The latest articles on DEV Community by Bilal Raza (@bilal2099). https://dev.to/bilal2099 https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F4006596%2F18d63e86-68f6-4ab9-8fe5-25394be3c183.jpg https://dev.to/bilal2099 en Bilal Raza Sun, 28 Jun 2026 14:37:21 +0000 https://dev.to/bilal2099/would-appreciate-feedback-on-my-django-channels-chat-app-517k https://dev.to/bilal2099/would-appreciate-feedback-on-my-django-channels-chat-app-517k <p>I built a simple real-time chat application using Django Channels.</p> <p>Tech Stack</p> <ul> <li>Django</li> <li>Django Channels</li> <li>WebSockets</li> <li>Redis</li> <li>Async Consumers</li> <li>Basic User Authentication</li> </ul> <p>I started by following the Django Channels documentation to understand how everything fits together. Building it helped me get familiar with how WebSockets, Redis, and asynchronous consumers work together to enable real-time communication.</p> <p>There are still parts I want to understand more deeply, especially Redis and async programming, so my next goal is to build a few smaller projects focused on those concepts and share what I learn.</p> <p>I'm currently working as a backend developer intern at a local startup and I'm also looking for a junior backend developer role or another internship. If you have a few minutes to review the code or have suggestions on how I can improve it, I'd really appreciate the feedback.</p> <p>Code: <a href="https://github.com/Bilal-2099/chatapp_django" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://github.com/Bilal-2099/chatapp_django</a></p> django redis webdev python