Effective End-to-End Testing for Django
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DjangoCon US 2022
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2018
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Article post typeDjango REST Framework & Channels
We’ve begun exploring some patterns for how to add WebSocket push notifications to what is otherwise a RESTful API. This means, for us, using Django REST Framework and Django Channels in concert.
2017
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Article post typeDjango, Background Processes, and Keeping Users in the Loop
When you have out-of-band processing in a web app, how do you let users know that the status of a task has changed? Depending on your front-end client, there are a few different approaches you might take.
Article post typeThree Names to Include in Your User Model
(None of them is the username)
The term “username” is ambiguous. When designing a user model there are several kinds of names that are useful to include.
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Article post typeSerializing Things for Celery
Transmitting objects between web processes and worker processes is a requirement of many modern web apps. Given that the safest way to do so is to use a serialization format that only includes primitive data types, how can we send custom objects around?
Article post typeServer-Side Rendering For Client-Side Apps
We want the convenience of a client-side single-page application using our MV* framework of choice, but don’t want to sacrifice the SEO and UX benefits of rendering the initial markup on the server. And while we’re not here to trash on Node.js, we’re also not ready to commit to an…
2016
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Article post typeA Visit to the RESTful SPA
You can’t always get away with a single-page app; sometimes you need server-side rendering. When you need both, here’s one approach.
2014
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Article post typePostgreSQL Transactions and SQLAlchemy
SQLAlchemy defaults to implicitly opening a new transaction on your first database query. If you prefer to start your transactions explicitly instead, I’ve documented here my explorations in getting that to work.
2012
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Talk post typeTesting and Django
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