Two Scoops of Django 1.8 is out!

Daniel Roy Greenfeld and I have updated Two Scoops of Django to 1.8, since Django 1.8 is a Long Term Support version.

The book is now available as a PDF. I know this will make a lot of folks happy! The print paperback is coming soon (US and India editions to start).

More info: http://twoscoopspress.org/products/two-scoops-of-django-1-8

I wrote half the book, including some of the rather difficult parts :) I also did the illustrations. The book is filled with a ton of weird cartoons and silly humor.

Enjoy, and hope it's helpful!

Recap: Python and Pyladies at SCALE13x

This weekend was the 13th annual SoCal Linux Expo, or SCALE13x. It's held every year at the LAX Hilton.

The Python and Pyladies community booths were side-by-side, with both booths representing members of various Python and Pyladies user groups throughout Southern California.

I spent most of my time on the left side of the Pyladies booth, while Daniel was next door on the right side of the Python booth. Sometimes we crossed over into the opposite booths :)

Audrey and Daniel

The setup sounds formal, but it was more like a friendly Python user get-together at the booths. People often came and stayed just to hang out. It was great to catch up with friends whom I haven't seen in a couple of years. We also got the opportunity to invite a lot of people who came by to future Python/Pyladies meetups throughout SoCal.

Esther of Pyladies LA & Burbank, Audrey and Tiffany of Inland Empire Pyladies

Audrey and Daniel (that's us!), Debra, and Carol (San Diego Pyladies co-organizer).

Special thanks to goodwill for organizing the Python booth, and to Carol Willing for organizing the Pyladies booth.

Customizing the Bash Prompt to Be More Romantic

I used to have a long, detailed Bash prompt like this:

happycode:open-source-repos audreyr$

To get this, I had this line in my .bashrc file:

1 2	# Bash prompt displays the hostname, current directory name, username PS1="\h:\W \u\$"

But I eventually grew tired of seeing all that useful information, as it made my prompt too long. It was time for a change.

I thought about what I wanted to be reminded of every time I opened my terminal. Something happy, I thought. The happiest thing is love.

So I changed it to this:

1 2	# More romantic bash prompt. PS1="\W a♥d "

That's short for Audrey ♥ Daniel, of course.

You can use other Unicode symbols in your Bash prompt to jazz it up, like happy faces and flowers. See this post on the Unix StackExchange about someone with an awesome ★ in their prompt.