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Using Gmail's SMTP server from Django
Ever since changeset 5144 Django has had the ability to send email directly through Gmail with a few extra settings in your settings.py file. I recently set up a server using Ubuntu and had no intention of receiving email on it, but I did, however, want my website to ...
Django 1.0 alpha 2 released!
Django 1.0 alpha 2 was released and contains some nice updates like GeoDjango, Jython compatability, and pluggable file storage. This is the last alpha before the first beta comes out on August 14th. I'm super excited to see 1.0 land.
mysql_cluster
This database backend enables the user of master/slave databases nicely. It includes middleware to send POST requests to the master and most GET requests to the slaves effectively making database writes hit the master and database reads pull from the slaves. It also has nice controls to override this default POST/GET switching at the view level and even at the Python coding level. Overall the impression seems very well done.
Django snippets: Client-side django template with jQuery
A simple snippet that extends the regular expression syntax of the jQuery Template plugin to support Django style templates in jQuery.
mallipeddi's django-yslow at master — GitHub
A very nice Django app following the YSlow recommended best practices for optimizing your website. It includes Django management utilities to minimize and concatenate CSS/JS, version it for cache busting, and upload to S3 and set appropriate expiry and content-encoding headers.
pytoss - Google Code
A remote deployment tool written in Python with a focus more on shell commands than recipes for simplicity.
Django code_swarm on Vimeo
Visualization of Django commit history. I especially liked the near end when the queryset refactor branch landed on trunk and results in a firework like display, then just moments later a couple more fireworks as the other branches merge with trunk.
Django and Relativity
My default Django settings file has changed over time to now include settings that do not depend on the location of the project on the filesystem. This is great in a team environment where more than one person is working on the same project, or when deploying your project to ...
LJWorld.com / New foundation for Django
This is great news for Django and all contributors involved. Django deserves its success. Here's to a great future of Django!
django-ae-utils - Google Code
Utilities to replace Django's built-in auth and session functionality to use Google App Engine's and Big Table.
django-compress - Google Code
An app with management command to concatenate and compress Javascript and CSS files. It also handles cache busting by appending a date string. I've done this manually with Makefiles but this looks more integrated and easy.
Queryset Refactor Branch
Malcolm's Queryset Refactor branch landed on Django's trunk tonight. To mark the occasion I'm bookmarking a link to the page that describes in detail the changes.
django-voting - Google Code
A voting add-on for Django that can apply voting (+1/-1) to any model, with templatetags and generic views.
Brain Injury Partners: Navigating the School System
A site we at ORCAS built using Django. The website is designed to give parents of school-aged children with a brain injury the skills they need to become successful advocates.
One of our Django sites finally went public
I'm excited to finally be able to announce a Django project we've worked on at ORCAS that was recently released to the general public.
The website's official title is Brain Injury Partners: Navigating the School System and is designed to give parents of school-aged children with a ...
rossp.org - Blog Entry: Mixing OpenID into Django's authentication system
A good post with source on integrating Simon Willison's django-openid with the built-in Django authentication system and django-registration. All the bits needed for nice OpenID integration.
Fabric
Fabric is a simple pythonic remote deployment tool. This looks like a good Capistrano replacement for Python deployment.
Django People
Simon Willison pushed out a Django website that shows Django users by location. See Django users near you.
Deploying Compacted Javascript with Django
A Django management command plugin to concatenate and minify Javascript files to reduce HTTP requests and file size. I love how it ties into Django and the DEBUG state.
PyFacebook
PyFacebook is a thin wrapper for accessing Facebook's RESTful API through Python. I like the integration with manage.py to layout the facebook app skeleton.