Jan. 3, 2026 » Adam Johnson » [Archived Version]
Last month, I held another quiz at the December edition of Django London. The December quiz is an annual tradition at our meetup, a way of making this final event of the year more relaxed and giving away some nice prizes. This was the seventh quiz that I’ve presented …
Read MoreJan. 2, 2026 » Django News » [Archived Version]
News DSF member of the month - Clifford Gama Clifford Gama, DSF member and Triage and Review contributor, merged several Django core PRs and investigates performance and WeasyPrint PDF generation improvements. djangoproject.com PyPI in 2025: A Year in Review - The Python Package Index Blog PyPI strengthened security and organization features in 2025, adding trusted publishing, attestations, improved 2FA, malware response, and organization …
Read MoreDec. 31, 2025 » The Django weblog » [Archived Version]
For December 2025, we welcome Clifford Gama as our DSF member of the month! ⭐ Clifford contributed to Django core with more than 5 PRs merged in few months! He is part of the Triage and Review Team. He has been a DSF member since October 2024. You can learn more about Clifford by visiting Clifford's website and his GitHub Profile. Let’s spend some time getting to know Clifford better! Can you tell us a little about yourself (hobbies, education, etc) I'm Clifford. I hold a Bachelor's degree i…
Read MoreDec. 29, 2025 » Paolo Melchiorre » [Archived Version]
A personal retrospective on Django On The Med, three months later. From the first idea to the actual contributor sprint, and how a simple format based on focused mornings and open afternoons created unexpected value for people and the Django open source community.
Read MoreDec. 26, 2025 » Django News » [Archived Version]
News Hitting the Home Stretch: Help Us Reach the Django Software Foundation's Year-End Goal! Since last week, the Django Software Foundation has reached 95% of its goal, and I appreciate your consideration in helping it meet the remaining 5%. djangoproject.com DjangoCon Europe - Call for Proposals The Call for Proposals (CFP) for DjangoCon Europe 2026 is officially open! This event will be in Athens, Greece, from April 15–19, 2026. Submiss…
Read MoreDec. 19, 2025 » Django News » [Archived Version]
News Hitting the Home Stretch: Help Us Reach the Django Software Foundation's Year-End Goal! Django Software Foundation requests year-end donations to close a $300,000 fundraising goal, supporting an expanded Fellows program, security work, releases, and community events. djangoproject.com Introducing the 2026 DSF Board Django Software Foundation announced the 2026 board and officers, welcomed the newly elected directors, thanked the outgo…
Read MoreDec. 19, 2025 » Software Crafts » [Archived Version]
Unlocking more possible patterns with template partials
Read MoreDec. 18, 2025 » The Django weblog » [Archived Version]
As we wrap up another strong year for the Django community, we wanted to share an update and a thank you. This year, we raised our fundraising goal from $200,000 to $300,000, and we are excited to say we are now over 88% of the way there. That puts us firmly in the home stretch, and a little more support will help us close the gap and reach 100%. So why the higher goal this year? We expanded the Django Fellows program to include a third Fellow. In August, we welcomed Jacob Tyler Walls as our ne…
Read MoreDec. 18, 2025 » The Django weblog » [Archived Version]
Thank You to Our Outgoing Directors We extend our gratitude to Thibaud Colas and Sarah Abderemane, who are completing their terms on the board. Their contributions shaped the foundation in meaningful ways, and the following highlights only scratch the surface of their work. Thibaud served as President in 2025 and Secretary in 2024. He was instrumental in governance improvements, the Django CNA initiative, election administration, and creating our first annual report. He also led our birthday ca…
Read MoreDec. 17, 2025 » Matthias Kestenholz » [Archived Version]
Rich text editors: How restrictive can we be? How restrictive should a rich text editor be? It’s a question I keep coming back to as I work on FeinCMS and Django-based content management systems. I published the last blog post on django-prose-editor specifically in August 2025, Menu improvements in django-prose-editor. The most interesting part of the blog post was the short mention of the TextClass extension at the bottom which allows adding a predefined list of CSS classes to arbitrary spans …
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