4 videos · 3 events · 2018–2021 · 2h 5m of video
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DjangoCon US 2021 · October 22, 2021
GraphQL uses a shared, published type schema to reduce data-shape and integration errors between clients and services. Dane Hillard shows how Graphene-Django maps Django models to GraphQL types, exposes queries and resolvers, and provides an introspectable GraphiQL interface where query and response shapes match. He…
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DjangoCon US 2019 · October 18, 2019
Dane Hillard explains how JSTOR used a custom Django template loader to serve shared templates—such as navigation, layouts, and footers—from a central service rather than bundling them into each frontend application. The loader checks a cache, fetches missing templates from the service, and falls back…
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DjangoCon US 2019 · October 18, 2019
The speakers showed practical ways to extend Django and Python: tracking leaked paid data with event logging and user-specific watermarks, testing JavaScript interfaces with Selenium, and using cached properties to avoid repeated work and database queries. They introduced CodeRed CMS as a ready-to-use Wagtail-based alternative…
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DjangoCon US 2018 · November 8, 2018
Dane Hillard explains how Zappa deploys Django applications as serverless AWS services. The setup replaces self-managed web servers, application workers, certificates, and static-file storage with API Gateway, Lambda, Amazon Certificate Manager, and S3, while Lambda handles scaling and charges are based on execution time. He…