Django News - Django 5.1.7, 5.0.13, and 4.2.20 - Mar 7th 2025

Build a focused platform monitoring dashboard in 142 lines of Python using FastHTML, HTMX auto-refresh, and simple cookie-based auth to overcome the limitations of Django Admin.

Learn how to integrate and manage spatial data in Django with PostGIS, including configuring models, admin, and running the setup using Docker.

django-remake-migrations offers a command to rebuild and squash migrations across all Django apps, streamlining the migration process for medium to large projects.

Enhance Django Admin's date and time inputs by allowing clear time zone selection to avoid confusion between server, local, and UTC times.

Learn how to convert an existing Django tree model into an MP_Node Materialized Path structure using a strategic migration that temporarily adjusts field constraints to handle non-nullable unique fields.

Use hotfix branches with Git Flow and cherry-picking to deploy a chosen set of bug fixes and small code changes directly to production.