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July 27, 2023 » Django on Matt Layman » [Archived Version]
In this episode, I finished the email sending job, then determined which issues will be needed before launching the product. Once we crafted the short list, I added an integration with Sentry.
Read MoreJuly 20, 2023 » Django on Matt Layman » [Archived Version]
In this episode, we added the prompt email that will be the primary way of connecting to users for our email-based journaling service. I spent a fair amount of time thinking about copy writing to craft a compelling email that will resonate with users. Also, I made a bunch of silly mistakes and to keep correcting myself, so this is a good example of programming humility too.
Read MoreJune 29, 2023 » Django on Matt Layman » [Archived Version]
In this episode, I planned to do the work of sending email prompts for the journal to users. Along the path, we realized that the Account model was missing, so I stopped to build that out before we could proceed. By the end of the stream, we had a working background job that would send email and was 100% unit tested.
Read MoreJune 22, 2023 » Django on Matt Layman » [Archived Version]
In this episode, we got to work on the core modeling for the application. I started by adding some visualization tooling to see the models in the system, then got to modeling of the primary Entry model that will be used throughout the app. Along the way, we set up the Django admin and did some automated testing.
Read MoreJune 22, 2023 » Django on Matt Layman » [Archived Version]
In this episode, we got to work on the core modeling for the application. I started by adding some visualization tooling to see the models in the system, then got to modeling of the primary Entry model that will be used throughout the app. Along the way, we set up the Django admin and did some automated testing.
Read MoreJune 8, 2023 » Django on Matt Layman » [Archived Version]
In this episode, I continued on the signup flows that started in the previous stream. We configured the email backend and verified that the end to end signup flow worked. Then I set up the templates system and added the initial templates for the confirmation email the index view of the whole site. The stream ended with configuring test coverage and setting up CI with GitHub Actions and pre-commit.ci
Read MoreJune 1, 2023 » Django on Matt Layman » [Archived Version]
In this episode, we dug into the first portion of the journey SaaS. I acquired the domain name of journeyinbox.com for this service. That service is not live yet. We started at the beginning to set up users and sign up features.
Read MoreMay 18, 2023 » Django on Matt Layman » [Archived Version]
In this episode, I started a brand new SaaS project from scratch. This new SaaS, a journal service, will allow users to journal via email and be provided with past posts as a engaging prompt.
Read MoreApril 27, 2023 » Django on Matt Layman » [Archived Version]
In this episode, we covered more intro Python exercises from Exercism. Then I did some behind the scenes work to make some improvements to my stream content.
Read MoreApril 20, 2023 » Django on Matt Layman » [Archived Version]
In this episode, I went through a few quick exercises on Exercism in the Python track. Then I returned to the features I’m developing that displays course resources connected to tasks in my homeschool app.
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