Django-minipub

A Django app - that was going to be a blog, but ended up being something totally different…

About me

• Django dev since 2007

• Worked in London until 2015; I now live in Bordeaux, but still work (remotely) for UK clients.

• Maintainer of django-photologue.

• Django-minipub is the first app that I’ve created and published.

Hey, I’m doing the same thing over and over!

Option 1: look for an existing app that fulfils (partially or entirely) my requirements

9 times out 10 it’s THE CORRECT OPTION

So, what do I do?

Option 1: look for an existing app that fulfils (partially or entirely) my requirements

9 times out 10 it’s THE CORRECT OPTION

So, what do I do?

Option 1: look for an existing app that fulfils (partially or entirely) my requirements

9 times out 10 it’s THE CORRECT OPTION

So, what do I do?

Option 1: look for an existing app that fulfils (partially or entirely) my requirements

9 times out 10 it’s THE CORRECT OPTIONOption 2: write my own blog app

But are you really sure that you cannot use an existing app?

So, what do I do?

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• “SEO” fields

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• Slug

• Content

• Publication start date

• Publication end date

• Publication status (draft, published, …)

• “SEO” fields

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• Comments

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• Content

• Publication start date

• Publication end date

• Publication status (draft, published, …)

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Minipub: the final result…

In summary• I wanted to created a fully-featured “app” with

lots of options - I actually created an app with a narrow focus.

• But this app can be used in lots of different scenarios.

In summary• I wanted to created a fully-featured “app” with

lots of options - I actually created an app with a narrow focus.

• But this app can be used in lots of different scenarios.

“This is the Unix philosophy: Write programs that do one thing and do it

well.”

• https://github.com/richardbarran/django-minipub

• http://arbee.design/

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