#django#python#webdev#seo
Improving First Byte and Contentful Paint on a Django Website
Recently I have been experimenting with http streaming and realized how it can improve page...
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Aidas Bendoraitis
Author of Web Development with Django Cookbook.
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#django#wagtail#webdev#python
Wagtail Routable Pages and Layout Configuration
If you are familiar with Wagtail CMS for Django, you know that you can create Wagtail pages and...
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#django#webdev#wagtail#python
How to Show a Waitlist Until Your Wagtail Site Is Ready
This year, I want to bring my centralized gamified donation platform www.make-impact.org to life (at...
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#django#python#tox#webdev
Using tox to Test a Django App Across Multiple Django Versions
Recently, I developed a reusable Django app django-clearplaintext for normalizing plain text in...
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#django#javascript#html#webdev
Understanding the Different POST Content Types
After more than 20 years of building for the web, this topic somehow kept slipping past me. It always...
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#dns#webdev#intermediate
Moving a Domain to Another Registrar
The Situation The domain for my first SaaS project 1st-things-1st.com was registered with...
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#django#elasticsearch#webdev#programming
Per-Object Permissions for Elasticsearch Lists in Django Websites
The Challenge Elasticsearch improves the performance of filterable and searchable list...
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#django#timezones#webdev#programming
User Timezones in Django
When you create a local website, the local time usually matches your country’s timezone, and all...
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#django#cookies#cookieconsent#analytics
Using Google Consent Mode v2 on a Django Website
A decade ago, adding website analytics was simple: you’d just paste a JavaScript snippet from...
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#nginx#django#gunicorn#uvicorn
Rate Limiting for Django Websites
Sometimes, certain pages of a Django website might receive unwanted traffic from crawlers or...
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#algorithms#programming#webdev
Algorithms: Learning One's Learnings
When I studied algorithms more than twenty years ago, I saw their general usefulness, but since then,...
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#django#elasticsearch#graphql#graphene
How to Use GraphQL in Django with Elasticsearch
When you need to use GraphQL with Django, a common practice is to use Graphene-Django, which allows...
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#django#playwright#webdev#socialmedia
Creating Open Graph Images in Django for Improved Social Media Sharing
Although social media algorithms usually discourage posting links so that users stay as long as...
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#django#webdev#tls#security
HTTPS for Django Development Environment
Certain modern website features require HTTPS, including Progressive Web Apps (PWA), WebSockets,...
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#django#llm#webdev#javascript
Creating AI-based Summaries in a Django Website
Summarizing lengthy text can be tedious, especially on platforms like PyBazaar, where concise...
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#django#deployment#digitalocean#spaces
Setting up DigitalOcean Spaces for Django Media
At DigitalOcean, when you need large amounts of static data (images, documents, or videos), you have...
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#webdev#ssl#bash#cron
Renewing Let's Encrypt Certificates with NGINX Unit
Recently, I moved the DjangoTricks website and started PyBazaar on servers with Nginx Unit. One thing...
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#webdev#django#factoryboy#python
Generating Fake Django Model Instances with Factory Boy
As you might know, I am developing PyBazaar, a Python Developer Marketplace. For a project of that...
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#django#nginxunit#devops#webdev
Django Project on NGINX Unit
Recently, I learned about the NGINX Unit and decided to try it on my DjangoTricks website. Unit is a...
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#django#htmx#djangocrispyforms#javascript
How to Handle Django Forms within Modal Dialogs
I like django-crispy-forms. You can use it for stylish uniform HTML forms with Bootstrap,...
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#intermediate#advanced#refactoring#django
How to Rename a Django App
When I initially created my MVP (minimal viable product) for 1st things 1st, I considered the whole...
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#advanced#api#django#djangorestframework
How I Integrated Zapier into my Django Project
As you might know, I have been developing, providing, and supporting the prioritization tool 1st...
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#advanced#architecture#intermediate#django
Generic Functionality without Generic Relations
When you have some generic functionality like anything commentable, likable, or upvotable, it’s...
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#advanced#django#ideas#intermediate
17 Django Project Ideas that can Make a Positive Impact around You
For more than a decade, I was focused only on the technical part of website building with Django....
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#versioning#django#python#intermediate
How to Use Semantic Versioning for Shared Django Apps
When you are building websites with Django, there is no need to track their software versions. You...
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#advanced#django#forms
Guest Post: Django Crispy Forms Advanced Usage Example
This is a guest post by Serhii Kushchenko, Python/Django developer and data analyst. He is skillful...
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#selenium#django#react#xpath
How I Tested ReactJS-based Webapp with Selenium
For quite some time, I have been building a SaaS product - strategic prioritizer 1st things 1st....
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#django#advanced#rest#javascript
How to Upload a File Using Django REST Framework
When you develop a web app or a mobile app with Django, it is common to use the Django REST...
Aidas Bendoraitis6 min read#email#django#intermediate#programming
Guest Post: Sending Emails with Django
This is a guest post by Mailtrap.io team. The original post on Sending emails with Django was...
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#administration#devops#security#ssh
Things I want to remember about SSH
SSH, short for Secure Shell, is a protocol for secure network communications. It is widely used for...
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