Django Chat The Future of Django - Emma Delescolle
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Feb 5, 2025 The discussion kicks off with the recent elections for the Django Steering Council, emphasizing personal motivations for leadership. There's a surge of energy within the community, urging innovative change while balancing tradition. The creation of a DRF Schema Adapter is explored, aiming to enhance integration with Ember frontends. Historical practices in Django's evolution are highlighted, stressing the importance of retaining context. Lastly, the need for a streamlined proposal process is advocated to boost community participation and collaboration.
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Invoicing System and drf-schema-adapter
- Emma Delescolle built an invoicing system using Django and Ember.
- She found writing serializers, view sets, and frontend models repetitive, leading to the drf-schema-adapter.
Learning from Ember
- Emma Delescolle suggests learning from the Ember community's practices.
- Consider their RFC process and how they handle new features and changes.
Ember's RFC Process
- The Ember community uses an RFC process for all feature requests and changes, big or small.
- This process happens entirely on GitHub, providing easy referencing, history, and duplicate identification.