Custom template tags in Django
Learn how you can extend the Django template engine by defining custom template tags using Python, and then make them available to your templates using the {% load %} tag.
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Creating and updating records using Django’s database API.
This article covers 6 common methods found in the Django Database API for creating, retrieving, and updating records.
Django static page
In this article you’ll learn how to create a Django website with a static page using Function Based Views and Class Based Views.
ZimboPy August 2018 Mentorship Week
ZimboPy Mentorship Week ZimboPy is an organisation made up of Python Developers in Harare, Zimbabwe that empowers Zimbabwean women and advances the cause of women in tech. They introduce women to programming through partnerships and mentorship programmes meant to equip them with skills modern developers should have. On August 13 – 14, ZimboPy held one …
Django Indaba — Event debrief
On Saturday, June 30 2018 I attended Zimbabwe’s first Django Indaba. “Indaba” is a Nguni word which means “discussion”, “conference” or “matter” depending on the context. The Django Indaba is a community event for sharing information about web development in Python and open source technologies in general. The organisers of Django Indaba want to make …
PyCon Zimbabwe 2017
PyCon Zim 2017 I had the priviledge of attending PyCon Zimbabwe two weeks ago. This was my very first language conference. PyCon is a conference for the Python programming community. In Zimbabwe, it was held from the 23rd to the 26th of August 2017. This year’s PyCon was the second one in Zimbabwe and its …