Django Versions: What's New

Охватываемые темы: Current LTS Versions, Key Changes in Django 4.x, Key Changes in Django 5.x, Recommendations.

Current LTS Versions

LTS (Long-Term Support) — supported for 3 years instead of 2.

Key Changes in Django 4.x

4.0

• CSRF_TRUSTED_ORIGINS now requires the scheme (https://)
• zoneinfo replaces pytz
• UniqueConstraint with violation_error_message

4.1

• Async class-based views
• Async ORM (await Task.objects.aget())

4.2 (LTS)

• db_default — database-level defaults
• GeneratedField — computed columns in the database
• PostgreSQL improvements

Key Changes in Django 5.x

5.0

• Logout via POST — LogoutView only accepts POST
• Field.db_default — default values stored in the database
• Facet filters in the admin

5.1

• Form improvements
• LoginRequiredMiddleware (alternative to decorators)

5.2 (LTS)

• Composite primary keys (multi-column primary keys)

Recommendations

• New project — Django 5.2 LTS
• Legacy maintenance — Django 4.2 LTS
• Avoid — non-LTS versions (they go end-of-life quickly)

Checking the Version

import django
print(django.VERSION)  # (5, 2, 0, 'final', 0)

python -m django --version