First Django Beta Paves The Way for 1.0
Django, the Python web development framework, has released the first beta for its long-awaited 1.0 release. If you’ve been tracking Django through the alpha release stage there aren’t any significant new features in beta 1, but the project is looking good for the official release in September.
The first beta may not offer too many new features, but it does have some important (and backwards-incompatible) changes from the last alpha. For instance, much of the older constructs have been removed rather than simply deprecated. For example the newforms libarary is now simply forms.
If you’re thinking of upgrading, be sure to visit the Django wiki for a full list of backwards-incompatible changes.
In other Django news the final installment in our Django tutorial series is up on the wiki. Build a Microblog with Django will walk you through the process of building your own tumblelog application — including how to use the recently refactored signals framework.
The Webmonkey crew will be attending DjangoCon next month so if you’re among the lucky few that managed to score tickets, be sure to come over and say hello. And if you can’t make it to the conference tune in here for full coverage.
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