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Talks

See what our team is saying about Django, Python, design, client projects, and social impact technology.

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Developer Fitness

Mark Lavin

Python Nordeste 2016 Keynote

Python Nordeste

From Intern to Professional Developer: Advice on a Mid-Career Pivot

Rebecca Conley

Not everyone who becomes a developer started out their career that way. Encouraging people to transition into web development from other fields benefits both those individuals and the Django community as a whole by increasing visible diversity and diversity of perspective.

DjangoCon Europe

Case Study from North Carolina: Identifying Racial Bias in Policing Practices

Colin Copeland & Ian Mance - SCSJ

NC developers and civil rights advocates used demographic data from traffic stops to create a digital tool for identifying race-based policing practices. Learn more about how they are using it to challenge court procedure.

Code for America Summit 2015

Intro to Client-Side Testing

Mark Lavin

You've just built a REST API and client-side application to consume it. Now how do you test it? This talk looks at some of the tools available to test this style of application.

DjangoCon 2015

Django Authors Panel

Mark Lavin

An authors panel featuring Mark Lavin, Andrew Pinkham, Buddy Lindsey, Peter Baumgartner, Rikki Endsley and Tracy Osborn

DjangoCon 2015

Building SMS Applications with Django

David Ray & Caleb Smith & Mark Lavin

Learn the basics of SMS application development using Django and Django-based RapidSMS.

PyCon US 2015

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Books

Our team’s published books give you a detailed look into building thoughtful web applications with high code quality.

Lightweight Django

Mark Lavin & Julia Elman

A guide for intermediate Django users to hone their skills.

Purchase from O'Reilly Media

Django 1.1 Testing and Debugging

A Django classic text on debugging that still holds true today.

Purchase from Packt Publishing