Django News - Issue 10
Tags: python, django, githubsponsors, djangocon
Published: 2020-02-17 17:51:59

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title: Django News - Issue 10
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date: 2020-02-14 15:01:06 UTC
tags: python, django, GitHub sponsors, djangocon
canonical_url: https://django-news.com/issues/10
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### News

#### [Sponsor Django on Github](https://cur.at/ivjnkJE?m=rss)

You can now sponsor Django directly via GitHub Sponsors.

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#### [DjangoCon Europe 2020 - Call for Proposals](https://cur.at/mN3PwV7?m=rss)

The deadline is February 29th so get yours in soon!

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### Articles

#### [Understand Group by in Django with SQL](https://cur.at/3352Bsr?m=rss)

If you have ever struggled with the Django ORM's Aggregate features, then check out this side-by-side comparison/cheatsheet of SQL to Querysets.

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#### [Custom Exceptions in Django REST Framework](https://cur.at/Rmy2U3j?m=rss)

Lacey Williams Henschel shows you how to handle cleaner DRF exceptions.

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#### [Moving to Django 3.0's Field.choices Enumeration Types](https://cur.at/33A3FDn?m=rss)

Django 3.0 added a new powerful way of handle Enumerations for model field choices. Check out this article for a nicer way to use them.

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### Sponsored Link
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#### [Django Crash Course: Covers Python 3.8 and Django 3.x - Alpha Version](https://cur.at/Al15pUs?m=rss)

The authors of Two Scops of Django have released their latest book, the Django Crash Course. Based on their corporate training, they are offering the book for under US$20, which is a steal considering they normally charge $3000/person for in-person training.

Available in E-Book format, the paperback, coil-bound, and hardcover versions are available for pre-order.

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### Podcasts

#### [Django Chat #50 - Technical Writing with Mikey Ariel](https://cur.at/FvV0ASe?m=rss)

Mikey is a technical writer at Red Hat and gave the [keynote at DjangoCon Europe 2019](https://cur.at/Fc4BIM7?m=rss) on documentation. We discuss how to get into technical writing, her work on [Write the Docs](https://cur.at/eV18yU?m=rss), and more.

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#### [Having Fun on the Path to Independence with Cory Zue of Place Card Me - The Indie Hackers Podcast](https://cur.at/fHxPLfw?m=rss)

Cory uses Django at his day job at [Dimagi](https://cur.at/OLz1Tgl?m=rss) and discusses building two side projects as well: [PlaceCardMe](https://cur.at/m8oXVmh?m=rss) and [Pegasus](https://cur.at/e51GQsv?m=rss).

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### Tutorials

#### [Learn Django: Django-allauth Tutorial](https://cur.at/mDKArHp?m=rss)

William walks you through adding third-party (social) authentication to your website.

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### Projects

#### [rsinger86/django-lifecycle: Declarative model lifecycle hooks, an alternative to Signals.](https://cur.at/R9p5qK6?m=rss)

Looking for an alternative to Django Signals? Then check out django-lifecycle which adds hooks to Django models.

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#### [pennersr/django-allauth](https://cur.at/Je3Wf38?m=rss)

Integrated set of Django applications addressing authentication, registration, account management as well as 3rd party (social) account authentication.

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