Partial Views - 3
Hey there! Today, we are back on the idea of partial views. This is a bad name as each of the views are complete whole views, a better name is the less...
Error Boundaries in Django - 2
Hey there! Last week I proposed the idea of borrowing the idea of Error Boundaries from React. Adam G Hill liked the idea and is the author of dj-angles...
Partial Views - Part 2
Hey there! I have been further pondering the idea of what a partial view would represent. I think something clicked in my head when I wrote this scenario for...
Error boundaries in Django Templates
Hey there! I wonder if Django could borrow the Error Boundary component concept from React? Now I know it won't map exactly as the Error Boundary in React is...
Question: How do you experiment and explore new packages..
Hey there! Today while pondering my ideas from yesterday, I realised that I am thinking of something similar to other more advanced templating/view packages...
Partial Views
Hey there! I noted the phrase "Partial Views" down the other day after a conversation on Discord about the desire for patterns of use with HTMX in Django....
Soft validation in Django forms
Hey there! This week I need to implement a new feature for a client. The client allows users to add recipients to their platform and when doing so under...
Steering Council Wishlist - Part 2
Hey there! So a recent discovery is that the existing teams with Django are under the direction of Steering Council. Therefore one thing I would like the new...
Could canonical packages have terms?
Hey there! While pondering the idea of promoting some third-party packages to be canonical or 'official', with the intention of creating smoother on-ramps...
How not to create primary keys in Django
Hey there! I have have said this before , but I was reminded of it yesterday, just use the defaults provided by Django for primary keys. There is the unique...
Efficient Django Query Challenge - Responses
Hey there! Yesterday I wrote about a challenge I faced at work last week and wondered if it could be optimised using the ORM rather than a simple python...
Efficient Django Query Challenge
Hey there! Last week I was tasked with implementing a sort functionality on one of my clients projects. The sorting was to be done on a time field associated...
Django Batteries versus packages
Hey there! A clarifying post on terminology today. Django is described as having "batteries included", this generally means tha common tasks are easy to do...
My first DSF Office Hours
Hey there! Yesterday I attended my first DSF office hours and I throughly enjoyed it. There was a nice amount of Django community related chat between those...
Teaching budgeting to children
Hey there! I'm getting two tasks done today, writing this as preparing a challenge for my Cub Scout pack. This post is going to me exploring the idea as I...
DSF Board Elections open today
Hey there! Voting opened for the DSF board elections today! As a DSF Individual member it is a privilege that I am able to cast a vote for those who have put...
Exception handling in Django
Hey there! Bugs and errors are a natural part of any piece of software, someone who tells you otherwise is generally not to be trusted. What is key is being...
Django or Python package to save API responses
Hey there! One of the tedious (and time consuming) parts of testing or creating a demo environment is creating realistic test data, that remains up to date...
How do we support for each other in the Django community?
Hey there! If we take the large assumption that being an being an open source maintainer is a financially viable option to make a living as a choice (while...
Django Package maturity levels
Hey there! I have been mulling over more of the contrib posts from the last week or so and also the process that would want to exist to qualify which...