Django

We've just rolled out Django 0.95.1, a new minor release of Django which includes fixes for several bugs discovered in the original 0.95 release; 0.95.1 includes: A patch for a small security vulnerability in the script Django's ... [More] internationalization system uses to compile translation files (changeset 4360 in the "0.95-bugfixes" branch). A fix for a bug in Django's authentication middleware which could cause apparent "caching" of a logged-in user (changeset 4361). A patch which disables debugging mode in the flup FastCGI package Django uses to launch its FastCGI server, which prevents tracebacks from bubbling up during production use (changeset 4363). It's recommended that anyone using the official 0.95 release upgrade to 0.95.1 to get these fixes, or apply the patches from the changesets linked above. [Less]

If you're a Django user in or around Vancouver, check out the Vancouver Django Jam, an event put together by the local Python users group. It's happening on Sunday and Tuesday. Sunday is your chance to discuss and show off Django apps with other ... [More] people. On Tuesday, I (Adrian) will be showing off some cool new Django features, and we'll have an open Q&A session. (I'll be in town for the Web Directions North conference.) See you in Vancouver! [Less]

This is one of the coolest Django hacks ever. Marxy writes that he's gotten Django running on a Windows Mobile 5 PDA. Although I won't be switching my various Django production servers from Linux to Windows PDA any time soon, it's cool to see ... [More] that this is possible, and it's a testament to Python's flexibility. Plus, it could even come in handy for developers of PDA applications. Nice hack, Marxy! [Less]

Jacob and I are excited to announce the pre-release of The Django Book! Starting today, The Django book is available at djangobook.com. We'll be unveiling one or two chapters each week until the whole book is available. The first two chapters are ... [More] available now. This is a pre-release, which means we're actively looking for comments, typo fixes, corrections and other suggestions from readers like you, all around the world. We'll try to incorporate your suggestions into the final product, which will be published by Apress early next year. Amazon.com is accepting preorders for the print edition, and the number of preorders so far has been astounding. Unlike other pre-release books, we're making this process completely free and open, rather than charging you money for the privilege of submitting book improvements. (That always seemed a bit odd to us.) The book is available under the GNU Free Documentation License, which means it's free to read and redistribute. We're in this to improve the (already excellent) Django documentation, not to make a quick buck. How can you submit comments and typo fixes? By posting inline comments, of course! Jacob has knocked out a fantastic, Django-powered inline comment system that allows you to post comments to any particular paragraph in the book. Read all about it. (For those of you interested in the code, stay tuned. We'll be cleaning it up and releasing it. Many thanks to Jack Slocum for laying the groundwork.) So, dive in, let us know what you think, and check back regularly for the latest chapter updates. There's an Atom feed that'll get updated each time we release new material. [Less]

A couple of weekends ago, I had the pleasure of presenting at a two-day Ajax / Web development seminar at Harvard University with fellow Django creator Simon Willison and Dojo wizard Alex Russell. The event, "Deep Ajax," was put on by the Greater ... [More] Boston Chapter of the ACM (Association for Computing Machinery). The Django presentation went well, and I've posted the slides online: PDF file (229 KB) PowerPoint file (221 KB) It's an intro to Django with a focus on how to do Ajax. It's more of a typical PowerPoint presentation than we Django guys usually do. Code snippets, yes. Funny pictures, not so much. These presentations are available under the GNU Free Documentation License. Feel free to use them (or snippets of them) in your own presentations. [Less]