Tech Insights

<p>Wow! Just discovered the - still experimental - CSS variables: </p>

<p>Let’s Define Exactly What Atomic CSS is </p>

<p>Good talk about how to write a view in Django: </p>

<p>Django search language to use on search fields: </p>

<p>this article explains how to write a decorator that accepts and optional argument </p>

<p>Programming learning paths </p>

<p><code>user-select</code> CSS property helps to achieve an easier/cleaner copy-paste experience. </p>

<p>Don't know how to use decorators? Here is a quick guide: </p>

<p>Need to use <code>tox</code> while using <code>pyenv</code>? Don't forget to use the packages <code>tox-pyenv</code> for <code>pyenv</code> support and <code>pyenv-implicit</code> to make it find the correct python executable.</p>

<p>ES6 is awesome, everyone should be using it more. Here is a nice cheat sheet: </p>

<p>How to turn Django Admin into a lightweight dashboard: </p>

<p>To use querystring in urls when using <code>response</code> library for tests, remember to set <code>match_querystring=True</code> in your <code>add</code> method</p>

<p>To add a “human touch” to data use: #module-django.contrib.humanize</p>

<p><code>pyenv</code> for multiple Python installations on OS X. </p> <pre><code>$ brew update $ brew install pyenv $ pyenv install 3.5.0 $ pyenv install 3.4.3 $ pyenv install 3.3.6 $ pyenv install 3.2.6 $ pyenv install 2.7.10 $ pyenv install 2.6.9 $ pyenv versions * system (set by /Users/bouke/.pyenv/version) 2.6.9 2.7.10 3.2.6 3.3.6 3.4.3 3.5.0 </code></pre> <p>Then, when you need a certain version:</p> <pre><code>pyenv local 3.5.0 </code></pre> <p>This will create a file <code>.python-version</code>, so pyenv will remember the Python version for this directory.</p>

<p>If you are testing sending emails in your project and are using mock, use <code>call_args_list</code> method to see a list of all the calls made to the mock object in sequence: #unittest.mock.Mock.call_args_list</p>

<p>Whenever you need to search deep into dictionaries, a good tool for that is </p>

<p>Visual explanation why refactoring should be part of new features, not backlog: </p>

<p>A Few Django ORM Mistakes </p>

<p>Use <code>pip list --not-required</code> to see your main packages without dependencies.</p>

<p>React patterns, techniques, tips and tricks </p>

<p>Applications age like fish, data ages like wine: </p>

<p>django-lazysignup allows users to interact with a site as if they were authenticated users, but without signing up: Useful to increase conversion.</p>

<p>Avoid Django's GenericForeignKey: </p>

<p>Django has Conditional View Processing tools for conditional requests (ETag If-match, If-modified-since): </p>