SendGrid Inbound - Building SaaS with Python and Django #170

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In this episode, we worked on the inbound hook to receive email responses from SendGrid using the service’s Inbound Parse feature. We worked through the configuration and addressed the security concerns with opening up a public webhook.

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Deploy to Heroku - Building SaaS with Python and Django #171

In this episode, we did the work to deploy the site to Heroku to make the site live. We configured the production site, fixed some missing settings, and connected to the relevant DNS …

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SendGrid Outbound - Building SaaS with Python and Django #169

In this episode, we took another step closer to deploying the service online. The primary goal was to make sure that email sending works. I spent a lot of time explaining email configuration …

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