Get Started with Django Channels

Finally, Real-Time Django Is Here: Get Started with Django Channels

Today, we're thrilled to host Jacob Kaplan-Moss. Jacob's a former Herokai and long-time core contributor to Django, and he's here to share an in-depth look at something that he believes will define the future of the framework. When Django was created, over ten years ago, the web was a less complicated place.

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A concise introduction into Django Channels which adds websocket support and background tasks to your project. This will probably a built-in feature in the 1.10 release.