Django productivity tips and tricks
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Practical, hands‑on tips for managing Django projects: use virtualenv + pip for per‑project isolation and setuptools' editable installs for local libraries; run coverage before tests and wire tests into a Buildbot‑style continuous integration that runs commits and deploys to test builders; deploy with a WSGI server (Gunicorn‑style) using Unix sockets, preloading and rolling releases; prefer a profile proxy over monkey‑patching User, use model forms plus factory helpers for tests, and tweak the admin only for superusers.
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chapters (11)
- 0:00Introduction
- 3:28Consistent dev environments
- 11:34Isolated Python environments
- 15:47Library development with setup.py
- 16:14Continuous integration with Jenkins
- 21:14Local settings in Django
- 23:05Gunicorn production
- 27:53Advanced Django configs
- 31:25Extending user models
- 35:47Simplified Django forms
- 44:11Q&A
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