Django News - DjangoCon Africa 2023 announced! - May 12th 2023
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News
The African Django community is excited to announce the first DjangoCon Africa event, taking place this year in Zanzibar, Tanzania, from 6th - 11th November 2023.
The CFP is open until May 15th. There are several posts listed in this issue with suggested talk topics.
The Python Software Foundation Board election timeline has been posted for the 2023 election. There will be four seats open on the PSF board.
Wagtail CMS
This year, Google Summer of Code has accepted two proposals from the Wagtail community. The team is excited to see what these collaborations will bring, following impressive contributions made in the past year.
The Wagtail community welcomes its first technical writer, Damilola Oladele, through the Google Season of Docs (GSoD) program. This initiative aims to enhance and modernize Wagtail's developer documentation, making it easier for new community members to learn about the latest versions and features of Wagtail.
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Articles
This article demonstrates the use of Django's Case and When expressions for custom sorting of querysets, similar to employing IF-THEN-ELSE logic in SQL. The technique is instrumental when arranging model rows, like product IDs, in a predefined sequence.
Mariusz Felisiak explores how to simplify template rendering with context processors in Django.
Attending DjangoCon provides valuable learning experiences, networking opportunities, inspiration for new projects, and helps foster a sense of community among Django developers.
A curated list of Django consulting agencies and individuals who actively contribute to the community.
Events
From May 29th - June 2nd in Edinburgh, Scotland. Tickets are available and the full conference schedule is available.
More talk ideas from DEFNA (the organization that runs DjangoCon US) cofounder Jeff Triplett.
Conference talk ideas from DEFNA director Katherine Michel. The CFP closes on May 15th!
Jobs
PyPI is hiring, thanks to funding from Amazon Web Services!
Projects
Updates were just added to fix compatibility issues with recent Django versions.
Hypothesis is a powerful, flexible, and easy-to-use library for property-based testing.
All-in-one Django-Docker starter kit with configurations PostgreSQL, Redis, Celery, Nginx and Traefik.
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