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Django file and memory mail back-end for tests

Sept. 14, 2014 » Markus Holtermann » [Archived Version]

Whenever you write unit or integration tests for your Django application that involves sending mails, you end up with the LocMem mail back-end as a default set by Django during test setup. However, if you want to have a look at all the mails that have been sent, you are probably going to choose the File mail back-end.

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The conference island — DjangoCon Europe 2014

June 4, 2014 » Markus Holtermann » [Archived Version]

About a month ago, I attended DjangoCon Europe on the Île des Embiez, a small island between Toulon and Marseille. After an incredible circus edition 2013 in Warsaw, this year’s organizers stepped up to the plate to host another amazing conference.

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The conference island — DjangoCon Europe 2014

June 4, 2014 » Markus Holtermann » [Archived Version]

About a month ago, I attended DjangoCon Europe on the Île des Embiez, a small island between Toulon and Marseille. After an incredible circus edition 2013 in Warsaw, this year’s organizers stepped up to the plate to host another amazing conference.

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Django generic FormViews for objects

April 11, 2014 » /var/ - django » [Archived Version]

An implementation & discussion of generic FormViews for acting on model instances

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Django dynamic forms

Dec. 24, 2013 » /var/ - django » [Archived Version]

Creating dynamic (user generated) forms in django

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Django authority data

Nov. 5, 2013 » /var/ - django » [Archived Version]

An implementation & discussion of authority data for Django

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bakery — Where cookies are made!

Sept. 30, 2013 » Markus Holtermann » [Archived Version]

Djangodash is a coding contest where teams have 48 hours time to start and sprint a project. We worked on a website to host cookiecutter projects.

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bakery — Where cookies are made!

Sept. 30, 2013 » Markus Holtermann » [Archived Version]

Djangodash is a coding contest where teams have 48 hours time to start and sprint a project. We worked on a website to host cookiecutter projects.

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Getting features into Django

May 23, 2013 » django on Jacob Kaplan-Moss » [Archived Version]

Getting new features into Django isn’t easy. It’s that way for a reason — I spoke recently about why conservatism is a virtue — but it does happen. I’d like to do a better job explaining how we decide what goes in and what goes out, so here’s a lightly adapted version of something I posted on the mailing list this evening. It’s three things I look for when I’m trying to determine whether something is “right” for Django or not:

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The Django community in 2012

March 5, 2012 » django on Jacob Kaplan-Moss » [Archived Version]

In 2007, and again in 2009, I made an attempt to measure the size of the Django community. By popular request — okay, a couple people asked for it, whatever — let’s do this thing again. Users In 2007 and 2009, I shared three ways of looking at how many people are using Django: hits to the website, downloads of the Django tarball, and sites listed as “using Django.” So, here’s an overview of users, some notes on interpreting these numbers follow:

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