Watch here: Listen here: This week we talk with James Dycus about his journey from teacher to Python software developer. We talk about his background as a teacher and how het got into Python. How he joined our PDM program a few months ago and the amazing growth he has experienced since by building out… Continue reading From Teacher to Python Developer by Building a Community Platform Using Django
Articles on Django
Django Plugin Recommendations by Antonio Melé | Top 10 Picks for Web Development
By PyBites Team on 7 May 2023
Watch here: Or listen here: He’s back! Django by Example book author Antonio Melé 😍 Not only that, we did this interview in person at a cafeteria on the beach 🏖 In this episode he shares his 10 favorite Django plugins 💪 💡 1. Django Debug Toolbar 2. Django REST Framework 3. Django Channels 4. Django Celery 5. Django Extensions… Continue reading Django Plugin Recommendations by Antonio Melé | Top 10 Picks for Web Development
Django class based vs function based views
By PyBites Team on 28 February 2023
This post first appeared as an email on our friends list. We decided to publish it here because the question is still commonly asked 🤔 The other day I did a presentation on Django class based vs function based views. (Warning: this post is opinionated 😃) Also if you’re not into Django don’t stop reading just yet, because there are… Continue reading Django class based vs function based views
Practical Django with Antonio Melé
By PyBites Team on 29 September 2022
Listen here: This week we have Antonio Melé on the show, CTO & co-founder at Nucoro and author of Django 4 by Example. We talk about: – His day to day at Nucoro. – Why he chose Django as a web framework and how he uses it at the company. – What inspired him to write a… Continue reading Practical Django with Antonio Melé
What we learned from building our own CMS using Django
By PyBites Team on 6 September 2022
Django – The web framework for perfectionists with deadlines – indeed! We managed to get a simple MVP out in just 4 weeks using our JIT learning approach … In an effort to teach Julian Django, we figured we’d “eat our own dog food” and “learn by building”! As always though, the hard part is… Continue reading What we learned from building our own CMS using Django
How to make a nice graph using Django and Chart.js
By Bob Belderbos on 14 June 2022
In this article I will show you how to make a beautiful yet simple graph using Django + Chart.js. The code for this project is here. Getting the data We are going to plot the number of Bite exercises that get completed per month on our platform. For this I exported the live data from… Continue reading How to make a nice graph using Django and Chart.js
Learn by building, how we built our own collaboration tool in Django
By PyBites Team on 19 May 2022
Listen now: In this episode we tell the story about Pybites CMS, our new powertool we use to better streamline our business. We tell why we built it, how it was an opportunity for Julian to brush up his coding skills, how we applied the PDM philosophy of learning by building, scratching your own itch.… Continue reading Learn by building, how we built our own collaboration tool in Django
Building a Stadia Tracker Site Using Django
By Ryan Cheley on 25 April 2020
Building my first Django Site and learning so much more than Django
Dropping Tutorial Paralysis, Building a Django Blog From Scratch
By Peter Babalola on 21 April 2020
Have you ever wanted to create awesome stuff with Django like making your own blog or any other app but don’t know where to start? Or are you tired of taking lazy tutorials?
How to Create and Serve Zipfiles from Django
By Bob Belderbos on 8 May 2019
We added support to our platfom for bulk downloading of all your code submissions. This feature required creating and serving up zipfiles through Django. In this article I show you how to do it creating a simple Django app collecting code snippets through the admin interface, and serving them up in a zipfile via a download endpoint. Let’s dive straight in …