LearnDjango - Django for APIs (5th Edition)
Hi, It’s Will from LearnDjango.com!
I've just released the 5th edition of Django for APIs, which is now updated to the latest version of Django (5.1), Django REST Framework (3.15), features a new chapter on connecting a Vue.js frontend to a Django API backend, and much more.
If you already purchased the course, you automatically have access on your LearnDjango.com account. If you were thinking of purchasing it previously, now would be a good time to pull the trigger! It is also available as a paperback on Amazon.
New/Updated Tutorials
Django Custom User Model now updated to fix a Django 5.0+ bug
DjangoCon Europe Keynote
I will be giving a keynote at DjangoCon Europe in Dublin, Ireland next month titled Django for Data Science: Deploying Machine Learning Models with Django.
Django Chat Podcast
There are a host of new episodes on the biweekly podcast I do alongside Carlton Gibson.
Django News Newsletter
Jeff Triplett and I continue to run the weekly newsletter highlighting Django news, project, tutorials, events, and general happenings. It is the easiest way to stay up-to-date on everything happening in the Django community.
Open Source
The awesome-django repo I manage alongside Jeff Triplett hit 10K stars on GitHub and my long-running Django starter project, Lithium (formerly called DjangoX), was updated to Django 5.1, added uv support, and a host of smaller new features.
New Job
If you're still reading, I also started a new job in January as a Python Developer Advocate at JetBrains, the company behind the PyCharm IDE and a long-time supporter of Django who I have worked with in the past when I was on the Django Board. JetBrains is, by far, the single biggest contributor to the Django Software Foundation year after year, often accounting for 1/4 to 1/3 of the entire annual budget.