Django community: RSS
This page, updated regularly, aggregates Community blog posts from the Django community.
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Backbone.js for Django Developers
After a month or two of being submersed in Backbone, I’ve seen the light and am now relatively competent. When I got started I was completely lost. Here are some things that probably would have helped me back then. -
Backbone.js for Django Developers
Click here to see this post in it's natural habitat and to watch and leave comments. Our new product Ginger relies heavily on Backbone.js for most of the client-side functionality (you can read about our full web-stack here). Our JavaScript guru Marco built the initial prototype and then was pulled away by client work. I reluctantly filled in, but my background is primarily in Django. My JavaScript experience was minimal (primarily stitching together jQuery plugins to get the desired effect). After a month or two of being submersed in Backbone, I’ve seen the light and am now relatively competent. When I got started I was completely lost. Here are some things that probably would have helped me back then. Whenever possible, I’ve linked to the source of the Backbone Todo example for code samples. Terminology In many ways, Backbone and Django are similar. They’re both MVC-like, but some of the terminology they use is different. Here’s a quick map: Backbone → Django Events → Signals Router → urlpatterns View → View Model → Model Collection → Queryset/ModelManager These certainly aren’t 1:1 matches, but it should help you get comfortable. Events Events are what separate client-side development from server-side development. Events … -
Djangocon tuesday afternoon lightning talks
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Healthy webapps through continuous introspection - Erik van Zijst
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It's about time! - Aymeric Augustin
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Django Chuck: your powerful project punch button - Bastian Ballmann and Lukas Bünger
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Arkestra: semantic information publishing for organisations - Daniele Procida
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Using CSS preprocessors effectively - Jonas Wagner
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Lightning Fast Shop (LFS) - Kai Diefenbach
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Djangocon keynote: fostering community - Karen Tracey
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Twitter reactions on Karen's keynote at djangocon.eu
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Djangocon lightning talks tuesday morning
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Lightning talks monday afternoon at djangocon.eu
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I hate your database - Andrew Godwin
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Domain specific languages in django apps - Matthieu Amiguet
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Building secure django websites - Erik Romijn
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Django and the real-time web - Zachary Voase
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Class-based generic views (anti)patterns - Bruno Renié
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Django and mongodb - Daniel Greenfeld and Audrey Roy
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PostgreSQL when it is not your job - Christophe Pettus
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Djangocon.eu keynote - Jacob Kaplan-Moss
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Scaling Your Clouds
My post yesterday seems to have gotten all the cloud fanboy’s panties into a twist, so I figured I’d give them something else to rage about. There were lots of claims that without the cloud you can’t scale, or you dont have redundancy, or you can’t come up with the result … -
Scaling Your Clouds
My post yesterday seems to have gotten all the cloud fanboy's panties into a twist, so I figured I'd give them something else to rage about. There were lots of claims that without the cloud you can't scale, or you dont have redundancy, or you can't come up with the result of 2 + 2. I can't even ... -
backbonejs django generic view
I recently had a chat with @Deacalion about backbonejs who recommended I had a look into it. So I’ve spent some time learning backbonejs whilst keeping in mind how I might use it with my own Django based projects. The questions I wanted to answer are as follow. Do I want to use backbonejs and if so [...] -
The Cloud is Not For You
Update: Did I hurt your feelings with this post? Read Scaling your Clouds so you can rage even more. Well, maybe not specifically you, but the mass that screams it will solve their problems. It’s been a fun year so far. There’s been exciting things happening both for me personally, as …
