News

Django Technical Board Candidate Registration

Registration for Candidates will end on September 11th, 2020 AoE.

Django-Developers Discussion: Generate JWTs with Django

django-developers is the official Google Group for discussion of Django technical features and recently questions around JWTs were discussed.

Events

DjangoCon Europe Schedule is out! September 18 & 19

Note that the timezone is GMT+1

DjangoCon Europe 2020 Tickets

DjangoCon Europe 2020 is one week away!

PyGotham TV's schedule is out! October 2 & 3

PyGotham TV's schedule is out and is free to attend.

Articles

Django Hosting & Deployment Options

Will Vincent does a rundown on popular Platform-as-a-service (PaaS) and virtual private server (VPS) hosting/deployment options for Django.

From Concept To Live In Two Weeks With Django

Matt Layman's very good rundown of building a Django + Tailwind CSS + Heroku project for a non-profit in only 2 weeks.

What happens when you run manage.py test?

Adam Johnson's PyConAU talk which details Django testing internals. Complements his PyConAU talk in the Videos section.

Demystifying Django’s Magic

Precious Ndubueze's overview of what Django brings to the table as a web framework.

Videos

PyConline AU 2020

The full PyConline AU 2020 playlist.

What happens when you run manage.py test? - Adam Johnson (PyConline AU 2020)

An under-the-hood look at Django's testing framework and pytest together, showing the common features as well as the differences between the two. The general test lifecycle is also examined, from start to finish.

Taking Django's ORM Async - Andrew Godwin (PyConline AU 2020)

A deep-dive into Django's ORM, how it has changed over the years, and what it means to have asynchronous database backends.

Of Django, PostgreSQL schemas, and your multi-million dollar idea - Lorenzo Peña (PyConline AU 2020)

A talk on the major challenges of doing multi-tenancy in Django through PostgreSQL schemas looking at the pros and cons of different approaches as you move from tutorial-grade projects to massive multi-tenant behemoths.

Journey into the Deep World of Web Development - Andrew Kim (PyConline AU 2020)

A story about learning Django and Python despite coming from a non-tech industry, during the COVID-19 pandemic. Cover tips for beginners on how best to get started with Django and Python, mistakes made, resources found useful, and how to create connections both online and offline.

Podcasts

Running in Production - A Platform to Buy Gift Cards for Eco-Friendly Products

Using Django to build a gift card purchasing site for eco-friendly products. It’s hosted on PythonAnywhere and has been up and running since fall 2019.

Projects

yarn install

./bin/django-builder example-project.json DjangoProject.tar
tar -xvf DjangoProject.tar

cd DjangoProject
python3 -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt
python manage.py makemigrations
python manage.py migrate
python manage.py runserver

npm install -g firebase-tools
firebase login

cp .env.example .env.development.local

yarn serve

yarn build --mode=development
yarn build --mode=production

firebase use --add

The code behind Django Builder Site lets you build your Django app in your browser, including models.

saadmk11 / django-newsfeed

A news curator and newsletter subscription package for Django

django-newsfeed

What is django-newsfeed?

django-newsfeed is a news curator and newsletter subscription package for django It can be used to create a news curator website which sends newsletters to their subscribers also it can be used to add a news subscription section to your website.

Features

• Create monthly, weekly or daily issues with draft issue support.
• Create posts with different categories.
• Archive and display all of the issues in your website.
• Newsletter e-mail subscription (ajax support) with e-mail verification.
• Newsletter e-mail unsubscription (ajax support).
• Sending newsletters for each issue to all the subscribers.
• Fully customizable templates.
• Uses Django's internal tools for sending email.
• Efficient mass mailing support.

Requirements

• Python: 3.6, 3.7, 3.8, 3.9, 3.10
• Django: 2.2, 3.0, 3.1, 3.2, 4.0

Example Project

You can view the example project for this package here This is a news-curator and newsletter subscription application that only uses this package.…

View on GitHub

A news curator and newsletter subscription package.

A cool, modern, and responsive Django admin application based on Bootstrap 4.5.0.