Django News

DSF member of the month - Theresa Seyram Agbenyegah https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2026/mar/08/dsf-member-of-the-month-theresa-seyram-agbenyegah/

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📰 Django News - Django Security Fixes, Python Releases, and New Tools - Mar 6th 2026

https://django-news.com/issues/327

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[Articles] ⭐ Django ORM Standalone⁽¹⁾: Querying an existing database

A practical step-by-step guide to using Django ORM in standalone mode to connect to and query an existing database using inspectdb. #djangonews

https://www.paulox.net/2026/02/20/django-orm-standalone-database-inspectdb-query/

[Podcasts] PyPodcats Episode 11 with Sheena O'Connell

Sheena O’Connell tells us about her journey, the importance of community and good practices for teachers and educators in Python, and organizational psychology. #djangonews

https://pypodcats.live/episodes/ep-11/

[Articles] Using tox to Test a Django App Across Multiple Django Versions

A practical, production-ready guide to using tox to test your reusable Django app across multiple Python and Django versions, complete with packaging...

https://www.djangotricks.com/blog/2026/02/using-tox-to-test-a-django-app-across-multiple-django-versions/

[Podcasts] Django Chat #196: Freelancing & Community - Andrew Miller

Andrew is a prolific software developer. He runs the solo agency Software Crafts, writes regularly, is a former Djangonaut, and co-founder of the AI banking startup Hamilton Rock.
https://djangochat.com/episodes/freelancing-community-andrew-miller-seDEJ66s

[Events] DjangoCon US Updated Dates

The conference is August 24-28, 2026 in Chicago, Illinois. The Call for Proposals (CFP) is open until March 16. And Early Bird Tickets are now available! #djangonews

https://2026.djangocon.us/

[Projects] yassi/dj-control-room

The control room for your Django app. #djangonews

https://github.com/yassi/dj-control-room

[Articles] CLI subcommands with lazy imports

In case you didn't hear, PEP 810 got accepted which means Python 3.15 is going to support lazy imports! One of the selling points of lazy imports is with code that has a CLI so that you only import...

https://snarky.ca/subcommands-with-lazy-imports/

[Articles] Serving Private Files with Django and S3

Django’s FileField and ImageField are good at storing files, but on their own they don’t let us control access. When … #djangonews

https://lincolnloop.com/blog/serving-private-files-with-django-and-s3/

[Article]How I Use django-simple-nav for Dashboards, Command Palettes, and More

Jeff shares how he uses django-simple-nav to define navigation once in Python and reuse it across dashboards and even a lightweight HTMX-powered command palette. #djangonews

https://micro.webology.dev/2026/02/26/how-i-use-djangosimplenav-for/

[News] Google Summer of Code 2026 with Django

All the information you need to apply for Django's 21st consecutive year in the program. #djangonews

https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2026/feb/24/google-summer-of-code-2026-with-django/

Django Fellow Report - Natalia

Roughly 70% of my time this week went into security work, which continues being quite demanding. The remaining time was primarily dedicated to Mike’s excellent...

Also 2 tickets triaged, 9 reviewed, and... #djangonews

https://forum.djangoproject.com/t/django-fellow-report-natalia-2026/43850/8

[Projects] adamchainz/icu4py

Python bindings to the ICU (International Components for Unicode) library (ICU4C). #djangonews

https://github.com/adamchainz/icu4py

[Django Fellow Reports] Django Fellow Report - Jacob

A short week with a US holiday and some travel to visit family, but still 4 tickets triaged, 12 reviewed, 3 authored, security report, and more. #djangonews

https://forum.djangoproject.com/t/django-fellow-report-jacob-2026/43851/7

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🎉 The Django News Newsletter Issue 326: Google Summer of Code 2026 with Django

1000 Most Popular Django Packages, DjangoCon US Date Change, icu4py package, and more.

https://django-news.com/issues/326#start

Django security releases issued: 6.0.3, 5.2.12, and 4.2.29 https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2026/mar/03/security-releases/

[Articles] Some notes on starting to use Django

Julia Evans explains why Django is well-suited to small projects, praising its explicit structure, built-in admin, ORM, automatic migrations, and batteries-included features. #djangonews

https://jvns.ca/blog/2026/01/27/some-notes-on-starting-to-use-django/