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Django-minipub
A Django app - that was going to be a blog, but ended up
being something totally different…

2.
About me
• Django dev since 2007
• Worked in London until 2015; I now live in
Bordeaux, but still work (remotely) for UK clients.
• Maintainer of django-photologue.
• Django-minipub is the first app that I’ve created
and published.

3.
Hey, I’m doing the same thing
over and over!

4.
Option 1: look for an existing app
that fulfils (partially or entirely) my requirements
9 times out 10 it’s THE CORRECT OPTION
So, what do I do?

5.
Option 1: look for an existing app
that fulfils (partially or entirely) my requirements
9 times out 10 it’s THE CORRECT OPTION
So, what do I do?

6.
Option 1: look for an existing app
that fulfils (partially or entirely) my requirements
9 times out 10 it’s THE CORRECT OPTION
So, what do I do?

7.
Option 1: look for an existing app
that fulfils (partially or entirely) my requirements
9 times out 10 it’s THE CORRECT OPTION
Option 2: write my own blog app
But are you really sure that you cannot use an existing app?
So, what do I do?

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• Publication start date
• Publication end date
• Publication status (draft, published, …)
• “SEO” fields
• Tags
• Comments
• Categories

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• Content
• Publication start date
• Publication end date
• Publication status (draft, published, …)
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• Comments
• Categories

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• Content
• Publication start date
• Publication end date
• Publication status (draft, published, …)
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• Title
• Slug
• Content
• Publication start date
• Publication end date
• Publication status (draft, published, …)
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Minipub: the final result…

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In summary
• I wanted to created a fully-featured “app” with
lots of options - I actually created an app with a
narrow focus.
• But this app can be used in lots of different
scenarios.

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In summary
• I wanted to created a fully-featured “app” with
lots of options - I actually created an app with a
narrow focus.
• But this app can be used in lots of different
scenarios.
“This is the Unix philosophy: Write
programs that do one thing and do it
well.”

15.
• https://github.com/richardbarran/django-minipub
• http://arbee.design/
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