billion people globally, who comprise the unbanked population, as estimated by the World Bank. Enter alternative data scoring — validating borrower credibility using data sources other than credit scores or rental payment data. Alternative credit scoring allows lenders to validate the financial discipline of […] The post Introduction to Alternative Credit Scoring in Fintech appeared first on Software Development Bl…
Read MoreMay 11, 2023 » Django Beats » [Archived Version]
Mariusz Felisiak, a Django and Python contributor and a Django Fellow, explores how to simplify template rendering with context processors. Django on Fly.io is pretty sweet! Check it out: you can be up and running on Fly.io in just minutes. Django has many hidden gems that are neither widely used nor well known. In this article, I will discuss context processors which are one of my favorites. They allow following the DRY (don’t repeat yourself) principle in template rendering and keep yo…
Read MoreMay 10, 2023 » The Django weblog » [Archived Version]
The African Django community is excited to announce the first DjangoCon Africa event, taking place this year in Zanzibar, Tanzania, from 6th - 11th November 2023. The first event since the global pandemic postponed our planning in 2020. We are thrilled to convene, support one another and give back to the African Python web community now that travel and health safety guidelines have normalized. DjangoCon Africa 2023 will be held at the State University of Zanzibar where we have three meeting r…
Read MoreMay 7, 2023 » Carlton's latest posts. » [Archived Version]
The week that was 2023 WK18 A quiet week on the surface, but lots going on underneath. We had medical appointments with my son Wednesday and Thursday. Posted a TIL on CSRF and Trusted Origins in Django 4.x+, after deploying a new project and hitting this issue again. Joined in a few discussions on the Forum, and one on Trac even. (I’m still trying to avoid the latter for now.) Bumped Neapolitan to 23.10, with minor tweaks to the object_confirm_delete.html template. That’s it for now. Mor…
Read MoreMay 5, 2023 » REVSYS Blog » [Archived Version]
REVSYS is 16 Years Old Today!
Read MoreMay 5, 2023 » Django News » [Archived Version]
News Django security releases issued: 4.2.1, 4.1.9, and 3.2.19 The Django team announces the release of Django 4.2.1, Django 4.1.9, and Django 3.2.19, addressing a security issue and urging users to upgrade promptly. djangoproject.com Wagtail 5.0 is now available Featuring dark mode, more image options with SVG support, enhanced accessibility checker, and more. wagtail.org Sponsored Link Django for Begin…
Read MoreMay 3, 2023 » The Django weblog » [Archived Version]
In accordance with our security release policy, the Django team is issuing Django 4.2.1, Django 4.1.9, and Django 3.2.19. These releases addresses the security issue detailed below. We encourage all users of Django to upgrade as soon as possible. CVE-2023-31047: Potential bypass of validation when uploading multiple files using one form field Uploading multiple files using one form field has never been supported by forms.FileField or forms.ImageField as only the last uploaded file was validate…
Read MoreMay 2, 2023 » Paolo Melchiorre » [Archived Version]
How to quickly resize a video with FFmpeg before uploading it to Mastodon to comply its resolution and size restrictions.
Read MoreApril 30, 2023 » Carlton's latest posts. » [Archived Version]
The week that was 2023 WK17 My son’s illness continues. He’s no better, really, and it looks like there’s not much that doctors are able to offer him. We spent large parts of this week touring various hospitals for appointments with various specialists, all of which resulted in nothing very concrete. More again next week. I doubt there’s much market for a Medical Facilities of Catalonia guidebook. Updating django-filter… I updated django-filter to v23.2. This deprecates the inbuilt methods …
Read MoreApril 28, 2023 » Django News » [Archived Version]
News Django 5.x Technical Board Candidate Registration - Update An update on candidates for the Django Technical Board. djangoproject.com Introducing Python Package Index Organizations The Python Package Index (PyPI) adds Organizations. pypi.org urllib3 v2.0.0 is now generally available urllib3 is the most installed Python package of all time and, after 12 years, has finally moved from v1.0 to v2.0. …
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