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 – Twitter, GitHub, Website
Adam Stacoviak – Mastodon, Twitter, GitHub, LinkedIn, Website
Jerod Santo – Mastodon, Twitter, GitHub, LinkedIn

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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