Confreaks Courses

A Guided Tour Through Postgres Internals

Explore PostgreSQL internals to enhance your Django app performance with essential commands and queries. Suitable for all skill levels, this guided tour provides insights for better database understanding.

• YouTube
• 21 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Django User Model: Past, Present, and Future - DjangoCon US 2024

Explore the evolution of Django's 20-year-old User model with Will Vincent, examining its history, current best practices, and future improvements to support modern authentication patterns.

• YouTube
• 27 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Lightning Talks - Wednesday

Experience a series of rapid-fire presentations on Django topics in this lightning talk session hosted by Andrew Mshar at DjangoCon US 2024.

• YouTube
• 47 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

WebRTC with Django, Channels, HTMX, and coturn - DjangoCon US 2024

Explore how to implement audio/video conferencing in Django using WebRTC, Channels for signaling, HTMX for content management, and coturn for NAT traversal in this practical implementation guide.

• YouTube
• 41 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

One Thousand and One Django Sites - Strategies and Challenges in Hosting

Discover strategies and challenges in hosting over 1,000 Django/Wagtail sites, including technical architecture, business aspects, customer support, and security measures against spammers and attacks.

• YouTube
• 26 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Passkeys: Your Password-Free Future - DjangoCon US 2024

Explore the evolution of web authentication from passwords to passkeys, and learn how to implement this password-free technology in Django applications for improved security and user experience.

• YouTube
• 43 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Django Ledger - Uniting Developers and Accountants for Innovation

Discover how Django Ledger bridges the gap between developers and accountants, offering double-entry accounting capabilities that provide comprehensive financial insights and enable innovation through transaction blueprints.

• YouTube
• 27 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

An Opinionated Guide to Modern Django Forms - DjangoCon US 2024

Discover how to leverage Django's improved form capabilities for dynamic, interactive web applications without heavy JavaScript frameworks, using HTMX, Alpine.js, and modern CSS techniques.

• YouTube
• 38 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Path Converters in Django: Optimizing URL Patterns and Avoiding Overlaps

Explore Django path converters beyond basics: custom converters, lazy model objects, and solving pattern overlap issues to optimize database queries and prevent debugging headaches.

• YouTube
• 31 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Personal Finance Planning for Tech Professionals

Gain insights into personal finance management for tech professionals, covering budgeting, savings strategies, employer contributions, and index fund evaluation to make sound financial decisions with your tech salary.

• YouTube
• 24 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Finding 2.0 - Reimagining Personal Wellbeing for Software Developers

Explore the parallels between software versioning and personal development, with insights on overcoming professional health risks and designing your life's "version 2.0" for greater wellbeing and fulfillment.

• YouTube
• 45 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Django + Alpine.js + htmx Ups & Downs

Explore the practical experiences of combining Django with Alpine.js and htmx, examining both successful implementations and potential pitfalls to consider when building modern web applications without heavyweight frontend frameworks.

• YouTube
• 46 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

How to Design and Implement Extensible Software with Plugins - DjangoCon US 2024

Discover how to design and implement extensible software with plugins, focusing on Pluggy, entrypoints, effective hook design, and documentation for plugin authors.

• YouTube
• 44 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

If We Had $1,000,000: What Could The DSF Do With 4x Its Budget?

Explore the Django Software Foundation's current budget, potential growth opportunities with a hypothetical $1 million budget, and strategies to increase funding for greater community impact.

• YouTube
• 27 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

A Brief History of Django

Discover the untold stories of Django's early days, including how it was open-sourced, the choice of BSD license, and the impact of The World Company on its design decisions.

• YouTube
• 22 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video