Blog: Markus Holtermann

Django 1.7: Database Migrations done right

Sept. 16, 2014 » Markus Holtermann » [Archived Version]

About two weeks ago Django 1.7 was released with a lot of new and shiny features, such the App Loading Refactoring, Custom Lookups, the Checks Framework the buildin Migration support and many more. The release notes are the longest in Django’s history and span approx. 1,800 lines.

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Django 1.7: Database Migrations done right

Sept. 16, 2014 » Markus Holtermann » [Archived Version]

About two weeks ago Django 1.7 was released with a lot of new and shiny features, such the App Loading Refactoring, Custom Lookups, the Checks Framework the buildin Migration support and many more. The release notes are the longest in Django’s history and span approx. 1,800 lines.

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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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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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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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