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Links for 2008-06-06 [del.icio.us]
2008-06-07 07:00:00 Firebug Lite A cool bit of javascript which provides one with some of firebug's functionality in non-firefox browsers. More About: Links , 2008
Links for 2008-06-03 [del.icio.us]
2008-06-04 07:00:00 django-hotclub - Google Code Interesting project to make reusable django apps work togeather better. More About: Links , 2008
Links for 2008-05-30 [del.icio.us]
2008-05-31 07:00:00 .htaccess Tutorials, htaccess Examples, Sample .htaccess Files More About: Links , 2008
Links for 2008-05-28 [del.icio.us]
2008-05-29 07:00:00 WhatTheFont Website where you can upload an image and it will guess what font is used in it. More About: Links , 2008
Links for 2008-05-27 [del.icio.us]
2008-05-28 07:00:00 Ajaxian » Announcing AJAX Libraries API: Speed up your Ajax apps with Google’s infrastructure An interesting article about a possibly better way to serve JS library files. More About: Links , 2008
Links for 2008-05-22 [del.icio.us]
2008-05-23 07:00:00 Simon Willison: Debugging Django Awesome post with tips for debugging Django. Majek's technical blog: Google App Engine tips&tricks Interesting tips for working with Google App Engine. The Daily Profeth: Using reCAPTCHA with Google App Engine Tutorial for using reCAPTCHA with Google App Engine. More About: Links , 2008
Links for 2008-05-20 [del.icio.us]
2008-05-21 07:00:00 Aster Data Interesting distributed analytics software. More About: Links , 2008
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2008-05-13 07:00:00 django-db-log Logs Django exceptions to your database handler. More About: Links , 2008
Links for 2008-05-09 [del.icio.us]
2008-05-10 07:00:00 Django App Engine Utitilities Django technically runs on Google App Engine but there are significant parts which do not work too well. Django App Engine Utilities is a collection of tools to replace or supplement these parts creates in Django. Django layout templates using the Yahoo UI library Project provides a set of default Django template layouts using the Yahoo UI library CSS tools (Grids, Font, Reset, Base), version 2.4.1 and 2.5.1. Just svn export to help you get you along your way with using the Django framework and/or Google App Engine Iceberg With Iceberg, users can accomplish in hours what programmers might take months to do. Iceberg also performs better as a platform by automatically adding enterprise features including web services, permissions and workflow. More About: Links , 2008
Update to django-ae-utils
2008-05-07 22:43:00 I’ve been hanging out at the NYC App Engine Hackathon today and I’ve had some time to work on django-ae-utils. Accordingly I’ve just posted an update to django-ae-utils. This update includes a User model which uses the App Engine datastore as a backend, as well as a few generic views for working with the model. Check ... More About: Open Source , Update , Django , Frameworks
Introducing django-ae-utils
2008-04-21 09:06:00 Recently I’ve started to play around with using Django on Google ’s new App Engine. As mentioned by many others at this point, Django technically runs on App Engine but there are significant parts which do not. Accordingly I’ve started to write some code to replace or supplement the holes left in Django by App Engine. ... More About: Open Source , General , Frameworks
Google Launches App Engine
2008-04-08 07:27:00 Google just launched a new platform called App Engine . Basically it allows you to run your web application on Google’s servers using much of their main infrastructure such as BigTable and GFS. The best parts are that you write App Engine apps in Python and they include Django out of the box! Mike Arrington has a video of Guido Van ... More About: Google , Hosting , Web Services
Links for 2008-04-07 [del.icio.us]
2008-04-08 07:00:00 Forklift: The best OS X app for managing remote files, especially those hosted on S3. More About: Links , 2008
Working around MySQL?s horrible ?ORDER BY rand()? in Django
2008-01-27 07:56:00 Recently I’ve been working on a web 2.0ish community site written in Django. As is frequently the case with such sites I often need to create lists or collections of psuedo-randomly selected items. For example on a user’s profile page there may be a box showing a few of the user’s ... More About: Python , Guides , Databases , Mysql , Working
Django Gotcha - Inline Foriegn Key Fields
2008-01-21 05:31:00 Working on a project recently, I came across an interesting gotcha in using inline foreign keys in the Django admin. Apparently the objects described by the inline fields are saved after the parent object is saved. This becomes important if you try and do anything with the child objects as part of the parent object’s ... More About: Fields
Django Talk Correction
2007-10-31 23:18:00 So I’ve been more than a little sleep deprived lately and apparently have lost the ability to keep track of what the date is. In my last post I mention that I would be giving a talk tonight about Django at the MHVLUG meeting. In reality however the MHVLUG meeting isn’t until next Wednesday (11/7/07), ... More About: Guides , Talk , Meta , Rect
Installing Django on OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
2007-10-30 05:51:00 This is a quick update to my previous installing django posts. Today I got my hands on Leopard , so far I’ve been happy but went I went about reinstalling Django I hit a snag. MacPort would encounter an error whenever it tried to build PostgreSQL. If you can wait a little while the port maintainer for ... More About: Open Source , Python , Databases
Security Updates to WordPress and Django
2007-10-26 23:00:00 WordPress and Djangp both just released patches to several security issues. Make sure that you update any copies of each which you may be running! WordPress patch info - http://wordpress.org/development/2007/10/ wordpress-231/ Django patch info - http://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2007/ oct/26/security-fix/ More About: Wordpress , Security , Word , Updates
Large Scale Custom and Transactional Email
2007-10-26 06:19:00 As anybody who’s run a website which sends any more than a trivial amount of email can attest it is incredibly difficult to ensure that the email you send is actually received by your users. In our modern world where an estimated 80% of email is spam ISPs and email hosting providers are using increasingly ... More About: Email , Custom , Scale , Large , Tran
VPS Hosting
2007-10-24 02:46:00 While not technically part of web development, hosting is a major part of any website. A good host can help you through the roughest of times and help grow your site while a bad host can cause tremendous amounts of pain and suffering. Similarly selecting the right type of hosting can give you the flexibility ... More About: Linux , Hosting , Open Source , Virtualization
Installing and Running Django on a Mac - Part 2 - Install
2007-10-23 08:51:00 This is a continuation of Part 1 - Getting Ready. Let’s just get into it. Before you can run Django you will need to install several dependencies. To do this I’m using MacPorts but it can be done just as easily using PortAuthority. In PortAuthority just search for the package name, select the package in the ... More About: Running , Open Source , Python , Guides
?And we?re back (again)
2007-10-22 18:42:00 So once again my domain registrar and DNS hosting service decided to mess things up again. I’ve finally moved my domain and DNS hosting to better providers so hopefully there should be no more down time for the forseable future. Check back later tonight for Part 2 of installing and getting django running on a mac! More About: Back , Meta
Links for 2007-10-19 [del.icio.us]
2007-10-20 07:00:00 freshmeat.net: Project details for Free, Open-source Ghost A potentially interesting back-up/system imaging tool. More About: Links
Links for 2007-10-16 [del.icio.us]
2007-10-17 07:00:00 Django | The Web framework for perfectionists with deadlines My favorite web application framework. MacPorts Tool for building and installing open source apps on a mac. Code by Kevin: Unix Utilities for Mac OS X GUI tool that works with MacPorts. More About: Links
Installing and Running Django on a Mac - Part 1 - Getting Ready
2007-10-17 06:30:00 I’m a recent Mac convert. For the most part I’ve loved all the perks of being a Mac user but I’ve run into a road block recently. Apparently getting my favorite web application framework, Django and its various dependencies running on OS X to do local development is not as easy or clear as it ... More About: Running , Open Source , Python , Guides , Part
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2007-10-16 07:00:00 blueprintcss - Google Code An interesting CSS Framework The Yahoo! User Interface Library (YUI) Nice set of tools to make web UI development easier. More About: Links
Site Problems
2007-10-15 22:45:00 Sorry about the problems with the site today. For what ever reason my registrar decided that my domain should point to one of their parking pages instead of my server. The problem should be fixed now, it may just take a day or so for the weirdness to settle down. Thanks for the patience and let ... More About: General , Site , Problems , Meta
Making CSS Hurt Less
2007-10-15 06:48:00 As anybody who's worked with CSS longer than ten minutes would tell you there definitely is an opportunity to reduce redundant work and improve the development experience. To this end I'm a big fan of frameworks, who really wants to re-invent the wheel over and over again. For Javascript I use jQuery, for server side programming I love Django, but for CSS I've yet to come across a good solution. This may have now changed, there are two solutions which I haven't had a chance to test but they look interesting and may provide some relief from the pain of working with CSS. More About: Open Source , Hurt
More on CouchDB
2007-10-12 06:38:00 So yesterday I gave a peek at Couch DB. Now let’s get a bit more in depth going step by step. CouchDB is: A document database server, accessible via a RESTful JSON API. Instead of dealing in terms of tables and rows one works with collections of documents. Documents are objects composed of named fields. Additionally instead of using ... More About: Open Source , Javascript , Databases
Checkout CouchDB
More articles from this author:2007-10-11 07:24:00 A co-worker recently tipped me off to an interesting open source project called Couch DB. CouchDB is an alternative database system which works diffrently than your standard RDBMS (i.e. MySQL or PostgreSQL). Here’s some more details from the CouchDB wiki. CouchDB is: A document database server, accessible via a RESTful JSON API. Ad-hoc and schema-free with a flat address ... More About: Open Source , Javascript 1, 2 |
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