The latest version of Python framework Django is now available. You can install the new version from Django's downloads page or from the Python Package Index.

Django 3.2 highlights include:

• Automatic AppConfig discovery, which makes configuration of pluggable applications easier.
• When you customize the type of auto-created primary keys, users now start migrating to BigAutoField primary key fields by default. 
• You can now create functional indexes on expressions and database functions.
• Django 3.1 has reached the end of mainstream support, while Django 3.0 has reached the end of extended support.

For further details about changes, check out the release notes.

The Sublime Text editor will soon come with native Apple Silicon support, a software engineer working for the company revealed.

More:

• Responding to a tweet offering a preview of Sublime 4, a software engineer working for Sublime revealed build 4100 will add native Apple Silicon support.
• He added such support will also be available for Sublime Merge, as the team uses the same infrastructure for Sublime Merge — which is like a Git client for Sublime.
• However, the Sublime software engineer notes the plan to add support for both tools is still a work-in-progress and has not been completed yet.
• New features the upcoming Sublime 4 — which is currently in beta and active development — will come with include:
  • Tab-multi select
  • Support for TypeScript, TSX, and JSX built-in
  • Auto dark mode switching
  • An enhanced definitions pop-up
  • Symbol details
  • Improved auto-complete
  • Themed title bars

Tailwind CSS v2.1.0, a utility-first CSS framework for UI development, has been released. Notable new updates from this version include:

• The new JIT engine is now a part of the core Tailwind CSS package and is available as an opt-in feature.
• CSS filters are now part of Tailwind CSS. As a result, there are new utilities including new blending mode, isolation, box-decoration-break, inline-table, and list-item display utilities.

More:

• Click here for more information about Tailwind CSS v2.1.0 changes.
• The news comes nearly four months after Tailwind launched Tailwind CSS v2.0, its first major update. Highlights included support for dark mode, a new color palette with over 220 total colors, a new form reset, group-hover and focus-within by default, and more.

📅  Dev Calendar: 

Virtual Events:

• APRIL 7: rubyday. Annual Italian Ruby conference hosted in English and available for all, featuring expert speakers including the creator of Ruby, as well as networking opportunities and more.
• APRIL12-16: DrupalCon North America. Drupal conference where its project founder will give a glimpse into what's next, coupled with networking opportunities, talks, and more.

Hackathons / Challenges:

• NOW-APRIL 10: Dev Hacks. DevTrex hackathon available for all regardless of experience, with some tracks requiring no-code and others requiring it.
• APRIL 9-10: WilHacks 2.0. "WilHacks 2.0 is an exciting and interactive experience where high school students will be given the opportunity to demonstrate or develop their programming skills."
• NOW-MAY 3: Monday apps contest challenging developers "to build apps that can alter the way teams work," with prizes including a Tesla Model S Long Range.
• APRIL 22-JULY 31: IBM launched the 2021 "Call for Code Global Challenge" calling on developers to submit solutions combatting climate change using open-source. Find out how to get started here.

Attackers are targeting critical bugs in unpatched SAP enterprise applications, warned a report by SAP and security firm Onapsis. The researchers detected at least 1,500 attack attempts between June 2020 and March 2021, with at least 300 being successful. The SAP apps under attack are employed in around 400,000 enterprises worldwide. 

More from the report:

• On average, SAP vulnerabilities are weaponized in less than 72 hours.
• New unprotected SAP apps provisioned in the cloud are discovered and compromised in less than three hours.
• By exploiting the bugs, attackers could take control of unsecured SAP applications, bypass security and compliance controls, steal sensitive information, perform financial fraud, or deploy ransomware.

Zoom Out:

• At least 10,000 servers were running incorrectly configured software that could expose them to direct attack using SAP or Oracle exploits, according to a report by Dark Shadows and Onapsis.

This story first appeared in Inside Security. You can read the full issue here.

MARCH 2021 NEWS AND RELEASES ROUNDUP 

Below is the March 2021 developer news and tools roundup, listing all the news and tool releases you need to know organized by language, browser, version control system, and so much more so you're ahead of the curve.

News:

1. Open Collective launched a new initiative that makes it financially viable to work on open source projects as a career. It aims to help companies invest in open source projects at scale despite a lack of formal contracts and the fact open source contributors are often not tied to a single organization. 
2. The founder and president of the Free Software Foundation, Richard Stallman, has returned to the foundation's board of directors. Stallman stepped down in late 2019 after he dismissed the claims made by an underage victim of sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein's. Over 1,500 people are now calling on Stallman's removal, as well as the removal of the entire FSF board.
3. California banned the use of Dark Patterns — strategies used by apps or sites to confuse or trick users into doing things they wouldn't do normally. At the same time, the state implemented new website/app rules businesses must comply with to better protect consumers.
4. Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) will take place virtually on June 7-11. In addition to product announcements made during the keynote and State of the Union, there will also be 1:1 labs offering technical guidance, online sessions, and more.
5. Facebook’s F8 developer conference, F8 Refresh, will take place on June 2 this year as a one-day virtual event. The conference will be live-streamed on the Facebook for Developers page.
6. Google will reduce revenue share percentage for Play Store apps from 30% to 15% starting July 1 on the first $1M developers make on the digital storefront per year.
7. Tableau CEO Adam Selipsky will run Amazon Web Services (AWS) after its current head, Andy Jassy, takes over as Amazon's CEO. Selipsky will join Amazon on May 17.

Tool Release / Updates Recap:

Version Control:

• GitLab...

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• Keep these things in mind to ensure reliability and professionalism when connecting to a large, remote audience.*
• In case you missed it, the Vue.js team is proposing dropping support for Internet Explorer 11 in Vue 3.
• Google is planning on migrating its internal software from Oracle to SAP instead in a few weeks.
• WordPress reflects on product updates from the past month, which included the launch of WordPress 5.7 and new Gutenberg versions.
• You don’t need a PhD in molecular biology to understand the investment potential of this scientific breakthrough.*

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