mattlayman.com is a blog by Matt Layman, a software engineer who focuses on building complex web applications, primarily using Django. He shares his expertise through regular live streams on YouTube, where he teaches others how to build advanced SaaS projects. Matt is also deeply involved in the tech community in Frederick, Maryland, where he founded Python Frederick and has helped organize local tech events. Currently, Matt is a Senior Staff Software Engineer at Included Health, working to enhance the patient experience through technology. His blog offers insights into web development, community involvement, and his career journey.
376 Articles from this blog
A developer addresses customer feedback on a SaaS product, fixing bugs, improving print layouts, and enhancing the user onboarding flow.
A guide to setting up Tailwind CSS with Django on Heroku, replacing the large CDN version with a custom, smaller build.
A developer completes the final form and tests for a Django app's user onboarding process in this coding tutorial episode.
A guide to Django's user authentication and authorization system, covering setup, the User model, and the login process.
A developer walkthrough of adding an UpdateView and reordering UI for courses in a Django app, including testing and template updates.
A guide on integrating a Hugo static blog into a Django application using a route-based approach like mysite.com/blog/.
A developer details the process of serving a Hugo-generated blog from a Django app using WhiteNoise on Heroku, avoiding staticfiles or a reverse proxy.
A developer creates a Django form template for a social media app, covering styling, context data, and dynamic user information.
An overview of Django's built-in user authentication system, covering authentication, authorization, and setup.
A developer builds a user invite system for a new social network app using Python and Django, covering forms, views, and email strategies.
This episode explores the structure of a Django application, explaining its core files and their purposes within a project.
The author starts a new Django project to build a social network with a capped number of connections to encourage thoughtful relationships.
A developer adds a landing page to their SaaS app using a Tailwind CSS template, detailing the integration and styling process.
Learn how to use django-hijack to impersonate user accounts and troubleshoot customer issues in Django projects.
Integrating the Bandit security tool for automated code checks and improving the user sign-up flow in a Django SaaS project.
Explains what a Django application is, its structure, and how it fits into a Django project.
A Django developer explains how to use the regroup template tag to dynamically organize queryset data for display in course resources.
A team used Django to build a mobile web app for homeless youth services in a two-week hackathon.
This episode explains how to use and customize the built-in Django admin interface for managing application data.
A developer adds break display logic to a weekly schedule in a SaaS app, focusing on Django templates and styling.
