#414 Because we are not monsters
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Topics covered in this episode:

- **[New project to shorten django-admin to django because we are not monsters](https://micro.webology.dev/2024/12/14/new-project-to.html?featured_on=pythonbytes))**

• django-unicorn): The magical reactive component framework for Django

• Testing some tidbits)

• The State of Python 2024 article)

• Extras

• Joke

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Brian #1: New project to shorten django-admin to django because we are not monsters)

• Jeff Tripplet has created django-cli-no-admin) to shorten django-admin to just django.

• “One of the biggest mysteries in Django is why I have to run django-admin from my terminal instead of just running django. Confusingly, django-admin has nothing to do with Django’s admin app.”

• Instead of typing things like: django-admin startproject mysite projectname

• We can type the shorter: django startproject mysite projectname

• I love this kind of developer speedup / comfort improvements

• And yes, Jeff wants Django to eventually include this as the default way to run the command line utilities.

Michael #2: django-unicorn): The magical reactive component framework for Django

• Add modern site functionality: Quickly add in simple interactions to regular Django templates without learning a new templating language.

• Skip the JavaScript build tools

• No API required: Skip creating a bunch of serializers and just use Django.

Brian #3: Testing some tidbits)

• Ned Batchelder

• Different ways to test to see if a string has only 0 or 1 in it.

• And also, a way to check all the different ways to make sure they work.

• Fun post, and I learned about

• cleandoc - a way to strip leading blank space and maintain code block indentation

• I usually use textwrap.dedent()

• partition - splitting strings based on a substring

• Using | to pass imports to eval() - I don't use eval much.

• However, no pytest!

• Here’s a way to check all this with pytest:

• Testing some tidbits with pytest)

Michael #4: The State of Python 2024 article)

• Python usage with other languages drops as general adoption grows

• 41% of Python developers have under 2 years of experience

• Python learning expands through diverse channels

• The Python 2 vs. 3 divide is in the distant past

• Flask, Django, and FastAPI remain top Python web frameworks

• Most Python web apps run on hyperscale clouds

• Containers over VMs over hardware

• uv takes Python packaging by storm

Extras

Brian:

• More Django: Dracula Theme for Django Admin)

Michael:

• Zen Browser update)

• Office refresh)

• Transcripts) (in some players)

Joke:

• Volkswagen, passing all the tests )