I’m Matt Layman. I want to help you learn more about Django and Python. Django Riffs Learn Django on the go! Understand Django My mega article series to help you learn Django Building SaaS on YouTube Chat live on Wednesdays @ 9pm ET Videos on YouTube All sorts of Python and Django content for viewing #Python #learn #example #booleans #Exercism Learn Python By Example - Ghost Gobble Arcade Game Learn Python By Example shows a simple Python exercise from Exercism. This problem illustrates booleans in Python. #Python #Django #SaaS #Blackjack #Exercism #comparisons #strings Blackjack and Bugs - Building SaaS with Python and Django #151 In this episode, we started with a Python exercise on Exercism that explored Blackjack. We wrote functions that handled some of Blackjack’s core rules. After the Python exercise, we … I make a lot of Django content for the community. Please support me on Patreon! #Python #learn #numbers #operators #Exercism Learn Python By Example - Currency Exchange Learn Python By Example shows a simple Python exercise from Exercism. This problem illustrates numbers in Python and how to use the built-in math operators. Since this is the first video in … #Python #Django #SaaS #Exercism #runserver Development Cached Templates - Building SaaS with Python and Django #150 In this episode, I ran through a Python exercise on Exercism that focused on strings. Then we moved onto the homeschool app and fixed an issue with templates that were cached during … #Python #Django #SaaS #PDFs #CSS Exercism and PDF Page Numbering - Building SaaS with Python and Django #149 In this episode, we started to work on Python learning problems on Exercism. Then I added page numbers to PDFs on my homeschool app. Want to chat about Python, Django, or building on the web? Join the Building SaaS Discord and say “Hello!” #Python #Django #SaaS #Sentry How To Add Sentry - Building SaaS with Python and Django #148 In this episode, I switched my error management system from Rollbar to Sentry and walked through some of Sentry’s features. #Django #Python #SaaS #Heroku #htmx Heroku Stack Upgrade - Building SaaS with Python and Django #147 In this episode, I did some upgrades. We upgraded the app to the latest Heroku stack, upgraded htmx to the latest version, then worked on a small feature to add an empty state to a page when … #Python #Django #files Episode 17 - Accepting Files Maybe your app needs to handle files from users like profile pictures. Accepting files from others is tricky to do safely. On this episode, we’ll see the tools that Django provides to … #Django #Python #JavaScript #FormData #SaaS JavaScript FormData - Building SaaS with Python and Django #146 In this episode, we finished off one of the dynamic features of my homeschool app that required working with some JavaScript. I showed off what I learned about some of my mistakes from the … #Django #Python #SaaS Customer Features - Building SaaS with Python and Django #145 In this episode, we picked up some customer features to improve the app. I knocked out the first feature pretty quickly. The second feature involved working with FormData in the DOM, which … #Python #Django #SaaS Delete Task UX - Building SaaS with Python and Django #144 In this episode, I worked on an issue to improve the user experience when deleting a task. The previous version forgot the user’s position in a task delete, and we updated the view so … #Python #Django #SaaS flake8-bugbear - Building SaaS with Python and Django #143 In this episode, I updated my app to use flake8-bugbear. I fixed the issues that popped up and talked about strategies to manage adding new tools. #Django #Python #SaaS Finish Teacher Checklist - Building SaaS with Python and Django #142 In this episode, we finished off the teacher checklist feature in the homeschool app. I tied together all the loose ends, checked the feature end to end, and wrote the unit tests to complete … #Django #Python #SaaS Teacher Checklist Editing - Building SaaS with Python and Django #141 In this episode, I returned to the teacher checklist feature and started work on the edit page that will allow users to customize what they see on the checklist. #brain dump #identity Distributed System IDs Somtimes it feels like everything is harder with a distributed system. This article looks at identifiers and how even your IDs might need some special design consideration for a distributed … #brain dump #development Brute Force Development Some tasks are laborious. With this article, I describe my attitude that I will apply on occasion to handle these tasks. #brain dump #systems Huge Software Systems How can you work with a huge software system? Wrangling a large software systems carries significant challenges. This article looks at some of the areas to consider. #brain dump #documentation Finding Your Audience for Technical Docs Picking the right audience for technical documentation requires you to think through what you want to communicate. This brain dump includes how I think about audiences. Page 1 of 12 Previous Articles →
