Django Chat Wagtail CMS - Tom Dyson
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Apr 24, 2019 Tom Dyson, an expert in Wagtail CMS and a member of the Wagtail Core Team, discusses the creation and popularity of Wagtail, the significance of Wagtail CMS in image handling and design, enhancing the editor experience with image recognition and third-party plugins, challenges of discoverability and maintaining curated repositories in the Django ecosystem, and the challenges and future of Wagtail CMS.
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Torchbox's Django Heritage
- Tom Dyson shared Torchbox's early involvement with Django and the origins of Wagtail.
- Early contributions came from hired talents like Andrew Godwin, creator of Django migrations.
Wagtail's Origin Story
- Wagtail started from a client's need when no CMS fit their requirements well.
- Torchbox used lessons from Drupal and Django to build and open source Wagtail in 2014.
Wagtail's Growing Popularity
- Wagtail quickly gained popularity, now one of the biggest Django projects on GitHub.
- It has strong adoption in significant organizations like NHS and NASA, validating its robustness.