Fixes a common Django and nginx FastCGI configuration issue where incorrect URL routing occurs due to the SCRIPT_NAME parameter.
Google App Engine SDK 1.2.3 released with Django 1.0 support and a new Task Queue API for background processing.
A technical guide on implementing blog post preview functionality within the Django admin interface, discussing methods and trade-offs.
A Django developer details migrating their personal blog from PHP to Django, discussing performance, new tools, and a custom lifestream app.
A developer shares slides and code examples from their talk on Django forms at the EuroDjangoCon 2009 conference.
A personal recap of the 2009 PyCon conference, covering talks on Python development, frameworks like CherryPy, and tech discussions.
A developer's experience deploying the open-source microblogging platform Jaiku on Google App Engine, detailing a workaround for a file limit issue.
Announcing a Google Moderator page for submitting and voting on questions for a Python ORM panel at PyCon 2009.
Explains unexpected behavior when using Python's dict.update() with Django's QueryDict due to its internal list-based value storage.
Announcing django-filter, a reusable Django app for creating generic filtering interfaces similar to the Django admin changelist.
Explores a performance-optimized approach to implementing inheritance and polymorphism in Django's ORM using a caching mixin.
Explains Django's F() object queries for comparing and updating database fields directly within the ORM.
A technical guide on creating a reusable Django manager class to share methods between managers and QuerySets, reducing code repetition.
A developer details optimizing a Django view to analyze chat log data, reducing execution time and database queries.
Django 1.1 introduces a new admin URL system using standard resolvers, allowing URL reversal and custom URL-providing objects.
A tutorial on implementing a read-only form field in Django using a custom Field and Widget class, despite it being non-standard architecture.
A tutorial on creating custom function templatetags in Django's template system to define and call functions within templates.
Author's talk proposal for a panel on ORM design philosophies at PyCon 2009 has been accepted, featuring notable Python developers.
Explains how to implement polymorphic behavior for Django model inheritance, allowing base class querysets to return subclass instances.
A developer reflects on a month of daily blogging, sharing traffic stats and popular posts about Python, Django, and web development.
