Python, Django, and Channels (Interview)

Django core contributor Andrew Godwin joins the show to tell us all about Python and Django. If you’ve ever wondered why people love Python, what Django’s virtues are as a web framework, or how Django Channels measure up to Phoenix’s Channels and Rails’ Action Cable, this is the show for you. Also: Andrew’s take on funding and sustaining open source efforts.

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Featuring:

• Andrew Godwin – Website, GitHub, X
• Adam Stacoviak – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X
• Jerod Santo – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X

Show Notes:

• This episode started on Ping
• Django creators: Jacob Kaplan-Moss, Simon Willison
• Python love: The Zen of Python
• Python love: Great Docs – Requests as example
• Jerod suggests RFC #5: Read/Write the Docs with Eric Holscher
• Virtues: The Django admin site
• Virtues: GeoDjango
• Wikipedia has a list of well-known sites using Django
• Andrew’s baby: Django Channels
• Getting started with Django
• Django South - consistent, easy-to-use and database-agnostic migrations for Django applications.
• If sustainability is interesting to you, check out Request for Commits

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