PyCon UK 2015
Once again we were very happy to be present at this year's PyCon UK in Coventry, represented by Iacopo Spalletti and Andrea Stagi from Nephila and Daniele Procida from Divio.
This was the largest-ever PyCon UK, with more than 450 people in attendance, including Python professionals, students, academics, scientists an school teachers and children.
Our booth was well-equipped with a large supply of fresh Welsh cakes and Python-powered robotics hardware, so we had a constant stream of visitors eager to talk about django CMS, or if not, to help themselves to a snack or play with a robot.
Django was well-represented in the talks programme, most notably with a contribution from Iacopo Spalletti on his django CMS Helper, a toolbox for django CMS developers that attracted a lot of attention.
PyCon UK 2015 was dedicated to the memory of John Pinner, its former chairman and founder and a warm friend to many in the Python community, who very sadly died earlier this year.
Next year's PyCon UK will be held in Cardiff, Wales - see you there.
Daniele Procida
Release
django CMS 5.1 is here: easier setup, flexible deployments, and a fresh editing experience
This release reduces friction across the whole project lifecycle: creating a new project, adding django CMS to an existing Django application, configuring larger deployments, controlling which plugins editors can use, and working with the CMS every day.
Release
django CMS 5.0.9 released: security, accessibility, and stability improvements
This release addresses three medium-severity security vulnerabilities and includes improvements to accessibility, Django compatibility, permissions, Content Security Policy support, and general editor stability.
Case Studies
How we built our professional services digital platform using django CMS
Compound Partners is a UK digital consultancy specialising in audience-centric user experience and content architecture for professional services firms. Fifteen years ago, a developer's recommendation pointed us at django CMS. Today, our entire business is built on it.