A Django REST API in a Single File

I previously covered writing a Django application in a single file, for both synchronous and asynchronous use cases. This post covers the angle of creating a REST API using Django in a single file.

Prevent Unintended Data Modification With django-read-only

Last week I released a new Django package, django-read-only. It provides a read-only mode for Django’s database layer.

How to Unit Test a Django Management Command

This post is an adapted extract from my book Speed Up Your Django Tests, available now.

What happens when you run manage.py test?

This is a blog post version of the talk I gave at DjangoCon Australia 2020 today. The video is on YouTube and the slides are on GitHub (including full example code).

Bonus Django Documentation Sites

There are a few mini sites out there with “bonus” Django documentation. Here’s a list of the best ones I know of.

Django and the N+1 Queries Problem

This is a cross-post from the Scout APM blog, where I occasionally write. I also maintain the Scout Python integration.

Backporting a Django ORM Feature with Database Instrumentation

Last week I covered Django’s database instrumentation, and making a wrapper that’s always installed. Here’s a different use case that I encountered last year on a project.

How to Modernize a Django Index Definition with Zero Downtime

If you’ve read the Django documentation for Model.Meta.index_together recently, you may have noticed this note:

How to Make Always-Installed Django Database Instrumentation

Since version 2.0, Django has provided a hook for installing database instrumentation wrapper functions. These functions are like middleware for database queries, allowing you to inspect and rewrite SQL before it is sent to the database. There are many use cases, for example:

How to Use Django's Parallel Testing on macOS With Python 3.8+

This post is an adapted extract from my book Speed Up Your Django Tests, available now.

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