Topic Archive

Django

  • How to convert a Python script into a web app, a product others can use

    Ahmed Lemine

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    So, you’re a Python developer or you just use Python to make your life easier by writing utility scripts to automate repetitive tasks and boost your productivity.Such Python scripts are usually local to your machine, run from the command line and require some Python skills to use including for instance setting up a virtual environment […]

  • Django Plugin Recommendations by Antonio Melé | Top 10 Picks for Web Development

    PyBites Team

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    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 […]

  • Django class based vs function based views

    PyBites Team

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    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 […]

  • Practical Django with Antonio Melé

    PyBites Team

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    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 […]

  • What we learned from building our own CMS using Django

    PyBites Team

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    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 […]

  • How to make a nice graph using Django and Chart.js

    Bob Belderbos

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    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 […]

  • Learn by building, how we built our own collaboration tool in Django

    PyBites Team

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    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. […]