By : thejaswi

• How DOM events work? Fantastic article by Jeremy Kahn of JupiterJS.
• django gets class based views. Thanks to everyone who contributed. Check the doc for more details and the migration guide.
• Search Engine Foo: Use DuckDuckGo to search the django and python docs from within your browser. Just use !django <search query> or a !python <search query> to search the docs. Check a django example search and python example search. DuckDuckGo has a lot of other goodies too.
• Wilson is a node.js web framework whose goal is to bring along the parts of django without tightly coupling them. Plate is a javascript template library compatible with the django templating language. Both projects are the brain child of Chris Dickson.
• With the inclusion of django-staticfiles in contrib, there's been a good debate on the decision behind adding apps to contrib. Jacob talks about how he wouldn't have a contrib if he was to rewrite django from scratch and the decision behind not including some popular apps like Django Debug Toolbar, South and django-registration into contrib. Do read and chime in your thoughts.
• Build cross-device javascript applications for smartphones with the jQuery Mobile Framework.
• Starting from November 1, Amazon plans to offer a micro EC2 instance free for an year for new customers. Check the page for more details.
• The results of the Git Survey 2010 are out. Not very different compared to the last year's results (from a quick glance).
• Continuous integration with django and hudson is a blog post by Michael Foord. He also has a related post on his personal blog.
• Merchant, the django app that provides a uniform API and pluggable interface for various payment processors now has 'some' docs. Let us know how we can improve the project further.