This Week in Django Everything Feed - Episodes, Links, Screencasts, Articles, and Posts

A Detailed Django Tutorial: Blog Basics Part

Mon, 30 Mar 2009 10:09:32 -0500

Jeff Hui begins what appears to be the first of a lengthy, detailed series in getting your first (blog) Django application up and running. It follows the path of the official Django tutorial, introducing projecsts versus applications, etc., and Hui also brings some of his own experience and opinion ("the syncdb flaw') to the post, making it a nice addition to the collection of getting started tutorials that already exist.

Static Google Map Generator

Wed, 25 Mar 2009 09:57:58 -0500

This isn't a truly pluggable reusable Django app (meaning no Django related code is required, this could be used on any XYZ powered side) but it's a nice utility for anyone looking to implement static maps on their site and it's terrificly easy to implement. My favorite feature is the lazy loading of the dynamic map, to increase

Djoosh - Fulltext search using Woosh

Thu, 19 Mar 2009 20:30:33 -0500

Hot of the heels of what I believe is a new pure python fulltext search indexing solution named Whoosh comes Djoosh - a reusable django app which provides extensible, pure-python fulltext indexing for Django models using the Whoosh information-retrieval library. Project homepage -> http://whoosh.ca/

Django-shapes

Wed, 18 Mar 2009 22:32:07 -0500

I've yet to dive into GeoDjango completely but I will be in the not so distant future. So compiling a list of reusable apps is always a good idea because you don't want to build the same thing twice. Django-Shapes allows admin users to upload an export shape files. The project page offers some further insight into current features and potential additions.

Introducing django-imagehandler

Sun, 15 Mar 2009 20:00:52 -0500

Ludwig Pettersson released a rad reusable app for managing your apps photos but with the additional feature thats includes an admin cropping tool, as well as utility template tags. Go grab it on gihub: http://github.com/luddep/django-imagehandler/tree/master

New Django ecomm solution open sourced

Wed, 11 Mar 2009 13:36:33 -0500

The product website is linked below for this new Django ecomm solution which boasts itself as "A lightning fast shop for django". Released under the BSD license, it's always good to see these types of additions to the community; go check out the features list here: http://www.getlfs.com/en/start

PHP To Django - Lessons From Our Migration

Wed, 11 Mar 2009 13:33:52 -0500

One of our listeners noted a few lessons learned from making the migration from PHP to Django with great results - "Overall I love Django and I cannot imagine going back to PHP, the next step is for me to sell Django into the Company..."

Smorgasbord - Support Multiple Template Languages

Tue, 03 Mar 2009 13:48:52 -0500

After reading about SmileyChris's (Chris Beaven) smart {% if %} template tag on Simon Willison's blog today I followed the comments to this interesting project - Smorgasbord. The project defines itself as "...makes it possible to use multiple template languages in Django, even for 3rd party applications that don't use your choice of template language natively."

Django Dash 2009

Tue, 03 Mar 2009 07:02:15 -0500

Django Dash is a competition for Django developers - noobs, veterans, etc. And for those looking for a little kick in the arse to start that project they always wanted to start, looking to collaborate with a fellow peer, or maybe just trying to get feet wet with Django - there's always a good reason to join the Django Dash. There's also always an excuse to not do it (I used the latter myself last year). Last year the project was a success, although I remember a few bumps in the road. I'm sure they have it all worked out this year which ischeduled for May 30 - 31. I'm going to try and be a part of this interesting idea, and if you have the time as well then hopefully I'll see you there! Follow on twitter as well - http://twitter.com/djangodash/

Django-chronograph

Sun, 01 Mar 2009 20:22:00 -0500

Weston Nielson released django-chronograph today, a reusable application allowing users to manage django-admin commands via the web. Beyond simply executing commands at X interval, Nielson provided customize scheduling to run at any interval desired (employing python-dateutil's rrule module), and also execute commands manually via the admin as well. There's also logging of stdout and stderr output if so desired, visible via the admin as well. This is one of those apps I'd expect to see adopted widely by the community. Great job.

This Week in Django 55

Sat, 28 Feb 2009 11:11:18 -0500

This we talk about the new 1.1 release plan, some community items and a tip of the week.

Django Full Serializers

Fri, 27 Feb 2009 10:49:50 -0500

New serialization python module which extends Django's built-in serializers, adding 3 new capabilities inspired by the Ruby on Rails JSON serializer; looks terrific, and a descriptive introductory post. The namespace could use some work - "wadofstuff".

Django-springsteen and Distributed Search

Wed, 25 Feb 2009 10:30:11 -0500

Looking to implement a search on your site? Thinking about integrating Yahoo! BOSS? Well, Will Larson (www.lethain.com) has started the beginnings of a Yahoo! BOSS powered search implementation for your Django project. Plus it has one of the coolest Django app names of recent memory (courtesy of Justin Lilly's creative project title contribution). Larson goes a step further an introduces the pipe work for a distributed search solution as well. As always, a very thorough, and well written post form Larson.

Django-tagging-NG released

Tue, 24 Feb 2009 09:45:58 -0500

A generic tagging application for Django projects, based off django-tagging but includes tagging with multilingual, synonyms and hierarchy.

This Week in Django 54

Thu, 19 Feb 2009 12:41:24 -0500

This we talk about more 1.1 bugs that have been fixed, some community items and a tip of the week.

Washington Times releases open source projects

Thu, 19 Feb 2009 10:29:03 -0500

Shortly after our recent callcast with Corey Oordt, Deputy Internet Director for the Washington Times, today the team is making it official by publicly announcing their open source projects: django-projectmgr, django-supertagging, django-massmedia, and django-clickpass. They are being released under the Apache License, version 2.0.

Revised 1.1 release plan

Wed, 18 Feb 2009 22:32:20 -0500

Jacob Kaplan-Moss posted an update on the Django developers Google group earlier today that the Django 1.1 release will be delayed. The target date is now April 13. Quick notes - model validation will be dropped and all other "must-haves" will be moved to "maybes." More details on the jump.

Django-annoying

Wed, 18 Feb 2009 21:58:43 -0500

Helpers and shortcuts created by a developer to help eliminate "annoying things in Django framework."

This Week in Django 53

Sun, 15 Feb 2009 20:05:00 -0500

This we talk about more 1.1 features that have landed, some community items and a tip of the week.

Discussion with Corey Oordt talking OpenSource Washington Times

Wed, 11 Feb 2009 00:21:33 -0500

A conversation with Corey Oordt discussing the new OpenSource Washington Times project and their forthcoming collection of reusable apps, along with greater goals for becoming a platform for Django newspaper/media applications.

Django-Wall

Tue, 10 Feb 2009 09:56:58 -0500

If you every used Facebook than you know very well what the "Wall" feature is. Django-Wall is a basic implementation of that feature. It's a reusable app for those looking to meet the base requirements, or extend them to meet the richer featureset that Facebook provides its users. Specifically - "A social app that provides a place where logged in users can post short text items." And it's designed to integrate easily with Pinax.

Create a Stand-alone Django Documentation Browser

Mon, 09 Feb 2009 14:38:55 -0500

The good people over at the Washington Times (the peeps behind solango) have quietly been producing an excellent blog. Recently they published a simple but very helpful suggestion for using Fluid (Mac app) for quick and easy access to the Django docs. A "why didn't I think of that moment" indeed.

Django-paypal

Wed, 04 Feb 2009 11:06:49 -0500

Django PayPal is a pluggable application that implements with PayPal Payments Standard and Payments Pro. It focused on selling software - think "Buy it Now" single items with no shipping or recurring payments.

Marty Alchin of Pro Django Interviewed on Dr Dobb's

Tue, 03 Feb 2009 20:37:09 -0500

We were honored to have had the chance feature Marty Alchin, author of Pro Django, on a recent episode of TWiD. Dr Dobb's is now featuring their own interview with Alchin - some very interesting discussion over there. Check it out!

Repsheet goes open source

Mon, 02 Feb 2009 10:09:35 -0500

Repsheet, a geodjango powered web application created by two gentlemen from Chicago, is is an adaptation of NYTimes.com's Represent project. It's recently been open sourced as well - http://code.google.com/p/repsheet/ - we already have a callcast lined up to discuss this further. Email us if you have any questions you'd like to suggest.