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DjangoCon US 2023: Django’s accessibility track record

2023-10-18

Ever wonder how accessible Django is? I reviewed Django’s accessibility track record this year, and presented the results at DjangoCon US 2023.

Torchbox 2023 Tech Day: Future CSS Today ⚡

2023-10-18

Talk at the Torchbox 2023 Tech Day, on modern CSS techniques we could use today.

Collaborating with other maintainers at the GSoC Mentor Summit

2023-10-16

We learned a lot from other communities at the 2023 Google Summer of Code Mentor Summit

Wagtail’s Outreachy projects in 2023

2023-10-11

Wagtail is joining Outreachy’s open source internships program with a focus on accessibility.

Green Software for Practitioners course notes

2023-10-11

A few days ago I took the Green Software for Practitioners course. It was great. Here are my highlights from the course material.

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Recent Posts

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Projects

  • django – ⭐️ 80k

    The Web framework for perfectionists with deadlines.

  • wagtail – 19k

    A Django content management system focused on flexibility and user experience

  • draftail – 0.6k

    📝🍸 A configurable rich text editor built with Draft.js

  • dsf-annual-report

    2024 Annual Impact Report

  • wagtail-bakerydemo-archive – 3

    Static snapshots of Wagtail’s bakerydemo across past versions of the CMS.

  • wagtail-tooling-artifacts

  • wagtail-tutorial-site

  • bakerydemo-editor-guide – 1

    A copy of Wagtail’s official bakerydemo demo site, meant to match our editor guide.

  • django_admin_tests – 8

    Automated accessibility tests for Django, based on Pa11y & Lighthouse

  • bakerydemo-ai

  • readability-group-survey – 4

    Not my work – Results from The Readability Group’s survey, as presented at Axe Con 2021

  • timeline-of-django

    Data-driven review of Django’s past, present and future.

  • vector-pony – 1

    Public domain vector art of the Django pony

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