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Title: Django and freenode
Author: Tim Graham (timograham)
Date: 2017-02-08T20:00+01:00
Slug: django-and-freenode
---

For nearly twelve years, the [Django Project](https://www.djangoproject.com/)
has endeavoured to improve "the web framework for perfectionists with
deadlines." Django is a high-level Python Web framework that encourage
rapid development and clean, pragmatic design. Built by experienced
developers, it takes care of much of the hassle of Web development,
so you can focus on writing your app without needing to reinvent the
wheel. Of course, it's free and open source.

I’m contracted full-time by the Django Software Foundation
[as a fellow](https://www.djangoproject.com/fundraising/#fellowship-program),
to manage some of the administrative and community management tasks of
the Django project to support rapid development of Django itself. The
fellowship program has a major positive impact on how Django is
developed and maintained, and I’d encourage any large open source
project to consider a similar program.

The Django community is vibrant across the globe, with many annual
conferences and local meetups. Sprints are often held at these events,
but Django’s development is mainly coordinated remotely, so good
communication tools are important to us.

## How Django uses freenode
Our community support channels include #django and the
[django-users mailing list](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/django-users).
Discussions about the development of Django itself are held
in #django-dev and the
[django-developers mailing list](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/django-developers). #django-sprint
provides a chat for sprint participants, including those who want to
join remotely. Finally, private discussions of the Django team are held
in the #django-core channel.

To keep our community safe and welcoming, Django's
[Code of Conduct](https://www.djangoproject.com/conduct/) applies to
all spaces managed by the Django project or Django Software Foundation
(DSF). This includes IRC, the mailing lists, the issue tracker, DSF
events, and any other forums created by the project team which the
community uses for communication.

## What's next for Django?
We're currently working toward releasing Django 1.11, our next
long-term support release, in April. This will be the last version of
Django to support Python 2.7. Meanwhile, Django's master development
branch is targeting Django 2.0 and will support Python 3 only. More
details are available on [our roadmap](https://www.djangoproject.com/download/#supported-versions).

If you’re interested in learning more about Django,
[try our tutorial](https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/stable/intro/tutorial01/).
If you’re already a Django user and want to start contributing, our
documentation is extensive, including
[advice for new contributors](https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/internals/contributing/new-contributors/).
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67bb3c89 SB	1	---
	2	Title: Django and freenode
	3	Author: Tim Graham (timograham)
	4	Date: 2017-02-08T20:00+01:00
	5	Slug: django-and-freenode
	6	---
	7
baa5b22e SB	8	For nearly twelve years, the [Django Project](https://www.djangoproject.com/)
	9	has endeavoured to improve "the web framework for perfectionists with
	10	deadlines." Django is a high-level Python Web framework that encourage
	11	rapid development and clean, pragmatic design. Built by experienced
	12	developers, it takes care of much of the hassle of Web development,
	13	so you can focus on writing your app without needing to reinvent the
	14	wheel. Of course, it's free and open source.
67bb3c89	15
baa5b22e SB	16	I’m contracted full-time by the Django Software Foundation
	17	[as a fellow](https://www.djangoproject.com/fundraising/#fellowship-program),
	18	to manage some of the administrative and community management tasks of
	19	the Django project to support rapid development of Django itself. The
	20	fellowship program has a major positive impact on how Django is
	21	developed and maintained, and I’d encourage any large open source
	22	project to consider a similar program.
67bb3c89	23
baa5b22e SB	24	The Django community is vibrant across the globe, with many annual
	25	conferences and local meetups. Sprints are often held at these events,
	26	but Django’s development is mainly coordinated remotely, so good
	27	communication tools are important to us.
67bb3c89 SB	28
67bb3c89 SB	29	## How Django uses freenode
baa5b22e SB	30	Our community support channels include #django and the
	31	[django-users mailing list](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/django-users).
	32	Discussions about the development of Django itself are held
	33	in #django-dev and the
	34	[django-developers mailing list](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/django-developers). #django-sprint
	35	provides a chat for sprint participants, including those who want to
	36	join remotely. Finally, private discussions of the Django team are held
	37	in the #django-core channel.
67bb3c89	38
baa5b22e SB	39	To keep our community safe and welcoming, Django's
	40	[Code of Conduct](https://www.djangoproject.com/conduct/) applies to
	41	all spaces managed by the Django project or Django Software Foundation
	42	(DSF). This includes IRC, the mailing lists, the issue tracker, DSF
	43	events, and any other forums created by the project team which the
	44	community uses for communication.
67bb3c89 SB	45
67bb3c89 SB	46	## What's next for Django?
baa5b22e SB	47	We're currently working toward releasing Django 1.11, our next
	48	long-term support release, in April. This will be the last version of
	49	Django to support Python 2.7. Meanwhile, Django's master development
	50	branch is targeting Django 2.0 and will support Python 3 only. More
	51	details are available on [our roadmap](https://www.djangoproject.com/download/#supported-versions).
67bb3c89	52
baa5b22e SB	53	If you’re interested in learning more about Django,
	54	[try our tutorial](https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/stable/intro/tutorial01/).
	55	If you’re already a Django user and want to start contributing, our
	56	documentation is extensive, including
	57	[advice for new contributors](https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/internals/contributing/new-contributors/).