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breakpoint(): A Simple Way to Debug Your Python Code

Roxanna Coldiron Feb. 11, 2022

Imagine a typical work day as a developer. You write a function that's supposed to do something but either nothing happens or the wrong thing happens. Or, you are updating functions and BOOM! Nothing works like you expected. What can you do now? DEBUGGING! Figuring out why code is not working or…

Adding Placeholder Text to Wagtail Forms

Jeremy Childers Feb. 11, 2022

Wagtail forms let the editor customize field types and titles, but not placeholder text. While you could write a custom template and hard-code the placeholder text, this quickly becomes a burden whenever the forms need changed. Here’s how to extend the Wagtail form field to enable editors to custo…

2022 will be an Exciting Year for Wagtail

Vince Salvino Feb. 1, 2022

Since being released 7 years ago, Wagtail is all grown up and has matured quite well. But this year, there is a swelling of energy and initiatives surrounding Wagtail that will eclipse anything we have seen to date. Here's an outlook of what's coming to Wagtail in 2022, and why it has me excited…

Golang for Python Devs

Vince Salvino Feb. 25, 2021

After doing Python for the past 10 years, Go seemed totally foreign. But a few days and a few hundred online searches later, I had finally cobbled together my first “real” Go program. The one thing I wish I had was a 1:1 guide mapping Python language concepts to Go... and not just the equivalent s…

How To Alternate Blocks in Your Django & Wagtail Templates

Roxanna Coldiron Feb. 19, 2021

When we get a website design from a designer, we have to figure out how to implement that design in the code. Sometimes this means that we need to create custom page models or custom page templates to bring the design to life for a site. One of the pages that the client wanted would need to pull i…

Join us for Hacktoberfest 2020

Make your first open source contribution

Roxanna Coldiron Oct. 6, 2020

CodeRed is participating in Hacktoberfest! If you are a new web developer and want to participate in the Hacktoberfest challenge from Digital Ocean , we have several issues that are beginner-friendly! CodeRed Issues Open For Hacktoberfest We have hand-picked some beginner-friendly issues for …

How to Dump Your Django Database and Load It into a New Project

Roxanna Coldiron Oct. 2, 2020

Sometimes you just need to transfer your Django project database into a fresh environment with a new database. This could be the case if you are changing from one type of database to another, or if you want to share an entire copy of a project with someone else. You may not want to have to add in …

Spell Check Django Templates, HTML, Markdown, and RST Files in VS Code

Vince Salvino June 2, 2020

Spelling is important, and something that most developers are less than perfect at (myself included). In the age of spellcheck and autocorrect, it's inexcusable to have spelling or typographical errors in Markdown, RST, or HTML - yet none of the popular editors can intelligently spell-checking tho…

Building a Python Agent with CLI and Web API

Vince Salvino Jan. 2, 2020

Did you ever wish to have a little python program running on your server to help automate tasks? While a lot can be done with cron jobs, bash scripts, and SSH-based tools such as ansible — sometimes having your own program waiting and ready to do your bidding is exactly what you need. In this ar…

Beta Testers Wanted!

Introducing our Django & Wagtail hosting platform: CodeRed.cloud

Vince Salvino Dec. 19, 2019

Go to any Django or Wagtail support forum and you’ll probably find one question coming up over and over again: “How the heck do I deploy this thing?” OR “Help! I deployed it and now have 100 yaks to shave!” Python is not exactly the easiest thing to deploy to a web server, compared to say PHP wh…