Django 1.2 and 1.1.2 released
Django 1.2 is now out, along with a bug-fix release for 1.1. It looks like a bug has already been found, but that’s to be expected as the audience grows. Better these problems are found early on.
Django 1.2 has a bunch of new features;
- Support for multiple databases
- Model validation
- Improved CSRF protection
- Messages framework
- Object-level permissions
- Permissions for anonymous users
- Relaxed requirements for usernames
- E-mail backends
- “Smart” if tag
- Template caching
- Natural keys in fixtures
- Fast failure for tests
- BigIntegerField
- Improved localization
- readonly_fields in ModelAdmin
- Customizable syntax highlighting
- Syndication feeds as views
- GeoDjango
- JavaScript-assisted handling of inline related objects in the admin
- New now template tag format specifier characters: c and u