Challenges in Developing a Large Django Site

Explore the intricacies of developing a large-scale Django application in this 52-minute EuroPython 2011 conference talk by Simon Willison. Delve into various tricks and challenges encountered during the development process, including signing techniques and their implementation in Django 1.4. Learn about bulk invalidation strategies and the effective use of Redis sets. Discover the benefits of these approaches and how to handle API interactions, including safe URL consumption and managing connection timeouts. Gain insights into debugging techniques that excel in development environments. Examine proposed Django improvements and understand the importance of implementing a read-only mode. Finally, grasp the pitfalls of global settings and why they should be avoided in large Django projects.

Tricks & challenges developing a large Django application
Signing uses
Signing in Django 1.4
Bulk Invalidation
Our redis sets...
Benefits
Talking to an API?
Safe URL consumption Connection timeouts
Debugging in development rocks!
Django Improvements
Read-only mode
Global settings are BAD