What's new in Django 1.9

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1. What's new in Django 1.9 Parallel permission passwords?
2. Django 1.9 • Beta 20th October • RC mid Nov • Final early December • PLEASE TEST
3. Password validation • Opt-in AUTH_PASSWORD_VALIDATORS • Min length, common passwords, user similarity, non-numeric • Framework for your own password validation logic
4. Password validation class PasswordValidator(object): def __init__(self, **kwargs): pass def validate(self, password, user=None): if condition(password): raise ValidationError(…) def get_help_text(self): return "Your password must be…" def password_changed(password, user=None): # check not the previous password
5. Permission Mixins • Similar django-braces and decorators • AccessMixin, LoginRequiredMixin, PermissionRequiredMixin, and UserPassesTestMixin
6. Parallel tests • ./manage.py test --parallel • Separate process and database for each core • Requires tblib • Does not work with Windows or Oracle
7. On commit hook • transaction.on_commit(func) • Executes func when the current transaction commits • Good for queueing tasks or email notifications
8. New admin theme
9. ORM • JSONField • GDALRasters • Expressions in save() • Greatest, Least, Now • Transform and Func unified
10. Forms • CharField now strips whitespace by default • Unicode slug support • Field ordering
11. CLI • python -m django • --noinput has --no-input alias
12. Testing • response.json() • client.force_login(user)
13. Deprecations and backwards incompatible changes • Python 3.2 and 3.3 dropped • ForeignKey(model, on_delete) • Global timezone adaption • Relative Location header • Implicit __in removed
14. Final removals • SortedDict • utils.unittest • syncdb • initial_data • old model loading • manage.py validate • .util modules • request.REQUEST • IPAddressField • import_by_path • FastCGI support • {% url %} in future
15. Django 1.10 ideas • Improved MSSQL support • Full text search • Custom indexes • Even more improved expressions • Async worker/communication layer • August 2016
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