Django Events is a site dedicated to preserving and showcasing the notable events that have taken place through the history of the Django web framework. These include its development at the Lawrence Journal-World, its public release and the road to a stable version 1.0. It doesn't stop with just the framework code, though. Community events, such as PyCon and DjangoCon are also included, as are notable site launches, new applications and user group meetings.
Feel free to browse around and enjoy the history that's been archived here. There are still plenty of features yet to be added, including the ability to add new events and full iCalendar support for getting this data in other applications.
Beyond the obvious Python and Django requirements, Django Events is powered by a new events application called Dregni, named for Django Reinhardt historian and biographer, Michael Dregni. iCalendar support will be provided by vobject.
Django Events started out as a goal for gathering statistics about the Django framework and the community that surrounds it. That's still something I'd like to do, but as I thought about charting out that data, I realized that there would be peaks and valleys that would need additional context to understand. For example, a massive reduction in new and open tickets could be easily explained by knowing that a sprint was happening during that period.
In preparation for that, I started gathering up as much information about Django-related events as I could. Once I realized how many notable events were available, I realized that it would be useful as its own dedicated site, which could then feed other sites with this event data. Thus, Django Events was born.