Learning Django from scratch
Where to start, to get from zero to one.
#100 words posts
Common Django Project structures - Part 3
A very simple setup, useful for demos or very simple prototypes
Common Django Project structures - Part 2
Nested structures for more complex projects
Common Django Project structures
and how to name your apps
Django Social Cambridge
Another month, another event!
Migrating to my new laptop
Time to get my digital house in order
We are in the age of AI not AI
Confused by that title? Then let me explain.
Dear Junior Developer...
Understand the difference between Knowledge and understanding
A cautionary tail of adding soft delete to Models
Most of the time you aren't going to need it, but be careful if you do.
Django Views in 100 words
A core component in Django's MVT framework
Django URLs in 100 words
Getting from the browser to the view code
Recent improvements to the website
Tags and Series of posts
Native Django alerting package - Responses
Responses to yesterday's post
Native Django alerting package
Get notified for changes to arbitary queries
Merging a third party package into django core
Question: What would a package look like if it's goal was to be merged into Django core?
Unsupported provider in allauth? Try openid_connect
Try this before starting a fork and submitting a PR
Sending email in Django using GMail
While I don't advise it, here's how.
When should the default admin stop being the default
It does a lot out of the box, but it's not a solution for every need.
Creating a default git commit message
Why in the world would you want to have a default message?
How would you audit a Django codebase?
or better yet, what's available to get familiar with a codebase.
Who is the primary user for startproject & startapp?
The classic question: What are we optimising for?
Analysis for unused code in a Django codebase
An idea I wish existed and I hope to build one day
Dealing with migrations on a team
Code branches are easy, but what about state branches?
Working Group idea: Community
Some thoughts on a potential new working group
Setting up Discord notifications in Grafana
Prototyping better visibility for djangoproject.com
Patterns.md
A file to keep useful notes about a project
Reading Python Exception messages
Don't panic! Take a breath and read slowly
A programmer in search of a repository
I am looking to get more involved in being a maintainer
A new Django management command
A little helper to override templates
You don't need React (or other frontend framework)
A mini rant about learning Django
Testing the admin - part 2
This test case with check most of your admin views
Testing the admin
One exception to the normal rule
A blueprint for django tests
Honestly this what most of the first tests you write should look like
Storage Backends - what are they?
Changing how static and media files are handled in Django
Django relations naming conventions
How to name them so they make sense in your code
Static and Media when deployed
How do settings change when we deploy to production?
Media files - Settings
Doing File uploads
Static files - Settings
What's required to get them to actually work
Static and media files
What are they and when do I need them?
DRF Viewsets in 100 words
What exactly is a viewset?
Moving towards Generic Class based views
Cleaning up a class based view
Transistioning from function-based views to class-based views
A simple comparision of what the different styles
Input versus output goals
Framing your goals matters to your success
Django Virtual Sprints - Part 5
What should not be repeated!
Django Virtual Sprints - Part 4
Improvements for next time
Django Virtual Sprints - Part 3
The sprint itself!
Django Virtual Sprints - Part 2
How it started and was organised
Django Virtual Sprints
An overview of the first Discord Sprint from last year
Paid Django project configurations
Another potential reveune opportunity
Fractional Django Development - Part 7
Why hire a fractional developer? - Lighten the maintenance burden
Fractional Django Development - Part 6
Why hire a fractional developer? - Force multipler for a team
Fractional Django Development - Part 5
Why hire a fractional developer? - Communuity Contributions
Fractional Django Development - Part 4
Why hire a fractional developer? - A safe pair of hands
Fractional Django Development - Part 3
Why hire a fractional developer? - Knowledge Sharing
Fractional Django Development - Part 2
Why hire a fractional developer? - Budget
Fractional Django Development - Part 1
Why hire a fractional developer?
The cost of a simple Django website
How much money should you pay to host a Django website?
Django migrations, backfilling data
Adding a new field that needs data
Django migrations, a typical pattern
A common pattern for moving data around.
100 words a month in
How is it going for me?
Source of Truth - Part 2
Some example solutions for dealing with source of truth in Django
What is your source of truth
Be clear in your system design where is the truth of data is.
Django Social Cambridge
The first social of 2024
What would a prodserver do?
Continuing from yesterday's idea
My first proposal to Django
Will a simple wording change make into Django?
Django Naming Conventions
How to make your codebase make sense in English
Situations to use DRF Serializers
They are useful not just for REST API views
Django Rest Framework in 100 words
Need an API? DRF is a solid option to get started with
An under used feature of the admin? - Multiple AdminSites
Did you know that it's possible to have multiple admins
My default Django development setup
... or how I start a new project in recent years
20 days done
I almost missed today!
Your development environment is production
A thought experiment for when things in development go wrong
Using the ORM - print the actual SQL
Ever wondered what SQL is actually used under the hood?
Order matters
make sure your urlpatterns are correctly ordered!
Users, Profiles & other things - Part 4
Finally finishing with Permissions
Users, Profiles & other things - Part 3
Using relations to manage user types
Users, Profiles & other things - Part 2
Starting simple with extra fields
Users, Profiles & other things
What do to when you have multiple
Digging into Django class
It's snakes all the way down
Don't use `__all__`
A best practice with Django Forms
10 days in a 100 words
A small retro of the last 10 days
Django Template tips
Some useful django template tips
Django Signals in 100 words
What are signals and when to use them
Django Forms in 100 words
The basics of what forms provide
Database relationships in Django: Part 3
Day 7 wraps up with many to many
Database relationships in Django: Part 2
Day 6 continues updating a relationships to cover Foreign Keys
Database relationships in Django
Day 5 is all about making relationships in Django, it can be complicated.
The core building blocks of Django: Models
Day 4: Intro to Django models
The core building blocks of Django
Day 3: What are the core components of Django?
Django in a 100 Words
Day 2: Django in a approximately 100 words
100 Word writing habit
The first day of starting a writing habit