Caktus Blog
Web development blog with how-to's on UX, quality assurance, project management, and more.
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Announcing Django Girls RDU: Free Coding Workshop for Women
We’re incredibly excited to announce the launch of Django Girls RDU, a group in NC’s Triangle region that hosts free one-day Django coding workshops for women. Django Girls is ... Read more
August 5, 2015 -
Using Unsaved Related Models for Sample Data in Django 1.8
Note: In between the time I originally wrote this post and it getting published, a ticket and pull request were opened in Django to remove allow_unsaved_instance_assignment and... Read more
July 28, 2015 -
PyCon 2015 Workshop Video: Building SMS Applications with Django
As proud sponsors of PyCon, we hosted a one and a half hour free workshop. We see the workshops as a wonderful opportunity to share some practical, hands-on experience in our ar... Read more
July 24, 2015 -
Reviews of two recent Django Books
Introduction When I started building sites in Django, I learned the basics from the excellent Django tutorial. But I had to learn by trial and error which approaches to using Dj... Read more
July 23, 2015 -
Q3 2015 ShipIt Day ReCap
Last Friday marked another ShipIt Day at Caktus, a chance for our employees to set aside client work for experimentation and personal development. It’s always a wonderful chance... Read more
July 14, 2015 -
LAN Party at Caktus
This past weekend, our wonderful Technology Support Specialist Scott Morningstar hosted a Local Area Network (LAN) party at Caktus HQ. Held twice a year since 2008, the event al... Read more
July 1, 2015
