Django Day Copenhagen 2020, Python 3.8.6, Django security best practices, and more.
Tags: django, python, wagtail
Published: 2020-09-25 14:48:14

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title: Django Day Copenhagen 2020, Python 3.8.6, Django security best practices, and more.
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date: 2020-09-24 15:00:00 UTC
tags: django, python, wagtail
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## News

### [Python 3.8.6 is now available](https://cur.at/RiKlXRd?m=rss)

Python 3.8.6 is a maintenance release. Check out the [What's New In Python 3.8](https://cur.at/z9Wyhg5?m=rss) document for more information about features.

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### [Django CMS 3.8.0 RC1 released](https://cur.at/Jj3NM3T?m=rss)

The first Django CMS release under a newly founded Django CMS Association. This release focuses on Django 3.1 support.

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## Events

### [Django Day Copenhagen 2020](https://cur.at/BLcG3NL?m=rss)

> Djangonauts from in and around Denmark are meeting up for the second edition of Django Day, to be held on September 25th 2020. It will be a full day of talks, either to be experienced online -or- at our venue with safe social distancing.

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## Articles

### [Django Best Practices: Security](https://cur.at/j8zk3Ob?m=rss)

Django security best practices starting with the most important and working down the list.

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### [Docker Github Actions V2](https://cur.at/REfuGAx?m=rss)

Docker released V2 of their Docker Github Actions which adds some much better build and caching options.

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### [Django and its default values](https://cur.at/HUFECqh?m=rss)

A dive into how Django's migration system handles default values on model fields.

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### [What is the Value of Browser Diversity?](https://cur.at/GSzpO8C?m=rss)

A thoughtful take on what's lost if one/two browsers dominate.

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### [feincms may still be relevant](https://cur.at/WXhHAmR?m=rss)

Thoughts on the Django CMS landscape from the creator of [feincms](https://cur.at/ITZ0Vmt?m=rss).

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### [Using sorl-thumbnail with Redis on Heroku](https://cur.at/CIB9FpR?m=rss)

How to add [sorl-thumbnail](https://cur.at/Fry1vLi?m=rss) to a Django project with Redis and deploy on Heroku

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### [Comprehending Class-Based Views in Django - The View Base Class](https://cur.at/X0XtnCb?m=rss)

A look at the base `View` class from which all other Class-Based Views are built.

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## Videos

### [Python Web Conf 2020 Talks](https://cur.at/oPlZ7Ku?m=rss)

The Python Web Conf 2020 Talks were released to YouTube!

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### [Django Boston August 2020 Virtual Event with Benjamin "Zags" Zagorsky](https://cur.at/EZhXJzH?m=rss)

Benjamin "Zags" Zagorsky presents "Rapid Prototyping in Django", a distilled set of lessons and recommendations from the projects we've done for how to build a functional Django website in 2 days and not regret it later.

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### ["At The Root : Wagtail + Gatsby + GitPod" - Dawn Wages (PyConline AU 2020)](https://cur.at/wv8FMva?m=rss)

How to combine headless Wagtail with a Gatsby frontend and Gitpod.

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### [Can you keep a secret?](https://cur.at/uruF9yK?m=rss)

Techniques to properly store, share, and manage your secrets, as easily as possible, and most importantly without disrupting your workflow.

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## Podcasts

### [Running in Production - Collecting and Processing Genomic Data to Help Cure Rare Diseases](https://cur.at/VXQpkoZ?m=rss)

Using Django to build an internal tool that helps make sense of ~5 Petabytes of Genomic data that is then made available to clinicians. It’s running across many different AWS resources using ECS Fargate.

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## Projects

{% github raphaelm/django-scopes %}

Safely separete multiple tenants in a Django database

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{% github matthiask/feincms3 %}

feincms3 offers tools and building blocks which make building a CMS that is versatile, powerful and tailor-made at the same time for each project a reachable reality.

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{% github SmileyChris/django-countries %}


A Django application that provides country choices for use with forms, flag icons static files, and a country field for models.

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{% github lnxpy/DBMQ %}

A Docker-based Message Queu using Django as the web server.