This time I’m gonna address Django’s builtin authentication system, more specifically the ways we can build custom improvements over the already very solid foundations it provides. (more…)

Here are 5 different projects you can build using Django to improve your skills. The first project is really simple, and then the other projects will build o... (more…)

Now that Django 3.0 ships with ASGI support out of the box, adding Websockets to your Django app requires no extra dependencies. In this post, you'll learn how to handle Websockets with Django by extending the default ASGI application. We'll go over how t... (more…)

Django has added support for Postgres's built-in full-text searching as of version 1.10. This is a great alternative to a heavier search system such as elasticsearch or SOLR, when we want decent search capabilities without having to setup and maintain ano... (more…)

Simon Willison is the creator of Datasette, an open source tool for exploring and publishing data. Prior to becoming an independent open source developer, Si... (more…)