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<p>django-sudo is an app to force users re-insert their passwords before doing dangerous actions: </p>

<p>readthedocs.org code is written in Django and it's open-source: </p>

<p>Useful library for serving files with Django: </p>

<p>Pretty and useful exceptions in Python, automatically: </p>

<p>Add recurring dates in your project with django-recurrence: </p>

<p>On Django, be careful when doing consecutive <code>queryset.update()</code>s. Each one executes a new <code>UPDATE ... WHERE</code> SQL query. There are cases where the second update might not change anything because the first one changed the rows already. Always check the original <code>queryset</code> filters/excludes to see if they are affected by the updates.</p>

<p>Async calls, like requests, should be triggered from <code>componentDidMount</code> instead of <code>componentWillMount</code> </p>

<p>Getting to know CSS Grid Layout! #.6hu4c9tvt</p>

<p>Using django.js? Be careful with <code>JS_CACHE_DURATION</code> setting! It defaults to 24 hours. This means your updates on URLs will be delayed on 1 day to the frontend! We recommend setting <code>JS_CACHE_DURATION</code> to <code>0</code>. Even better, use instead.</p>

<p>Should I use Grid or Flexbox? </p>

<p>How broken practices become standard </p>

<p>Cool example project on how to use and test react-form components </p>

<p>CSS Grid landed in the latest versions of Firefox and Chrome without a feature flag! </p>

<p>Avoid unsemantic HTML! Linting HTML using CSS: </p>

<p>Interesting React playbook </p>

<p>Use drf-url-filters to apply filters on DRF querysets using query params: </p>

<p>Easy webhooks for Django with django-rest-hooks: </p>

<p>diff versions of a model with django-reversion-compare: </p>

<p>You might not need jQuery </p>

<p>"Open your git repo from the command line "</p>

<p>django-role-permissions now supports multiple role assignment! </p>

<p>Safely create links from user inputted text with Bleach library: </p>

<p>"Functional setState is the future of React" #.n75p4uwjk</p>

<p>With Python <code>logging</code>, use <code>exc_info=True</code> as an argument to log current exception: </p>