Oct. 20, 2020 » Django on Matt Layman » [Archived Version]
On this episode, we will study the structure of a Django application. Applications are the core components that make up a Django project. Listen at djangoriffs.com. Last Episode On the last episode, we focused on the built-in Django administrator’s site. We’ll saw what it is, how you can configure it, and how you can customize it to serve your needs. What Is An Application? In Django parlance, a “web application” is a Django project.
Read MoreOct. 15, 2020 » Django on Matt Layman » [Archived Version]
In this episode, I started a new project to build a different kind of social network. This social network will contain a max number of connections to encourage thoughtful choice when growing your personal network. We talked MVP features and put in the basics of a Django app. I had a wild thought to build a social network with a capped number of connection in the hope that users would choose their connections based on people that they really care about.
Read MoreOct. 14, 2020 » Django Chat » [Archived Version]
David is an engineer at Read the Docs where he focuses on EthicalAds.io, a developer and privacy-focused ad network. We talk about internet advertising and why much of it is not ethical, the open source code powering the ad server, and what it takes to serve tens of millions of monthly API requests.
Read MoreOct. 12, 2020 » Paolo Melchiorre » [Archived Version]
The Django London Meetup group is a social meetup, that hold a gathering the 2nd Tuesday of each month.
Read MoreOct. 8, 2020 » Django on Matt Layman » [Archived Version]
In this episode, I added a landing page design to the app that I’m building. By using a Tailwind CSS landing page template, I could fit the design in with my existing CSS tools. I showed some available templates that I discovered while researching for Tailwind-based landing pages. Once I found a decent template, I copied the source of sample landing page into my index page template. Since I copy and pasted from the landing page, the initial look was terrible.
Read MoreOct. 6, 2020 » Django on Matt Layman » [Archived Version]
You have an upset customer with a really thorny problem on your Django-powered website. Your customer used your help ticket system and reported their woe. You’ve done your due diligence and have already checked: The logs from your site show nothing interesting related to the customer’s actions The error tracking system reveals no exceptions from what the customer did The customer’s description doesn’t contain enough info to diagnose the problem fully The experiments in your dev environment hav…
Read MoreOct. 2, 2020 » Valentino Gagliardi - Django RSS Feed » [Archived Version]
Notes on deploying Django > 3.1 (async) with Uvicorn under Nginx as a reverse proxy.
Read MoreOct. 1, 2020 » Django on Matt Layman » [Archived Version]
In this episode, I integrated the bandit static analysis tool to do automated security checking of my code before each commit. We talked about pre-commit and how to add in a new hook. After finishing that tool addition, we got deep into Django while removing some messages inserted by django-allauth on sign up. We began by talking about what the bandit tool does and how it works. Once I explained bandit, I focused on the bandit documentation to see how to add the tool.
Read MoreSept. 30, 2020 » Django Chat » [Archived Version]
Michael Kennedy is the creator of the Talk Python podcast, courses, and a new series from Manning. He joins us to discuss how Python has become a "full spectrum" language, how Python 3.5 changed everything, and where Django fits into the larger Python community.
Read MoreSept. 29, 2020 » Django on Matt Layman » [Archived Version]
In the previous Understand Django article, we got deep into the Django administrators site. We saw what the site was and how to configure and customize it. In this article, we will examine what goes into an application. Applications are core elements of a Django project. From Browser To DjangoURLs Lead The WayViews On ViewsTemplates For User InterfacesUser Interaction With FormsStore Data With ModelsAdminister All The ThingsAnatomy Of An ApplicationUser AuthenticationMiddleware Do You Go?
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