Jan. 30, 2021 » Django on Matt Layman » [Archived Version]
Maybe you’re new to web development in Python, and you’ve encountered the two most popular Python web frameworks, Django and Flask, and have questions about which one you should use. Are Django and Flask similar tools for building web applications? Yes, Django and Flask share many similarities and can both make great websites, but they have some different development philosophies which will attract different types of developers. What do I know about this?
Read MoreJan. 28, 2021 » TestDriven.io » [Archived Version]
This article aims to simplify the process of deploying, maintaining, and scaling a production-grade Django app on Heroku.
Read MoreJan. 23, 2021 » Django on Matt Layman » [Archived Version]
Django is a big and popular web framework for Python to help you build a web app. Which Django version should you use? If you’re starting a Django web app, use the latest version of Django available. Why listen to me? I’m a software developer with over 7 years of professional Django experience. I work at companies that use Django successfully at the core of their business. I’ll explain why you should use the latest.
Read MoreJan. 20, 2021 » Django Chat » [Archived Version]
Rachell is a trustee of DjangoGirls. She was previously an English teacher in Korea before learning to code with the help of DjangoGirls and has worked since 2016 as a full-stack Django developer.
Read MoreJan. 11, 2021 » Django on Matt Layman » [Archived Version]
On this episode, we will investigate Django middleware and see where it goes in your project. In the process, you’ll see why middleware is useful and how you can work with it. Listen at djangoriffs.com. Last Episode On the last episode, we’re going to look at working with users in a Django project. We’ll see Django’s tools for identifying users and checking what those users are permitted to do on your website.
Read MoreJan. 7, 2021 » /var/ - django » [Archived Version]
How to hide the ids (primary keys) of your objects in Django using the hashids library
Read MoreJan. 6, 2021 » Django Chat » [Archived Version]
Matt is a Software Architect at Doctor on Demand and a prolific Django educator. We talk about Django at scale, leading a large engineering team, and teaching Django to newcomers.
Read MoreJan. 6, 2021 » Django on Matt Layman » [Archived Version]
In the previous Understand Django article, I described how Django gives us tools to run code for any request using the middleware system. Our next focus will be on static files. Static files are vital to your application, but they have little to do with Python code. We’ll see what they are and what they do. From Browser To DjangoURLs Lead The WayViews On ViewsTemplates For User InterfacesUser Interaction With FormsStore Data With ModelsAdminister All The ThingsAnatomy Of An ApplicationUser Auth…
Read MoreDec. 31, 2020 » Django on Matt Layman » [Archived Version]
In this episode, I integrated customer documentation into the app. I showed how to build Sphinx documentation into a Django project, then created a help view to link to the docs. Finally, I added documentation building to the deployment process. I previously created a Sphinx documentation project to hold docs for my app, but I had not hooked the docs into my project yet. Before hooking it in, I explained how Sphinx works and how I customized the documentation to fit with my project.
Read MoreDec. 23, 2020 » Django Chat » [Archived Version]
Paolo is a Django contributor and prolific conference speaker based in Italy. We discuss using PostgreSQL-powered full text search within Django as using GeoDjango for mapping projects.
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