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What Do Recruiters and Employers Look for in Junior Web Developers?
Hi everyone,
I’m a junior web developer, and I’ve been actively applying for jobs lately. I’m curious—what do recruiters and employers typically look for when hiring junior web devs? Are there specific skills, experiences, or qualities that stand out?
I’ve primarily been applying for remote positions outside my current country of residence, the Philippines. Could this impact the hiring process? I assume it varies by country, as hiring a foreign employee often involves additional scrutiny.
Here are the links to my resume and portfolio as reference:
[Resume link](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PCKXsHPvmur7mJHSiufv_Gid5Axo4LAi/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=112487098966462460918&rtpof=true&sd=true)
Portfolio link
If you’re a recruiter, employer, or someone who’s landed a junior dev position, I’d love to hear your insights and advice.
Thanks in advance!
/r/django
https://redd.it/1hoq5fa
I Made a Drop-In Wrapper For `argparse` That Automatically Creates a GUI Interface
## What My Project Does
Since I end up using Python 3's built-in `argparse` a lot in my projects and have received many requests from downstream users for GUI interfaces, I created a package that wraps an existing `Parser` and generates a terminal-based GUI for it.
If you include the `--gui` flag (by default), it opens an interface using [Textual](https://github.com/Textualize/textual) which includes mouse support (in all the terminals I've tested).
The best part is that you can still use the regular command line interface as usual if you'd prefer.
Using the large demo parser I typically use for testing, it looks like this:
https://github.com/Sorcerio/Argparse-Interface/blob/master/assets/ArgUIDemo_small.gif?raw=true
Currently, ArgUI supports:
- Text input (`str`, `int`, `float`).
- `nargs` arguments with styled list inputs.
- Booleans (with switches).
- Groups (exclusive and named).
- Subparsers.
Which, as far as I can tell, encompases the full suite of base-level `argparse` inputs.
## Target Audience
This project is designed for anyone who uses Python's `argparse` in their command-line applications and would like a more user-friendly terminal interface with mouse support.
It is good for developers who want to add a GUI to their existing CLI tools without losing the flexibility and power of the command line.
Right now, I would suggest using it for non-enterprise development until I can test the code
/r/Python
https://redd.it/1hojk2a
How to learn more django?
I just started by backend learning journey with django. I did a project which is basically a basic blog application. But I am not able to learn any further. I don't know how to continue learning and building more projects using django.
I check for project tutorials on YouTube but many from the discord community recommend me not to learn from them as they may contain bad practices.
I don't know how to proceed. Please guide me
/r/djangolearning
https://redd.it/1ho6gsl
Is SQLite enough for this"small" app and what kind of security measures must I consider?
I'm developing an application for a hospital I work for, a website for medical residents to register so that the teaching department has better control and access to their data. It's fairly simple, very lean, and the population of residents is about 1000 with around 85 speciality courses.
Users will be able to register and set their data and there's 4 roles, student, profesor, division chief and teaching staff, with increased permissions.
I expect users creating accounts only on the first month of their program, all of which start at the same time of the year.
Data edits would be rare I think.
And the app won't store images or any other kind of file from users.
The questions are:
1) is SQLite with WAL enabled going to be enough to handle the app? I'm not an experienced dev (in web, I actually work on research), and I don't want to have to set up and maintain a server DBMS like MySQL.
2) What kind of security details must I work on beyond what Django does out of the box? I'm using the default auth system. I'm even using the default user and expanding it with a 1to1 rel model.
/r/django
https://redd.it/1ho7uy6
How do i set up a SSL certificate on flask app with mod_wsgi inside a docker containter
I signed up on cloudflare and got a free SSL certificate and i have a .pem file and a .key file and here is the dockerfile i used for my image
# Start with a base Python image
FROM python:3.11
# Install necessary system packages
RUN apt-get update && \
apt-get install -y \
apache2 \
apache2-dev \
libapache2-mod-wsgi-py3 \
locales \
&& rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
# Generate locale and set locale environment variables
RUN echo "en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8" > /etc/locale.gen && \
locale-gen && \
update-locale LANG=en_US.UTF-8
# Create a non-root user and group
RUN groupadd -r mostafa && useradd -r -g mostafa mostafa
# Create a directory for your application
RUN mkdir /application
/r/flask
https://redd.it/1hnrmwm
Euchre Simulation and Winning Chances
I tried posting this to r/euchre but it got removed immediately.
I’ve been working on a project that calculates the odds of winning a round of Euchre based on the hand you’re dealt. For example, I used the program to calculate this scenario:
If you in the first seat to the left of the dealer, a hand with the right and left bower, along with the three non-trump 9s wins results in a win 61% of the time. (Based on 1000 simulations)
For the euchre players here:
Would knowing the winning chances for specific hands change how you approach the game?
Could this kind of information improve strategy, or would it take away from the fun of figuring it out on the fly?
What other scenarios or patterns would you find valuable to analyze?
I’m excited about the potential applications of this, but I’d love to hear from any Euchre players. Do you think this kind of data would add to the game, or do you prefer to rely purely on instinct and experience? Here is the github link:
https://github.com/jamesterrell/Euchre_Calculator
/r/Python
https://redd.it/1hnof8x
How to read the documentation
Hello everyone I'm starting an important project for my school and I needed to use Django in order to achieve more points in the "backend development" part and I wanted to ask something really important from you guys:
How should I read the documentation?
Let me elaborate, practically I started reading the Django documentation, to be more precise the "getting started" part that would've introduce to a little development of something with the framework. But since I started studying I just used the "django-admin project start" command (or something like that) and I still have the default files that comes with the command, and that is because the getting started part keeps throwing at you a lot of concepts that you can't actually practice out properly, one example is the Middleware that now I know how it works but I'm still too novice to even try to create my own. How I know the Middleware? That's because during the getting started guide a lot of concepts are highlighted and if you click on it a full page will give you a lot of theory behind it, and since I'm "just" reading this days that I'm studying Django I was guessing if I'm
/r/django
https://redd.it/1hnlz5c
Best practice to Storage boto3 with AWS with regular updates
Hi to everyone, I build a project that users adds new images and also updates new ones. Users can delete images and add new ones.
I made this using a class model called Guide with attributes that have a many to many field with a class model TechnicalFile.
In this TechnicalFile, it has a FileField attribute.
My implementation flaws at this:
1. User deletes an image
2. User adds a new image.
Frontend downloads from aws S3 bucket the existed images for that Guide object. And adds the new ones to the payload.
Backend just delete all images and put all the payload images to my bucket.
My question is how do I delete and add operations on images with best practice or how should be done more efficiently.
Hope some help, please. Let me know if you have any questions.
/r/django
https://redd.it/1hnucua
Made a watcher so I don't have to run my script manually when coding
What my project does:
This is a watcher that reruns scripts, executes tests, and runs lint after you change a directory or a file.
Target Audience:
If you, like me, hate swapping between windows or panes to rerun a Python script you are working with, this will be perfect for you.
Comparison:
I just wanted something easy to run and lean with no bloated dependencies. At this point, it has a single dependency, and it allows you to rerun scripts after any file is modified. It also allows you to run pytest and pylint on your repo after every modification, which is quite nice if you like working based on tests.
https://github.com/NathanGavenski/python-watcher
/r/Python
https://redd.it/1hnus8y
Simple Notification Handling Solution
I'm trying to integrate notifications into an existing website structure. Currently on the backend, when I want to create a new notification, I just create a new record in the database and my "sent\_to\_client" attribute is set to false. On the frontend, I'm using HTMX to create a websocket connection with the server. The problem is that I'm polling the database a couple hundred times a second. I've looked into Redis Pub/Sub models but want to avoid that complexity. I've also used polling in the past but I need data to update much quicker (and reducing the polling time leads to me the same result: - lots of queries).
Is there any workaround to achieve these <1s notifications without the extra complexity and dependencies?
# routes.py
@sock.route("/notifications")
@login_required
def notifications(ws):
# get initial list of notifications
all_notifications = Notification.query.filter_by(user_id=current_user.id).filter(Notification.dismissed == False).order_by(Notification.timestamp).all()
initial_template = render_template("admin/notifications/notifications.html", all_notifications=all_notifications)
ws.send(initial_template)
while True:
/r/flask
https://redd.it/1hnnunu
render_template bypassing decorators?
Greetings
In one of my projects, I have found an issue where any route that returns `render_template()` seems to completely ignore a wrapper placed over it.
For context, here is an example:
@app.route("/", methods = ["GET"])
@CSRF_protect
def home():
return render_template("home.html")
However, for another endpoint with the same decorator, there isn't any issue. The decorator also works just as intended
@auth.route("/reissue", methods = ["GET", "OPTIONS"])
@attach_CORS_headers
@CSRF_protect
def reissue():
...
I also tried working around `render_template()` by using `make_response()` to return a Response object directly without relying on any underlying logic that Flask might have for `render_template()` . Same result.
Anyone know why this is happening?
/r/flask
https://redd.it/1hni3uw
Please help, Aboutpage doesn't work
I'm completely new to django and I'm trying to follow this tutorial: https://youtu.be/Rp5vd34d-z4?si=0NRJbZVSFFto1d0O
I'm at 14.40 and the guy in the video refreshes his server. It ends up showing a message on the homepage and created an about page. Even though I have every single line of code the same and the directory is the same, neither of the two work. I needed to close the terminal, but i started a new one where I started the vinv again and set the directory to myproject again (Has that maybe caused any issues?). I don't have any error messages in the code, the server also runs without problem, it's just showing the same "congratulations" message as before and it didn't create an about page.
I'd be super happy about responses, because it's 4am in my timezone and I'm going crazy
/r/djangolearning
https://redd.it/1hn595r
Flux: A beautiful flowfield visualization app.
What My Project Does
Flux is an interactive Python application that brings flow fields to life, creating mesmerizing particle animations in real time. With configurable flow field functions, color schemes, and particle dynamics, Flux is perfect for both artistic expression and technical exploration.
Key Features
Customizable Flow Field: Choose from various mathematical functions to define the behavior of particles in the field.
Interactive Particle Control: Modify particle speed, lifespan, radius, and more via an intuitive GUI.
Real-Time Rendering: Smoothly renders particle animations with frame-by-frame updates.
User-Friendly Interface: Built with a modern and responsive design using dearpygui.
Use Cases
Digital Art: Create visually appealing flow animations for presentations or digital installations.
Education: Explore mathematical functions/concepts in an engaging, interactive way.
Relaxation: Experiment with color themes and motion styles to craft unique relaxing visuals.
Target Audience
Visual artists looking to generate dynamic digital art.
Developers and Creative Coders experimenting with particle-based animations.
Anyone who enjoys exploring the interplay of motion and color.
Check out the project here: https://github.com/harshkaso/flux.
I'd love to get your feedback or feature suggestions!
/r/Python
https://redd.it/1hn7n21
Working Project: Flask Packages
Hello! I've been working on a project firstly names "Flask Packages" (much like Django Packages) the idea is to provide useful information related to projects in the Flask ecosystem, other than to show the project I wanted to ask what information you consider relevant to show in each project, i'm thinking something like this
Project:
- PyPi/Conda api basic information
- Some sort of "I'm currently using this" button (meh, i don't really want to go the popularity contest road, but it seems logical)
- Downloads (same as above)
Code:
- repo related information (commit grap, cosed/open issues, etc)
- Coverage/Tests results?
- Colaborators?
For now my idea is to categorize each project and then add tags to group them in a way what's useful ("Authorization","Database","Templates", etc)
The repo is at https://github.com/mariofix/limelight in case anyone want to send a pr or start a discussion there.
Let me know what you think (excuse the bootstrap skeleton).
Cheers!
/r/flask
https://redd.it/1hmvhxf
Flask vs fastapi
I am a newbie. I have a little building Web apps in flask but recently came to know about fastapi and how it's more "modern". Now I am confused. I want to start building my career in Web development. Which is better option for me to use? To be more exact, which one is more used in the industry and has a good future? If there isn't much difference then I want to go with whichever is more easier.
P.S: I intend to learn react for front end so even if I
/r/flask
https://redd.it/1hmn0n4
Created an open-source business management software using Django and HTMX
Hi everyone,
Over the past 2.5 years I've been learning Django (and Python). One of the main projects I started working on (quite naively I must say in hindsight) was creating business management software for a company I was interning at. Some two years and a lot of itterations later, I decided to open-source the project under the name **Bloomerp**.
The vision behind the project is to allow developers to build scalable business management software for companies **by just defining the Django models**, whilst maintaining the ability to add custom functionality that fits integrates within the project's UI.
Some out-of-the-box features that Bloomerp provides:
* Intuitive CRUD views with built-in access control
* Advanced list views offering powerful filtering
* A PDF generation system for documents based on objects (like contracts, using Employee objects)
* Customizable dashboards using SQL-based widgets
* An SQL query editor for advanced data analysis
* Automatic REST API generation for all models
* Bookmarking system
* Integration with an LLMs
* ...
It would be amazing to receive some well-needed feedback on the project, or even to get some contributors on board. You can check out the repo on Github at [DavidBloomer11/Bloomerp](https://github.com/DavidBloomer11/Bloomerp) or you can check out a live demo on [bloomerp.io](https://bloomerp.io/)
Feel free to ask me any questions!
Thanks
/r/django
https://redd.it/1hoh2hb
Following along with a docker django deployment tutorial; however I am getting connection to db refused
I built a quick dummy (main project, 1 app named "home" with a HttpResponse). I created a .env with database creds; added them to settings.py but when I deploy to docker on my machine the log returns
2024-12-27 10:11:53 django.db.utils.OperationalError: connection to server at "localhost" (::1), port 5435 failed: Connection refused
2024-12-27 10:11:53 Is the server running on that host and accepting TCP/IP connections?
2024-12-27 10:11:53 connection to server at "localhost" (127.0.0.1), port 5435 failed: Connection refused
2024-12-27 10:11:53 Is the server running on that host and accepting TCP/IP connections?
I have postgres running in docker on port 5435. I can connect to the DB in DBeaver and PGAdmin
I have tried using the docker postgres ip, the name
❯ docker network inspect local-dev-servicesdefault
[
{
"Name": "local-dev-servicesdefault",
"Id": "7c41ef03af3ccf15edecd8XXXXXXXXXX648a571f23",
"Created": "2024-07-27T15:51:09.914911667Z",
/r/djangolearning
https://redd.it/1hnjxxu
Sunday Daily Thread: What's everyone working on this week?
# Weekly Thread: What's Everyone Working On This Week? 🛠️
Hello /r/Python! It's time to share what you've been working on! Whether it's a work-in-progress, a completed masterpiece, or just a rough idea, let us know what you're up to!
## How it Works:
1. Show & Tell: Share your current projects, completed works, or future ideas.
2. Discuss: Get feedback, find collaborators, or just chat about your project.
3. Inspire: Your project might inspire someone else, just as you might get inspired here.
## Guidelines:
Feel free to include as many details as you'd like. Code snippets, screenshots, and links are all welcome.
Whether it's your job, your hobby, or your passion project, all Python-related work is welcome here.
## Example Shares:
1. Machine Learning Model: Working on a ML model to predict stock prices. Just cracked a 90% accuracy rate!
2. Web Scraping: Built a script to scrape and analyze news articles. It's helped me understand media bias better.
3. Automation: Automated my home lighting with Python and Raspberry Pi. My life has never been easier!
Let's build and grow together! Share your journey and learn from others. Happy coding! 🌟
/r/Python
https://redd.it/1hoizxc
first contribution
Hey all, I'm a data engineer with 4 years of experience who has done side projects with django for last 2 years.
To be honest even though I like my job, I'm in love with django. And for the first time I was able to contribute to one of the most known packages of it, django-allauth.
The contribution was the simplest possible, just a config change. But I feel just too happy.
I hope in the future I'll use the project more extensively and do more significant contributions.
I just wanted to share my thrill, love you guys.
/r/django
https://redd.it/1ho51of
VSCode non-Pylance Configuration
TL; DR: Jedi (base Python extension) + Pylint ("pylint.args:" "--disable=C,R", if you don't want Pylint to give convention and refactor related messages) gives a smooth experience using only open source extensions. Don't bother Flake8 cause Pyflakes (Flake8's error checking component) doesn't dig deeper into libraries to verify classes/functions in imports, and only checks overall syntax tree of a file individually. This is unlike how Pylance and Pylint works. Use MyPy for optional Type Checking to have full feature parity with Pylance.
Am currently switching from PyCharm to have more transparency in my IDE and found that Microsoft provides 4 Python "language server" components:-
1. Pylance: provides language server features as well as linting (including type checking). Only con is that it is closed source.
2. Pylint: general purpose linting including multi-file support, which means Pylint digs deep into your libraries to check if the imported libraries actually have the proper classes/functions
3. Flake8: only single file linting support, which means it does not check other files to verify classes/functions and stuff
4. MyPy: Mostly type checking
5. Jedi: fallback language server in absence of Pylance. However it provides zero to no error finding features.
So the main two choices for general purpose linting are Pylance and Pylint.
/r/Python
https://redd.it/1hnil16
local_bgrem: YOLOv8 Segmentation based Photo Background Remover | Fast and Offline
**What My Project Does**
It is an attempt to create a locally runnable and fast photo background remover. The ultimate aim is to create a 1 click background remover functionality in various free or open source software such as GIMP and Paint.net.
**Target Audience**
Anyone who wants to quickly remove background from photos without setting and downloading huge libraries and run inference.
**Comparison**
No comparison. Just a hobby project. I just came across a project (mentioned in acknowledgement) that uses Yolov8 for segmentation but in ReactJS, so I thought of extending that into removing background by keeping the masked objects and remove everything else from the image. The **very similar approach Microsoft Paint uses**, that's why it is quick and offline. So I will now work on smoothening the jagged edges and identifying principal objects to make it more accurate if possible.
The code is available here: [https://github.com/Suleman-Elahi/local\_bgrem](https://github.com/Suleman-Elahi/local_bgrem)
/r/Python
https://redd.it/1ho1ukg
Textual CSS Neovim Plugin - Syntax Highlighting, Indentation, Folding, etc.
Hello!!
For those who are familiar with Textual, I noticed there wasn't an extension for syntax highlighting, indentation, etc. for NeoVim users so I decided to make one!
Here's the repo
This is my first plugin so if you see an issue, you are more than welcome to submit a pull request. I am open to all feedback, and criticism.
Thanks so much! I know it's a super niche issue but I hope it's helpful to someone out there.
/r/Python
https://redd.it/1hnrxs8
Best practice to save images in a django project?
Hello! I am working in a project where I need to save images and add new images everyday. Should I save the files in static and do a cron job to collect the staticfiles every single day or should I save the images as a BLOB (or something similar) in the db? I've never worked with images in django before, so I have no clue what the best practice is. The docs say that they should be in static files, but I don't know if that is going to be a pain point in the long run in production and want to read from your experience!
/r/django
https://redd.it/1hnq4n9
Saturday Daily Thread: Resource Request and Sharing! Daily Thread
# Weekly Thread: Resource Request and Sharing 📚
Stumbled upon a useful Python resource? Or are you looking for a guide on a specific topic? Welcome to the Resource Request and Sharing thread!
## How it Works:
1. Request: Can't find a resource on a particular topic? Ask here!
2. Share: Found something useful? Share it with the community.
3. Review: Give or get opinions on Python resources you've used.
## Guidelines:
Please include the type of resource (e.g., book, video, article) and the topic.
Always be respectful when reviewing someone else's shared resource.
## Example Shares:
1. Book: "Fluent Python" \- Great for understanding Pythonic idioms.
2. Video: Python Data Structures \- Excellent overview of Python's built-in data structures.
3. Article: Understanding Python Decorators \- A deep dive into decorators.
## Example Requests:
1. Looking for: Video tutorials on web scraping with Python.
2. Need: Book recommendations for Python machine learning.
Share the knowledge, enrich the community. Happy learning! 🌟
/r/Python
https://redd.it/1hnsrdc
[Show Project] DocCure - Open Source Healthcare Appointment System built with Django
Hey everyone! I wanted to share DocCure, an open-source healthcare appointment booking system I built using Django. It helps connect patients with doctors while streamlining the entire appointment and consultation process. This is my another long project which I started long time ago and now added more features.
**WHAT IT DOES:**
* Patients can search for doctors by specialty, book appointments, and manage their medical records
* Doctors can manage their schedules, handle appointments, write digital prescriptions, and track earnings
* Admins get a full dashboard with user management, revenue tracking, and detailed analytics
* New reporting system with interactive charts for appointment trends and revenue analysis
CORE FEATURES:
* Search & book appointments with doctors
* Digital health records & appointment history
* Review & rating system
* Invoice management
**For Patients:**
* Professional profile management
* Schedule management
* Digital prescriptions
* Earnings tracking
**For Doctors:**
* Professional profile management
* Schedule management
* Digital prescriptions
* Earnings tracking
**For Administrators:**
* Complete dashboard
* Revenue analytics
* User management
* Advanced reporting with charts
* Prescription monitoring
**TECH STACK:**
* Backend: Django 5, Python 3.8+
* Frontend: Bootstrap 4, jQuery, Chart.js
* Database: SQLite3
* Additional: HTMX, CKEditor
The project is fully open source and looking for contributors! You can find it here: [https://github.com/manjurulhoque/doccure](https://github.com/manjurulhoque/doccure)
DEMO CREDENTIALS:
Doctor Account:
Username: doctor1
Password: Abcdefgh.1
Patient Account:
Username: patient1
Password: Abcdefgh.1
Would love to hear your thoughts and feedback!
SCREENSHOTS:
I've added several screenshots in the repo showing the appointment booking flow, doctor
/r/django
https://redd.it/1hnn4rm
How can I make a user login to their YouTube account when they authenticate with google oAuth
I am working on a project in django allauth and wanted to use the oAuth access and refresh tokens to establish a cookie session on youtube,
Goal is the make the user login to their YouTube account with oAuth
/r/django
https://redd.it/1hnd3bs
I wrote a Turing complete language / interpreter on top of Python.
Target Audience : Python enthusiasts.
What My Project Does:
It's a programming language built on top of Python.
I've got functions, branch statements, variable assignment, loops and print statements (the ultimate debugger) in there.
Running on top of python is pretty wasteful but the implementation gives me a sense of appreciation to what goes into language design, convenience and feature development.
Link: https://github.com/MoMus2000/Boa
Leave a star on the repo if you like it :)
Comparison:
Not recommended to use in Prod. It adds zero value to what exists already in the programming community.
/r/Python
https://redd.it/1hnfqhi
Django vs Frappe
Hello everyone, I've just been offered an intern as a python developer at a startup. I applied to this company hoping the stack to be django as the tech stack wasn't clarified to us on their requirements it just said we required python developer intern. Now I've been offered this role where the tech stack is based around frappe and developing ERP systems and I'm confused if I should take this role.
I want to become a django/backend dev and later shift to Data Engineering.
It's not like I haven't applied to django/backend internships, these positions rarely open and I'm on my final semester of my bachelor's idk what I should do.
/r/django
https://redd.it/1hndm21
Made a cli tool to setup Django boring stuff
I been working on a lot of Django projects, lately and got tired of doing same old boring, repetitive stuff so i made this cli tool to do all that.
Check it out and lmk how i can make it better:
https://github.com/fulanii/djang\_setup
https://pypi.org/project/djang-setup/
/r/django
https://redd.it/1hnauso
Made a self-hosted ebook2audiobook converter, supports voice cloning and 1107+ languages :)
What my project does:
Give it any ebook file and it will convert it into an audiobook, it runs locally for free
Target Audience:
It’s meant to be used as an access ability tool or to help out anyone who likes audiobooks
Comparison:
It’s better than existing alternatives because it runs completely locally and free, needs only 4gb of ram, and supports 1107+ languages. :)
Demos audio files are located in the readme :)
And has a self-contained docker image if you want it like that
GitHub here if you want to check it out :)))
https://github.com/DrewThomasson/
ebook2audiobook
/r/Python
https://redd.it/1hn6pzt
