Laying the groundwork
I’ve previously identified a few elements that are needed to make a successful web based application. Since then, I’ve been prototyping, designing, coding on the bus and while making dinner, and have a...
View ArticleI’m not entirely stupid . . .
Now, I’m not entirely stupid. Lacking common sense? Yes. Forgetful of dates, appointments, anniversaries, bills? Yes. Easily confused? Absolutely. But I’ve also been programming in Python for years and...
View Article. . . just 90% stupid.
I figured out what I was doing wrong. Nothing except for how I chose to echo or display the XML. Since it’s a dynamic call, I can’t view the page source to see the XML that gets returned. And I never...
View ArticleWorking XML HTTP Update framework in Python
I have a working, end-to-end XMLHTTPUpdate handling framework written in Python running as a CGI application. Ewww. Download the framework here. It’s simple and probably has some bugs in it. You can...
View ArticleGot transactions working in BDB 4.7 and Python
I’ve been working on a personal, side-project for about a week. This morning, I finally got transactions working. I need to learn a little more about BDB tuning and I’m not planning on releasing my...
View ArticleWindows setup for my project
Here are the steps required to set up a development environment on Windows for my Python project: Download the required programs and libraries Komodo Edit for best-of-breed Python editing Oracle...
View ArticleRadar Revisited
I’ve been snatching 30 and 60 minute blocks of time in the evenings and on the weekends to get back to work on my Radar test in Python with PyGame from nearly four years ago. PyGame 1.9.1 installed...
View ArticleConfiguring Apache 2 in Ubuntu for WSGI Python
There’s a great thread on the Ubuntu forums regarding this topic. For the purpose of keeping a record of what I needed to do: Install Apache 2 Install libapache2-mod-wsgi # apt-get install...
View Articlenginx, Python 3 pyvenv, uwsgi, Flask, and OS X with MacPorts
Given a working Flask web application called RarToZip (served from the built in HTTP server), this is the configuration I used on my MacBook to get nginx working as a proxy for uWSGI and Flask. Make...
View ArticleHow I code Python with tests
Setting up the project and where to put the code Project creation I use virtualenv to create the project. If I’m using a different version of Python than the system default, I can specify the...
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