Django News #28 - No DjangoCon US this year ☹
Published: 2020-06-20 15:11:55

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title: Django News #28 - No DjangoCon US this year ☹
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date: 2020-06-19 11:00:00 UTC
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Apologies for the break. We have had a lot to process over the last few months. 

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## News

### [DjangoCon US 2020 is Canceled](https://cur.at/WYkocXn?m=rss)

After 12 consecutive years of DjangoCons in the United States, we’ve decided to cancel DjangoCon US 2020.


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### [Django 3.1 Beta 1 Released](https://cur.at/AIVUmZn?m=rss)

Django 3.1 beta 1 is now available. It represents the second stage in the 3.1 release cycle and is an opportunity for you to try out the changes coming in Django 3.1.

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### [Wagtail Space US 2020 – Call For Proposals](https://cur.at/JQif9uN?m=rss)

The Wagtail Space US CFP deadline is open until July 1, 2020.

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### [2020 Python Software Foundation Board of Directors Election Results](https://cur.at/AqMBF6E?m=rss)

The 2020 Python Software Foundation Board of Directors election has concluded. See the results!

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## Articles

### [Postgres websearch in Django 3.1](https://cur.at/ltvYWED?m=rss)

Django 3.1 includes a new Postgres SearchQuery feature that allows human-formatted search queries.

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### [Optimizing Django ORM Queries](https://cur.at/mD0gYoi?m=rss)

If you love optimization articles where they present SQL queries next to Django ORM calls, then you are in for a treat.

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### [Use Pathlib in Your Django Settings File](https://cur.at/SGHjEB1?m=rss)

Get a jump on Django 3.1 and switch to `pathlib` in your projects.

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### [How I manage multiple development environments in my Django workflow using Docker compose](https://cur.at/HxRN32Y?m=rss)

A practical Docker Compose overview for how to handle both development and production docker-compose.yml and environment settings.

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### [Richer Django Logging](https://cur.at/3bZJMLv?m=rss)

A nice intro to Rich logging which you won't want to miss.

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The long-awaited update covers various tips, tricks, patterns, code snippets, and techniques of Django best practices.

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## Advocacy and Mentorship

### [Tupu - Free mentorship for women and minorities in tech](https://cur.at/UCb5QE6?m=rss)

> Tupu is a non-profit initiative to offer free mentorship to women, people of color, and other underrepresented groups in the tech industry

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## Projects

### [GaretJax/django-click](https://cur.at/bpZaQCa?m=rss)

This release fixes issues with newer versions of Click.

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### [NyanKiyoshi/pytest-django-queries](https://cur.at/3x2bWPg?m=rss)

> Generate performance reports from your Django database performance tests.

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### [RealmTeam/django-rest-framework-social-oauth2](https://cur.at/9Y0W9BR?m=rss)

> python-social-auth and oauth2 support for django-rest-framework

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### [sloria/environs](https://cur.at/roOifFH?m=rss)

Simplified environment variable parsing

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## Events

### [DjangoCon Australia returns for the 8th time and opens CFP](https://cur.at/ZJXyxmv?m=rss)

DjangoCon Australia is September 4th and will be virtual this year!

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### [Wagtail Space US 2020](https://cur.at/xduaMUj?m=rss)

Wagtail Space US 2020 returns July 30th through August 1st.

> Wagtail Space US will comprise talks, training, and a sprint. The event is free, although we invite corporate participants to consider sponsorship.

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### [Announcing PyGotham TV](https://cur.at/WDhL7Xs?m=rss)

PyGotham is going virtual this year with PyGotham TV. 📺

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## Shameless Plugs

### [LearnDjango.com - Free tutorials and premium books](https://cur.at/gv12LMB?m=rss)