Django 1.3 Alpha 1 - Now available

Posted by Matt on Nov. 13, 2010 at 15:05

A couple of days ago, first release of Django 1.3 was made available. There are a number of new features available and a few set to be removed or replaced. The final release Django 1.3 is looking for a release mid to end January 2011.

Release notes are available here

New features;

  • Class-based views
  • unittest2 support
  • Configurable delete-cascade
  • Contextual markers in translatable strings

Improved/Changed;

  • Logging
  • Extended static files handling
  • PasswordInput default rendering behavior
  • Clearable default widget for FileField
  • New index on database session table
  • No more naughty words

Being deprecated is the support of apache's mod_python. This will be completely removed at Django 1.5. I personally made the switch away from mod_python before I had even finished my first Django project. I have been using either mod_wsgi or fastcgi depending on the server & environment I am deploying to. This may change in future as support for other web servers grows - or doesn't.

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