MelbDjango Hackfest – 24th July 2014

24th July 2014 MelbDjango Hackfest held at Common Code and hosted by Curtis Maloney for the MelbDjango Meetup group.

Mostly being newbies and with some people interested in testing, Curtis started off showcasing his new Django Classy Settings before covering some topics on testing and other miscellany

TAkeaways / Links from the night

• Django Docs: read them as they are up to date and are not an afterthought unlike other projects
• Django Configurations: eases Django project configuration by relying on the composability of Python classes
• Django Classy Settings: Minimalist approach to class-based settings for Django
• The Twelve-Factor App: a methodology for building software-as-a-service apps
• Behave: python package for Behavior-driven development
• Oscar: open source e-commerce framework fro Django
• Descriptor
• Factory Boy: creating test fixtures so tests have valid data (Github)
• Advanced Testing Topics (Django docs)
• django IRC channel (web access): get help from experts
• ODROID: mini computers capable of running Linux or Android. Curtis is using one as a main working computer for a week now