Django Chat

Eric is the author of the new django-simple-deploy package which provides Django deployment in three steps. We discuss the deployment learning cliff, the ideal hosting platform, and maintaining his bestselling book Python Crash Course.

A discussion of Django REST Framework, how it integrates with traditional Django, and its core features.

Carlton and Will discuss how to learn Django whether you are a total beginner or experienced web developer.

Simon Willison is a co-creator of Django and currently works at Eventbrite. We discuss the early days of Django, the founding of Lanyrd, and his ongoing work with Datasette to make it easier to publish and explore data online.

Brian is the host of the Test & Code podcast, co-host of the Python Bytes podcast, and author of the book Python Testing with pytest. We discuss testing in general, pytest in particular, and how to test Django projects.

Brett is a Python Core Contributor and leads the Python/VS Code team at Microsoft. We discuss his twenty years of open-source Python work, how to get involved today, the future of packaging, virtual environments, the standard library, VSCode, and more.

We welcome back Nick and discuss upgrading to Django 4.2, developer tooling, balancing multiple projects, and how to be productive as a modern web developer.

Chaim is the current President of the Django Software Foundation. We discuss what's new in Django, Carlton's pending departure as a Fellow, and how things really work behind-the-scenes.

Drew is a software engineer at TheNounProject and co-chair of DjangoCon US 2022. We discuss organizing DjangoCon events, the tech stack at TheNounProject, homebrewing, testing, ChatGPT, and more.

Calvin is the co-founder of Six Feet Up, a Django consultancy that also runs the upcoming online Python Web Conference. We discuss ideal developer environments, Apache Airflow, Kubernetes, testing, and more.

Django Fellow Mariusz walks us through what to expect in Django 4.2 and 5.0, continuous integration, supporting multiple versions of Python/Django, and more.

Mark is a developer advocate at MongoDB, longtime Django developer, and co-chair of DjangoCon Europe 2023. We discuss how Mongo can work well alongside Django, type hinting, Rust, and more.

Jon is a longtime Django/Python recruiter who runs Foxley Talent. We discuss how to stand out to recruiters and companies, current trends in the market, and giving back to the Django community.

David is co-founder and CTO of Sentry, an open-source application monitoring and error tracking tool. We discuss building the early versions in Django, being self-taught, the advantages of middleware, next-generation hosting platforms, and general tips to avoid reinventing the wheel constantly in technology.

Sheena is the CTO of Umuzi, a South Africa non-profit that trains young people in technical skills. We discuss the curriculum, teaching real-world programming skills, and building an online LMS due to Covid.