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Django News - Issue 1

News

Django 3.0 Released

3.0 is a major new release and includes the beginning of async support for Django, official support for MariaDB, and more.

djangoproject.com

Django REST Framework 3.11 released!

Django REST Framework 3.11 brings support for Django 3.0, Open API schema improvements, and an improved API for validators/defaults requiring the serializer context.

django-rest-framework.org

2020 DSF Board Election Results

The Django Software Foundation is the non-profit that manages the financial/legal matters for the project.

djangoproject.com

Announcing DjangoCon Africa

The inaugural DjangoCon Africa is happening in November 2020 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

djangoproject.com

Django 2.2.8 and 2.1.15 Released

Security release!

djangoproject.com

Projects

django-stubs

Adds static type checking to Django.

github.com

django-controlcenter

django-controlcenter makes adding widgets and dashboards including charts to the Django Admin.

github.com

Videos

Password validation in Django

Sasha wrote much of the password authentication code for Django and in this video explains how to configure it properly.

youtu.be


Thanks to @TimMossholder for making this photo available freely on @unsplash

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