Posts for python
Testing your first Django app
This is my unofficial part five for the Django tutorial, I've attempted to write in a similar style and hopefully will be a useful starting place for those starting with Django (or just testing Django)
Fun with Balls
When I learn a new language I like to create a basic application that has some 2D balls (spheres if you prefer) bouncing on the screen. Here is my JavaScript effort.
Nicer dynamic forms in django
I used to make dynamic forms for Django in very bad way, I'm happy to admit that now as I've improved my process. Discussion and examples of how I recommend you tackle dynamic forms.
SiteSprint - The post-mortem
STOP CODING! SiteSprint has finished. Did you take part? How did you get on? Remember to write up how you got on! This post is a quick wrap-up of my Sitesprint experiences
Django, it's just Python.
'Django; It's just python' A statement I've heard a few Django people use. I happen to think its quite relevant and important to remember. Django is stupidly easy to get started with, you feel empowered when you make your first website and its amazing but at this point you wouldn't claim to being a python coder would you?
What apps do I use?
A quick dump of the pip requirements.txt for this website - inspired by a number of people asking what external apps I was going to use and what I was going to build myself.
EuroPython + Update
So it seems this is now yet another blog isn't updated. Actually, I've only posted once this year to mention that I was going to <a href="http://euro.djangocon.org/" target="_blank">EuroDjangoCon</a>.
EuroDjangoCon
Just a quick note to say I just registered to go to EuroDjangoCon! Head over to <a href="http://euro.djangocon.org/">http://euro.djangocon.org/</a> to sign up for the earlybird prices!
I can't wait
Book Memery
Following in the footsteps of <a href="http://oebfare.com/blog/2008/nov/12/book-memery/">various</a> <a href="http://justinlilly.com/blog/2008/nov/12/book-memery/">other</a> <a href="http://www.20seve
Choice is bad; PHP has too many Frameworks/CMSs
One thing I find frustrating with PHP is the number of different frameworks and content management systems available. It seems every company, organization and often individual has a preferred framewor
MSc Research Project Feedback/Questionnaire Request - Clonal Selection Teaching Tool
Tony O'Bryan, a good friend of mine is very close to finishing off a very interesting project for his MSc Dissertation. It is a teaching aid for clonal selection algorithms often used when creating ar
Filter the Django ModelAdmin set
I was playing around today and thought it would be quite cool to modify/filter the query for the ModelAdmin class. Aiming to create helper functionality rather than a security feature. After all djang
Getting Django up and running on Centos 5.2 with Apache(mod_python) and MySQL
This is partly for my reference (doing it the second time just now and I forgot everything!) but hopefully it will be helpful for others too.
<em>Disclaimer; I am by no means a Linux expert. This i
Languages I've learned in order
This is a list of the languages I've learned over the years in order. Starting with what I first learnt and going by when I started, not when I became 'good.' I'm not that competent with a lot of thes
Django 1.0 Release Imminent
If all goes well today then Django 1.0 should be with us soon! This is an exciting time for the fantastic framework.
I look forward to seeing code stability and allowing myself to stop running from
Multiple websites in the same Django project
Want to run two websites from the same Django project? It took me a white to find this one out so I thought I’d post it up here.
Basically you need a couple of steps... First add django.contrib.site
Python - Some syntactic sugar
I've been playing with Python for a while now and basically I love it. This post is going to be a very quick overview of some of Pythons features that might be new or a bit odd to a developer from a d
Lambda Functions - Does your language support it?
What are Lambda functions? Basically lambdas are functions that can be treated as anonymous or as objects. It depends on the language that is being used. They are very useful and at the core of the Functional Programming paradigm.