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Django News - Djangonaut Space 2025 Session 5 - Sep 12th 2025

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News Djangonaut Space 2025 Session 5 Applications Applications are open until September 14 end of day. This is your last chance to apply if interested! djangonaut.space Getting Started With Open Source Through Community Events Django community events empower developers to gain practical open source contribution experience via office hours, sprints, testathons, and live PR review sessions boosting personal growth. djangoproject.co…

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Django News - Last call for DjangoCon US 2025 tickets! - Sep 5th 2025

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News 🎟️ Last call for DjangoCon US 2025 tickets! DjangoCon US kicks off this Monday, September 8th - 12th in Chicago, IL USA. Online tickets are still on sale! If you are attending this year, Will, Jeff, and Catherine from this newsletter will be there. Say hello in person or virtually. Online tickets are only $99 USD and include three days and over 50 talks! djangoproject.com Django security releases issued: 5.2.6, 5.1.12, and 4.2.24 Dj…

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Django News - Python Documentary - Aug 29th 2025

Aug. 29, 2025 » Django News » [Archived Version]

News Python: The Documentary | An origin story A 90-minute documentary featuring Guido van Rossum, Travis Oliphant, Barry Warsaw, and many more, and they tell the story of Python’s rise, its community-driven evolution, the conflicts that almost tore it apart, and the language’s impact on... well… everything. youtu.be pypistats.org is now operated by the Python Software Foundation PSF now operates pypistats.org, transferring maintenance of …

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Django News - State of Python 2025 Results - Aug 22nd 2025

Aug. 22, 2025 » Django News » [Archived Version]

News State of Python 2025 Is Out! Explore the key trends and actionable ideas from the latest Python Developers Survey, which was conducted jointly by the Python Software Foundation and JetBrains PyCharm and includes insights from over 30,000 developers. jetbrains.com PyPI now serves project status markers in API responses PyPI now exposes standardized project status markers through its HTML and JSON index APIs, enabling package installers…

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Django News - A New Django Fellow - Aug 15th 2025

Aug. 15, 2025 » Django News » [Archived Version]

News Jacob Tyler Walls is Our New Fellow Jacob Tyler Walls joins the Django Fellowship, bringing Django contributions, Triage and Review experience, ORM expertise, and GIS and open source maintenance skills. djangoproject.com Python 3.14.0rc2 and 3.13.7 are go! Python 3.14 release candidates provide performance enhancements, new language features, and ABI stability, urging Django maintainers to prepare for compatibility testing. …

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Django News - Django 5.2.5 Released - Aug 8th 2025

Aug. 8, 2025 » Django News » [Archived Version]

News Django bugfix release issued: 5.2.5 Django 5.2.5 provides essential bug fixes to boost application stability and performance, ensuring smooth deployments and improved developer experience. djangoproject.com django-rest-framework release v3.16.1 DRF v3.16.1 fixes unique_together and source field bugs, removes legacy Python support, and enhances translations, documentation, and internal testing with Django 5.2 compatibility. g…

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Django News - Django and AI - Aug 1st 2025

Aug. 1, 2025 » Django News » [Archived Version]

News Djangonaut Session 5 - Officer and Organizer Interest A form to gauge returning officer and session organizer interest for the next session! google.com PyPI Users Email Phishing Attack - The Python Package Index Blog Phishing emails exploit PyPI package metadata by directing users to fake login pages that mimic PyPI, prompting developers to verify URLs and update passwords. pypi.org Djangonaut Space is looking…

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Django News - DjangoCon US 2025 Talks Announced - Jul 25th 2025

July 25, 2025 » Django News » [Archived Version]

News Announcing our DjangoCon US 2025 Talks! The official DjangoCon US 2025 talk lineup has been unveiled, featuring expert sessions on Django deployments, ORM alternatives, search, AI integration, CMS, migrations, performance, and community practices. djangocon.us Python 3.14 release candidate 1 is go! This is the first release candidate of Python 3.14. blogspot.com PSF Board Election Nominations Opening July 29th…

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Django News - 🎂 Django Turns 20! - Jul 18th 2025

July 18, 2025 » Django News » [Archived Version]

News 🎂 Happy 20th birthday Django! On July 13th 2005, Jacob Kaplan-Moss made the first commit to the public repository that would become Django. Twenty years and 400+ releases later, here we are – Happy 20th birthday Django! 🎉 djangoproject.com 📻 W2D Django 20th Celebration Continues 🎂 Nearing one week in, two operators of the W2D special event station honoring Django's 20th birthday have made over 400 contacts with 22 geopolitical entitie…

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Django News - Django's Ecosystem - Jul 11th 2025

July 11, 2025 » Django News » [Archived Version]

News Django’s Ecosystem The official Django website has added a new page called “Django’s Ecosystem” with a list of resources and 3rd party packages. djangoproject.com Python Release Python 3.14.0b4 It's the final 3.14 beta! Beta release previews are intended to give the wider community the opportunity to test new features and bug fixes and to prepare their projects to support the new feature release. python.org Updates to …

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