🚀 Feature Friday: Django 5.0 introduced more options for declaring field choices!
Now you can use Mapping, a callable, and strings for single-character choices, in addition to the traditional tuples and enumeration.
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#Django #DjangoFeatureFriday
We're already a week out from #DjangoCon US 2024. How did that happen?! If you're missing seeing all your Django friends faces, here are two of them.
In this @kjaymiller production of DjangoCon US Perspectives, Jay speaks with Aman Singh! #Django
✨ 0.9.0 of dj-angles, a library to incorporate more HTML into #Django templates, is now published. ✨
The main feature is (beta) support for slots in components! 🎰🚀
Slots documentation: https://dj-angles.adamghill.com/en/latest/components.html#slots
📖 https://dj-angles.adamghill.com
📦 https://pypi.org/project/dj-angles
🛠️ https://github.com/adamghill/dj-angles
I created my first Django Trac ticket. Milestone?
It has not gone through triage yet, but at least it describes an accessibility issue that uses only dashes as an option value.
"Allow customization of the blank option in select dropdowns."
https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/35870
(See my blog post for yesterday for more notes about dashes and hyphens)
Help us make it happen ❤️https://djangoproject.com/fundraising/ We’re at 84% of our fundraising goal for 2024 #GivingTuesday #Django
I answered the Django Software Foundation's invitation to run for the DSF 2025 board election 🗳️
I have published my nomination statement, along with some personal insights, for those who would like to know my thoughts in more detail 👇
https://www.paulox.net/2024/10/29/2025-django-software-foundation-board-nomination/
Following resignations on the Steering Council, Django’s technical direction needs a fresh take. Elections are coming up soon 👉️
https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2024/nov/14/technical-governance-challenges-and-opportunities/
Thank you to our 12 candidates for the Django 6.x Steering Council elections! https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2024/dec/10/django-6x-steering-council-candidates/ We’re elated to see so many stellar contributors rise to the challenge 🚀 Now time to vote! #python #django
I made a successful deployment to Fly.io this morning, with a version of simple_deploy where the fly-specific code is in an external plugin.
This is *really* satisfying, because sorting out the packaging details that allow external plugins to work is the last major hurdle before a 1.0 release. Lots of small tasks left, but those should be quite manageable.
Next step: move the project to an organization, and separate it into core, and three platform-specific plugins.
🚀 Feature Friday: PostgreSQL Connection Pools!
This small-but-mighty change lets you enable connection pooling with a single line in your settings. This reduces the overhead of accessing your database, leading to improved performance.
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To celebrate spooky season and all things Halloween, I decided to make a Dracula theme for the Django admin! 🧛🏻♂️ ✨
https://github.com/sjbitcode/django-admin-dracula
Installing the theme overrides the default Django admin theme for both light and dark mode! 🦇
Check it out, and let me know what you think!
📰 New newsletter: Django News - DjangoCon Europe 2025 in Dublin, Ireland! 🍀 - Nov 15th 2024
🐍 On this Building SaaS with #Python and #Django, I made a new view that returns a zip archive. We'll use this archive as the container for year end PDF reports for the feature that I'm building. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2zfjVh1zM8
My DjangoCon US talk "Hidden gems of Django 5.X" is available 💎 🎊
Summer approaches. It's getting hot. Slowly nudging our way to more info on Django on the Med 🏖️
We have a web page!
Admittedly it doesn't say much yet. 🚀
🚀 Feature Friday: LoginRequiredMiddleware!
The LoginRequiredMiddleware is great for any Django app that is mostly behind authentication. When enabled, views will require login by default. No more login_required decorators everywhere!
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Hey, there! I’ve put together a detailed version of my DSF Board nomination statement. I believe a deeper exploration of my thoughts and aspirations will provide a clearer understanding of my vision for the #Django community.
Read the blog post here: https://priyapahwa19.wordpress.com/2024/11/02/deep-dive-into-my-dsf-board-statement/
All questions are welcome! 🙌
P.S. I'm planning to move away from WordPress, but please bear with me for the time being 🙂
✍️ New post covering another useful way to launch pdb in Django, when a given SQL query runs
🚀 Feature Friday: assertNumQueries!
This method from TransactionTestCase helps you write tests that verify the number of queries made by a piece of code.
It is a great way to check DB performance and catch regressions or "n+1" issues.
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Huge career moment… I’m so happy to have my first ever @django pull request merged! So proud to be a part of the third cohort of @djangonautspace @djangonaut space 🚀. A huge thank you to @felixxm , @paulox , @sarahboyce , @CodenameTim , Keanya Phelps, Soyoung Kang, Tainara Palmeira
https://github.com/django/django/pull/18707
https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/35856
Django just hit 80,000 stars on GitHub! 🚀
With each new star, Django’s journey grows brighter. From personal projects to massive applications, Django has become the backbone of countless innovations worldwide, thanks to YOU—the amazing community! 💫✨
Emma Delescolle's "Django: Looking Forward to the Next 20 Years" talk is live on #DjangonautSpace YouTube! 🚀
Packed with insights from the co-maintainer of DRF-Schema-Adapter, the talk opens the doors to new perspectives for the #Django community! 🌶️
📽️https://youtu.be/Urab3PVYXio
Looked up how to do multiple primary keys in #Django and found that the issue was first opened 19 years ago, and was accepted for check-in yesterday! https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/373 #webdev #python
The DSF board is pleased to announce that the 2024 Malcolm Tredinnick Memorial Prize has been awarded to @Rachell 🌟
This award recognizes individuals who embody Malcolm’s incredible spirit of generosity, kindness, and contribution to the Django community. Rachell’s work has profoundly enriched our ecosystem, showcasing the power of collaboration and shared knowledge.
