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Django Saves the Day

While Flask is helpful for getting started, Django is a "batteries included" approach to web development.

Shane Hathaway | September 29, 2021

Serverless Django: Exploring the State of the Art on AWS

As deployment options for web apps have multiplied in the past few years, AWS Lambda continues to stand out as a powerful, simple way to run a web app with minimal maintenance and cost — if there is low traffic.

Shane Hathaway | April 12, 2021

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Hacking Django Channels for Fun (and Profit)

LoudSwarm by Six Feet Up, a Django-based virtual event platform, has always supported Slack for instant, in-app text communication. In addition to Slack, clients were requesting Discord integration, so Six Feet Up’s expert team of developers found a solution.

Peter Hull | March 18, 2021

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How to Leapfrog a Massive Django/Python Upgrade Successfully

Migrating from Django 1.7 to 3.1 is no small task. Besides having to deal with the upgrade of Django itself, you shouldn't forget that an upgrade like this implies an upgrade from Python 2 to 3 as well.

Roché Compaan | February 17, 2021

What is Faceted Search or Faceted Navigation?

Faceted search provides site visitors with a quick and intuitive way to narrow down their search results in real time...

Calvin Hendryx-Parker | July 24, 2019

How to write an RFP for your Web Portal project

Whether your web portal project is about a corporate intranet, an online collaboration platform for researchers or a app designed to help members manage their data, you will most likely need to write an RFP to identify possible suitable vendors...

Gabrielle Hendryx-Parker | May 17, 2019

What to look for in your site’s search

Tips if you are looking for Google-like search features...

Calvin Hendryx-Parker | March 12, 2019

How to Create Custom Password Validators in Django

Django comes with basic password validators but you can also create your own if you have more specific needs. Here are some tips for doing that...

Anthony Bosio | April 30, 2018

Django Migration Command Options: makemigrations or migrate

Django Commands: makemigrations or migrate?

When running Django migrations, which command should you run: 'makemigrations' or 'migrate'? Here is a simple how-to manual...

Chrissy Wainwright | April 20, 2018

Django Forms: Handling form data in the POST

Some forms will require custom changes to be made with the data sent to the form. Here are some tips for getting that data in the view...

Chrissy Wainwright | March 12, 2018

Making your Django templates AJAX-y

Load all or portions of a page with Javascript without having to do a traditional click-wait-entire page reload...

Chrissy Wainwright | February 27, 2018

Use PyCharm to power your Django and Plone projects

Kick Start your Django/Plone Buildout with PyCharm

PyCharm has great features, such as a Debugger, code completion, syntax highlighting and code formatting for Buildout configuration files. Here are several tips to help you get going...

Calvin Hendryx-Parker | August 5, 2017

Getting Started with Django

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Where to go to start with Django; useful tips; pros and cons; online references, and more...

Anthony Bosio | March 30, 2017

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Django CMS vs Plone

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At Six Feet Up, we have extensive experience with both Plone and Django CMS. In this post, I am exploring when you might want to use Django CMS and when Plone might be a better fit...

Calvin Hendryx-Parker | October 31, 2016