July 31, 2026 » Django News » [Archived Version]
News See You in Chicago in One Month! In just one month, developers, maintainers, educators, and Django enthusiasts from around the world will gather in Chicago for DjangoCon US 2026. DSF member of the month - Katherine "Kati" Michel Kati is a longtime member of the Django community who has been a speaker, organizer of DjangoCon US, and member of DEFNA's board of directors. She shares some insightful thoughts on the current state of Django and where it can go from here, especially around AI. Ne…
Read MoreJuly 29, 2026 » The Django weblog » [Archived Version]
For July 2026, we welcome Katherine "Kati" Michel as our DSF member of the month! ⭐ Kati is involved in the Django community for many years. She was a DEFNA Director for 8 years and DjangoCon US Website Chair and Co-Chair. She is a DSF member since December 2017! You can learn more about Kati by visiting Kati's website and her GitHub Profile. Let’s spend some time getting to know Kati better! Can you tell us a little about yourself? (hobbies, education, etc) In 2002, I was living in Lawrence, …
Read MoreJuly 29, 2026 » Better Simple » [Archived Version]
Part of the Nifty Django features series: Speed up your tests by using the setUpTestData method.
Read MoreJuly 24, 2026 » The Django weblog » [Archived Version]
In just one month, developers, maintainers, educators, and Django enthusiasts from around the world will gather in Chicago for DjangoCon US 2026. DjangoCon US is more than a conference, it's a place to learn from the community, share ideas, contribute to Django, and make connections that last long after the event ends. Whether you're attending your first DjangoCon US or you've been coming for years, we're excited to welcome you. Over five days, attendees will have the opportunity to: Learn fro…
Read MoreJuly 24, 2026 » Django News » [Archived Version]
News Django 6.1 release candidate 1 released This is the final opportunity to try out the new version before Django 6.1 is released. Try it, run your test suite, and report anything that breaks! The DjangoCon US 2026 schedule has been released! The talk lineup is out, covering Django 6.0 and 6.1 features, modern deployment patterns, GeoDjango at scale, and lightning talks across all three days. PyPI Releases now reject new files after 14 days PyPI will reject new files uploaded to releases olde…
Read MoreJuly 24, 2026 » Carlton's latest posts. » [Archived Version]
It’s been a busy first half of the year: Security work on Daphne and asgiref; updates to Neapolitan and django-mantle; talks at PyTV, DjangoCon Europe, and PyCon Italia; the Annual Release Cycle DEP for Django drafted, discussed and made ready; a host of asgiref issues resolved in a significant update; the Django async topic guide updated, and various issues on Django nailed there; a chat with Michael Kennedy on Talk Python about Django’s async story; and more. Plus work, which continues to be …
Read MoreJuly 23, 2026 » Adam Johnson » [Archived Version]
Did you know that each Django release has a “code word” associated with it? It’s hidden in plain sight, in the announcement blog post describing the list of features coming in the next version. I think this is a lovely little tradition. I last covered the list back in …
Read MoreJuly 22, 2026 » The Django weblog » [Archived Version]
Django 6.1 release candidate 1 is now available. It represents the final opportunity for you to try out the version that offers a harmonious mélange of new features and usability improvements, before Django 6.1 final is released. The release candidate stage marks the string freeze and the call for translators to submit translations. Provided no major bugs are discovered that can't be solved in the next two weeks, Django 6.1 will be released on or around August 5. Any delays will be communicate…
Read MoreJuly 22, 2026 » Better Simple » [Archived Version]
Part of the Nifty Django features series: Form templates allow you to contain your form's customization to just the form, keeping your views nice and clean!
Read MoreJuly 21, 2026 » Adam Johnson » [Archived Version]
I recently migrated one of my client projects from the legacy django-csp package to Django 6.0’s built-in Content Security Policy (CSP) support (release note). This security header is a powerful tool for preventing unwanted content from being loaded on your site, so configuration correctness is paramount. The migration …
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