Category Archives: Django

So we’re on a bit of a break at work this week and upgrading our code to Django 1.0. I have this one application, which I was working on today, that due to being modeled on vendor data doesn’t have … Continue reading →

Having all of my Flickr photos here on my site (as opposed to a recent widget) has been really great for people (say, my parents) who may want to see them but wouldn’t normally find their way to my Flickr … Continue reading →

This past weekend was DjangoCon, where 200ish Django nerds all got together and professed their love of our favorite framework at a small portion of the Googleplex in Mountain View, CA. And it was kind of incredible. I haven’t been … Continue reading →

Uh, yeah, there’s no clever way to say this. In September there will be the first ever DjangoCon, and I’m on a panel on Sunday called “Django in Journalism.” And it’s at Google headquarters. Yeah. I think my fellow panelist … Continue reading →

The other day at work I was attacked by my coworkers who demanded an explanation for my hatred of Django’s generic views, and by attacked I mean they asked very nicely. The thing is, this is really not true. It’d … Continue reading →

Recently I’ve been exploring search options for my site. Now, I’m really not so vain as to think there’s a pressing need to search my content, although from time to time I’ve done so. And as always it’s fun to … Continue reading →

The D is silent. Silent. Ask my coworkers — you should probably not say “duh-jango” around me. (FAQ: What does “Django” mean, and how do you pronounce it?) Django is not Python on Rails. Pleasantly, most of the things I … Continue reading →

In the Django docs, there’s this wonderful little section on coding style. Only recently did I find this myself, as it’s in the section on “Contributing to Django,” which I think most Django users will probably never look at. I … Continue reading →

Recently at work I talked a bit about some Django best practices, both in general and for us internally. It’s cool to work with other people with Django, to see what they pick up on and what they like/don’t like. … Continue reading →

Tonight I (finally) upgraded my Mint install to version 2. I am convinced I did this entirely because payment is through PayPal, thus I did not have to get up from the couch to find my check card. I had … Continue reading →