Django News #171 - DjangoCon US 2023 Preview
Tags: django, python, djangocon, drf
Published: 2023-03-17 13:11:50

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title: Django News #171 - DjangoCon US 2023 Preview
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A reasonably comprehensive list of steps one can take for their projects to get more visibility.

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#### [How migrate an existing Joomla CMS website to a Django Backend](https://cur.at/K91rQkT?m=rss)

Migrating a Joomla based website to a Django Backend with 90 Gb worth of data.

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