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## Table of Contents



 - [About Django](#about-django)

 - [API Development](#api-development)

 - [Architecture](#architecture)

 - [Authentication & Permissions](#authentication--permissions)

 - [Caching](#caching)

 - [Contributing](#contributing)

 - [Dependency Management](#dependency-management)

 - [Deployment](#deployment)

 - [Django Admin](#django-admin)

 - [Django ORM / Database](#django-orm--database)

 - [Encryption](#encryption)

 - [File Uploads](#file-uploads)

 - [Frontend Integration](#frontend-integration)

 - [HTMX](#htmx)

 - [Job Hunting](#job-hunting)

 - [Learning Django](#learning-django)

 - [Logging](#logging)

 - [Models](#models)

 - [Multitenancy](#multitenancy)

 - [Performance / Scaling](#performance--scaling)

 - [Profiling](#profiling)

 - [Request / Response](#request--response)

 - [Serverless](#serverless)

 - [Settings](#settings)

 - [Signals](#signals)

 - [Single-File Django Projects](#single-file-django-projects)

 - [Testing](#testing)

 - [Time Zones](#time-zones)

 - [Views](#views)

 - [Websockets](#websockets)



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### About Django



 - [Django Build To Last](https://www.better-simple.com/django/2023/03/30/built-to-last/)

 - [Shedding light on Django versioning](https://fly.io/django-beats/shedding-light-on-django-versioning/)

 - [New goodies in Django 5.0](https://fly.io/django-beats/new-goodies-in-django-50/)



### API Development



 - [Faster API development with django-dataclasses](https://medium.com/roivant-technology/faster-api-development-with-django-dataclasses-5d33c366f23c) by Alec Clowes

 - [Model validation in Django REST Framework](https://www.kye.id.au/blog/posts/django-rest-framework-model-validation) by Kye Russell



### Architecture



 - [Against service layers in Django](https://www.b-list.org/weblog/2020/mar/16/no-service/) by James Bennett

 - [Clean Architecture in Django](https://medium.com/21buttons-tech/clean-architecture-in-django-d326a4ab86a9) by Jordi Fierro

 - [Django for Startup Founders: A better software architecture for SaaS startups and consumer apps](https://alexkrupp.typepad.com/sensemaking/2021/06/django-for-startup-founders-a-better-software-architecture-for-saas-startups-and-consumer-apps.html) by Alex Krupp

 - [More on service layers in Django](https://www.b-list.org/weblog/2020/mar/23/still-no-service/) by James Bennett

 - [Structuring large/complex Django projects, and using a services layer in Django projects](https://forum.djangoproject.com/t/structuring-large-complex-django-projects-and-using-a-services-layer-in-django-projects/1487/1) by Adam Johnson

 - [The Single Folder Django Project Layout](https://noumenal.es/notes/django/single-folder-layout/) by Carlton Gibson

 - [Thoughts on Django application architecture approaches](https://bradleykirton.com/2024/01/14/thoughts-on-django-application-architecture-approaches/) by Bradley Kirton



### Authentication & Permissions



 - [Django Roles, Groups, and Permissions Introduction](https://medium.com/djangotube/django-roles-groups-and-permissions-introduction-a54d1070544) by Hemanth S P

 - [Fine Tuning Django User Permissions](https://dandavies99.github.io/posts/2021/11/django-permissions/) by Daniel W Davies

 - [How to Serve Protected Content With Django (Without Bogging Down Your Application Server)](https://wellfire.co/learn/nginx-django-x-accel-redirects/)

 - [How to restrict access with Django Permissions](https://coderbook.com/@marcus/how-to-restrict-access-with-django-permissions/) by Marcus Lind

 - [Permissions in Django](https://testdriven.io/blog/django-permissions/) by Oluwole Majiyagbe



### Django Admin



 - [Customizing the Django Admin](https://testdriven.io/blog/customize-django-admin/) by Nik Tomazic

 - [How to turn Django Admin into a lightweight dashboard](https://hakibenita.medium.com/how-to-turn-django-admin-into-a-lightweight-dashboard-a0e0bbf609ad) by Haki Benita

 - [10 tips for making the Django Admin more secure](https://opensource.com/article/18/1/10-tips-making-django-admin-more-secure) by Jeff Triplett & Lacey Williams Henschel

 - [Why is the Django Admin “Ugly”?](https://www.coderedcorp.com/blog/why-is-the-django-admin-ugly/) by Vince Salvino



### Django ORM / Database



 - [A Django PAGNI: efficient bulk properties](https://lukeplant.me.uk/blog/posts/django-pagni-efficient-bulk-properties/) by Luke Plant

 - [Conditional aggregation in Django 2.0](https://www.peterbe.com/plog/conditional-aggregation-in-django-2.0) by Peter Bengtsson

 - [Database concurrency in Django the right way](https://www.vinta.com.br/blog/database-concurrency-in-django-the-right-way) by Vinta Software

 - [Database generated columns⁽²⁾: Django & PostgreSQL](https://www.paulox.net/2023/11/24/database-generated-columns-part-2-django-and-postgresql/) by Paolo Melchiorre

 - [Database generated columns⁽³⁾: GeoDjango & PostGIS](https://www.paulox.net/2023/12/11/database-generated-columns-part-3-geodjango-and-postgis/) by Paolo Melchiorre

 - [Django migrations and your database](https://www.better-simple.com/django/2023/06/03/django-migrations-and-your-database/) by Tim Schilling

 - [Integrating Django with PostgreSQL Materialized Views](https://medium.com/@abdu11a/integrating-django-with-postgresql-materialized-view-2c7c30d44a59) by Abdulla Hashim

 - [Storing and retrieving tree structures in relational databases using Python (Django)](https://medium.com/@spybugg/storing-and-retrieving-tree-structures-in-relational-databases-using-python-django-7480f40c24b) by Deepak Singh

 - [The Fast Way to Test Django transaction.on_commit() Callbacks](https://adamj.eu/tech/2020/05/20/the-fast-way-to-test-django-transaction-on-commit-callbacks/) by Adam Johnson

 - [Transaction Types in Django Tests](https://jeancochrane.com/blog/django-test-transactions) by Jean Cochrane



### Caching



 - [Django Caching 101: Understanding the Basics and Beyond](https://dev.to/pragativerma18/django-caching-101-understanding-the-basics-and-beyond-49p) by Pragati Verma



### Contributing



 - [DSF Working Groups](https://github.com/django/dsf-working-groups/blob/main/README.md) by Django Software Foundation



### Dependency Management



 - [Django Dependency Management with pip-compile and pip-tools](https://learndjango.com/tutorials/django-dependency-management-pip-compile-and-pip-t) by Will Vincent



### Deployment



 - [An Efficient Multi-Stage Build for Python Django in Docker](https://blog.ploetzli.ch/2020/efficient-multi-stage-build-django-docker/) by Henryk Plötz

 - [Deploying Django Application on AWS with Terraform. Setting up Celery and SQS](https://dev.to/daiquiri_team/deploying-django-application-on-aws-with-terraform-setting-up-celery-and-sqs-38ik) by Yevhen Bondar

 - [Deploying a Django App to Render](https://testdriven.io/blog/django-render/) by Nik Tomazic

 - [Deploying completely serverless Django with Zappa and Aurora Serverless](https://www.agiliq.com/blog/2019/01/complete-serverless-django/) by Anmol Akhilesh

 - [Smooth Database Changes in Blue-Green Deployments](https://fly.io/django-beats/smooth-database-changes-in-blue-green-deployments/) by Mariusz Felisiak

 - [Stable Django deployments without downtime](https://kuttler.eu/en/post/django-deployments-without-downtime/) by Nicolas Kuttler



### Encryption



 - [Exploring approaches to field-level encryption in Python for Django applications](https://www.piiano.com/blog/field-level-encryption-in-python-for-django-applications) by Imri Goldberg



### File Uploads



 - [3 steps to upload files properly with Django (and HTMX) 📁](https://www.photondesigner.com/articles/upload-files-properly-django-htmx) by Tom Dekan



### Frontend Integration



 - [Django Tailwind: How to configure Django and TailwindCSS from scratch in a new project](https://learndjango.com/tutorials/django-tailwind) by Learn Django

 - [Setting Up Server Side Rendering with React, Redux, and Django](https://medium.com/meural-product-development/setting-up-server-side-rendering-with-react-redux-and-django-4d6f4d2fd705) by Alexander Richey

 - [Tutorial: Django REST with React (and a sprinkle of testing)](https://www.valentinog.com/blog/drf/) by Valentino Gagliardi



### HTMX



 - [Add instant database search with Django and HTMX 🕵️](https://www.photondesigner.com/articles/database-search-django-htmx) by Tom Dekan

 - [Ajax-Enabled Checkbox and Select with Django and HTMX](https://jacklinke.com/ajax-enabled-checkbox-and-select-with-django-and-htmx) by Jack Linke

 - [Django Formsets Tutorial - Build dynamic forms with Htmx](https://justdjango.com/blog/dynamic-forms-in-django-htmx) by Matthew Freire

 - [Django and HTMX](https://dev.to/kummerer94/django-and-htmx-i5c) by Alexander Kammerer

 - [Django, HTMX and Alpine.JS: A Match Made In Heaven](https://dev.to/nicholas_moen/what-i-learned-while-using-django-with-htmx-and-alpine-js-24jg) by Nicholas Moen

 - [Django, HTMX and Alpine.js: Modern websites, JavaScript optional](https://www.saaspegasus.com/guides/modern-javascript-for-django-developers/htmx-alpine/) by Cory Zue

 - [How to create a Django form (using HTMX) in 90 seconds 🐎](https://www.photondesigner.com/articles/submit-async-django-form-with-htmx) by Tom Dekan

 - [Rapid Prototyping with Django, htmx, and Tailwind CSS](https://testdriven.io/blog/django-htmx-tailwind/) by Amal Shaji



### Job Hunting



 - [Questions to ask a Django company](https://www.better-simple.com/career/2022/12/31/questions-to-ask-a-django-company/) by Tim Schilling



### Learning Django



 - [Beginners should use Django, not Flask](https://www.bitecode.dev/p/beginners-should-use-django-not-flask) by Bite Code!

 - [Build an NFT rarity tool with Django](https://justdjango.com/blog/nft-rarity-tool) by Matthew Freire



### Logging



 - [Structlog with Django is Awesome!](https://loop0.sh/posts/structlog-with-django-is-awesome/) by Bruno Ribeiro



### Models



 - [Django models, encapsulation and data integrity](https://www.dabapps.com/insights/django-models-and-encapsulation/) by Tom Christie



### Multitenancy



 - [Multitenancy: juggling customer data in Django](https://www.vinta.com.br/blog/multitenancy-juggling-customer-data-django) by Filipe Ximenes



### Performance / Scaling



 - [19X faster response time](https://lincolnloop.com/insights/optimizing-response-time-19x-faster/) by Yann Malet

 - [Enhance Your Data Queries with Materialized Views in PostgreSQL and Django](https://blog.muehlemann-popp.ch/enhance-your-data-queries-with-materialized-views-in-postgresql-and-django-9e6804b4f332) by Silvan Mühlemann

 - [How to Optimize Django ORM Queries](https://gearheart.io/blog/how-optimize-django-orm-queries/) by Alexey Demianenko

 - [How to avoid a count query in Django if you can](https://www.peterbe.com/plog/how-to-avoid-a-count-query-in-django-if-you-can) by Peter Bengtsson

 - [How to optimize PostgreSQL queries from Django using pgMustard](https://adamj.eu/tech/2022/06/21/optimize-postgresql-queries-from-django-using-pgmustard/) by Adam Johnson

 - [Solving Performance Problems in the Django ORM](https://hansonkd.medium.com/performance-problems-in-the-django-orm-1f62b3d04785) by Kyle Hanson

 - [Supercharge Your Django App: 7 Sneaky Tricks to Crush Slow Database Queries](https://johnnymetz.com/posts/slow-django-database-queries/) by Johnny Metz

 - [μDjango (micro Django) 🧬](https://www.paulox.net/2023/10/26/udjango_micro_django/) by Paolo Melchiorre

- [Using Materialized Views to Implement Efficient Reports in Django](https://www.fusionbox.com/blog/detail/using-materialized-views-to-implement-efficient-reports-in-django/643/) by Gavin Wahl

 - [Lessons from scale: Django](https://medium.com/sanket-saurav/lessons-from-scale-django-124f7b16ae0c) by Sanket Saurav

 - [Tips for Building High-Quality Django Apps at Scale](https://medium.com/@DoorDash/tips-for-building-high-quality-django-apps-at-scale-a5a25917b2b5) by DoorDash Engineering



### Profiling



 - [Django: How to profile and improve startup time](https://adamj.eu/tech/2023/03/02/django-profile-and-improve-import-time/) by Adam Johnson



### Request / Response



 - [Django Streaming HTTP Responses](https://blog.pecar.me/django-streaming-responses) by Anže Pečar

 - [How Does Django's StreamingHttpResponse Work, Exactly?](https://andrewbrookins.com/django/how-does-djangos-streaminghttpresponse-work-exactly/) by Andrew Brookins



### Serverless



 - [Django Views as Serverless Functions on Fly Machines](https://fly.io/django-beats/django-views-as-serverless-functions-on-fly-machines/) by Kátia Nakamura



### Settings



 - [Django Settings In the Cloud](https://engineering.instawork.com/django-settings-in-the-cloud-aa3fc547a2b4) by Oleg Pesok

 - [Making Sense Of Settings](https://www.mattlayman.com/understand-django/settings/) by Matt Layman



### Signals



 - [Common Pitfalls Using Django Signals](https://engineering.instawork.com/common-pitfalls-using-django-signals-7b0654d843b) by Oleg Pesok



### Single-File Django Projects



 - [Django from first principles](https://www.mostlypython.com/django-from-first-principles/) by Eric Matthes

 - [μDjango (micro Django) 🧬](https://www.paulox.net/2023/10/26/udjango_micro_django/) by Paolo Melchiorre



### Testing



 - [Blazing fast tests in Django](https://dizballanze.com/django-blazing-fast-tests/) by Yuri Shikanov

 - [Django Test Fixture: setUp, setUpClass and setUpTestData](https://medium.com/an-engineer-a-reader-a-guy/django-test-fixture-setup-setupclass-and-setuptestdata-72b6d944cdef) by Nhat Cuong / Nathan

 - [Django: Parametrized tests for all model admin classes](https://adamj.eu/tech/2023/03/17/django-parameterized-tests-model-admin-classes/) by Adam Johnson

 - [Simplified Django Tests With Pytest and Pytest FactoryBoy](https://schegel.net/posts/simplied-django-tests-with-pytest-and-pytest-factoryboy/) by Rocio Aramberri

 - [Test factory functions in Django](https://lukeplant.me.uk/blog/posts/test-factory-functions-in-django/) by Luke Plant



### Time Zones



 - [Time Zones in Pytz & Django](http://tommikaikkonen.github.io/timezones/) by Tommi Kaikkonen



### Views



 - [Django Views — The Right Way](https://spookylukey.github.io/django-views-the-right-way/) by Luke Plant



### Websockets



 - [A minimal Websockets setup with Django in production](https://www.untangled.dev/2020/08/02/django-websockets-minimal-setup/) by J.V. Zammit

 - [Finally, Real-Time Django Is Here: Get Started with Django Channels](https://blog.heroku.com/in_deep_with_django_channels_the_future_of_real_time_apps_in_django) by Jacob Kaplan-Moss



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