Making Django and PyPy Play Nice (Part 1)
Explores fixing compatibility issues between Django and the PyPy Python interpreter, detailing specific bugs and solutions.
Explores fixing compatibility issues between Django and the PyPy Python interpreter, detailing specific bugs and solutions.
A proposal for improving Django's application architecture with 'Application Objects' to solve issues like model extensibility and GenericForeignKey misuse.
A personal recap of the author's experiences and key technical talks from days 2-4 of the PyCon 2010 conference.
A technical note on how Django's self-referencing ForeignKey fields can cause unnecessary SQL JOINs and a workaround using the extra() method.
A guide to using Django's template2pdf app to render RML templates directly into PDF files within web applications.
A developer details their migration from a dynamic Django site to the static site generator Hyde, explaining the technical motivations and process.
Announcing django-wsgi, a package to bridge Django and the WSGI world, allowing Django views/URLConfs to be exposed as WSGI apps and vice versa.
A developer announces moving their blog to a custom Django-based platform, thanking contributors for hosting and design.
A technical guide on configuring Django's FastCGI server to run in the foreground as a specific user using daemontools.
A beginner's guide to writing basic tests for Django applications, covering view responses and form handling.
Explains Django's migration strategy from Python 2 to Python 3, detailing version support deprecation and future compatibility plans.
Explains the removal of the Meta.using option in Django's multiple database support and the search for a better, more reusable API.
A guide on how to file effective bug reports and feature requests for open-source software projects, using Django as an example.
Announcing a Django library for generating histogram reports in the admin interface, grouped by date fields.
A guide to enabling HTTPS testing in Django's development server using stunnel to create an SSL tunnel.
A developer plans to migrate from Blogspot to a self-built Django blog with features like reST support and Disqus comments.
Argues against including jQuery in Django's admin interface to keep contribution accessible and avoid endorsing a single JavaScript toolkit.
Analyzing Django's error messages by replicating common typos from a Rails tutorial comparison to see how helpful they are for debugging.
An update on the progress and remaining challenges for implementing multiple database support in the Django web framework.
A developer's personal thank you to the essential desktop software and web services that power his daily work and life.