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Building SaaS with Python and Django #212.2

Jan. 17, 2025 » Django on Matt Layman » [Archived Version]

In this episode, we continued on the sign up workflow simplification. The focus of this stream was on adding the background task that will send the magic link email to allow sign in. This is the second half of the stream because my internet cut out.

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Simplified Signup - Building SaaS #211

Jan. 10, 2025 » Django on Matt Layman » [Archived Version]

In this episode, we began an update to the signup process to simplify things. I am replacing email and password with just email. Users will receive ‘magic links’ via their email client to sign in. To do this, we are using django-sesame.

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Epic Debugging, Hilarious Outcome - Building SaaS #205

Oct. 18, 2024 » Django on Matt Layman » [Archived Version]

In this episode, I dug into an issue with sign up. What I thought was going to be a minor issue to fix turned into a massively intense debugging session. We ended up going very deep with the django-allauth package to understand what was going on.

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Epic Debugging, Hilarious Outcome - Building SaaS #205

Oct. 18, 2024 » Django on Matt Layman » [Archived Version]

In this episode, I dug into an issue with sign up. What I thought was going to be a minor issue to fix turned into a massively intense debugging session. We ended up going very deep with the django-allauth package to understand what was going on.

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Password Resets and Signal Handling - Building SaaS #194

June 20, 2024 » Django on Matt Layman » [Archived Version]

In this episode, we hooked up the email confirmation signal to the prompt sending code so that new users can use JourneyInbox immediately. Then we focused on handling all the functionality related to the password reset feature. This meant customizing a bunch of django-allauth forms.

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Password Resets and Signal Handling - Building SaaS #194

June 20, 2024 » Django on Matt Layman » [Archived Version]

In this episode, we hooked up the email confirmation signal to the prompt sending code so that new users can use JourneyInbox immediately. Then we focused on handling all the functionality related to the password reset feature. This meant customizing a bunch of django-allauth forms.

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Polish, Debug Toolbar, Email Signals - Building SaaS with Python and Django #193

June 6, 2024 » Django on Matt Layman » [Archived Version]

In this episode, we first added the Django debug toolbar to aid future troubleshooting. Then, following some PR cleanup, I added django-denied as the authorization framework for the site. With those two packages integrated, I did some polishing work and began the effort to send prompts immediately following email verification.

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Polish, Debug Toolbar, Email Signals - Building SaaS #193

June 6, 2024 » Django on Matt Layman » [Archived Version]

In this episode, we first added the Django debug toolbar to aid future troubleshooting. Then, following some PR cleanup, I added django-denied as the authorization framework for the site. With those two packages integrated, I did some polishing work and began the effort to send prompts immediately following email verification.

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About, FAQ, and Home Page - Building SaaS with Python and Django #192

May 30, 2024 » Django on Matt Layman » [Archived Version]

In this episode, we worked on some core pages to round out the JourneyInbox user interface. This led us to work updating UI layout, writing copy, and doing other fundamentals for making templated pages.

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Export Journal Feature - Building SaaS with Python and Django #191

May 23, 2024 » Django on Matt Layman » [Archived Version]

In this episode, I started with cleaning up a few small items. After those warmups, we moved on to building an export feature that will allow users to take their journal entries if they want to leave the service.

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