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Do you want develop web applications in a fast, prototype based way using Python?
Follow us and learn how to use web2py….
Step 1: Python 2.6 proper setup
On Linux be sure to install sqlite development library; the following command will help on RedHat:
sudo apt-get install sqlite-devel
Install python 2.6, this will avoid the need of additional libraries.
You will also need openssl, so if you haven’t it issue commands like
sudo apt-get install openssl
and be sure to get also the python wrapper pyOpenSSL hosted here
We happly compiled pyOpenSSL from sources
For more tips and tricks look also at this recipe about Apache Setup, if you need it.
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Django Project, a powerful and clean Python Web Framework, is going to relase 1.2 as the next milestone at the beginning of March. For the meanwhile, you can grab the Beta2:
As part of the Django 1.2 release process, tonight we've released Django 1.2 beta 1, a preview/testing package that gives a little taste of some of the new features coming in Django 1.2. As with all alpha and beta packages, this is not for production use, but if you'd like to try out some of the new goodies coming in 1.2, or if you'd like to pitch in and help us fix bugs before the final 1.2 release (due in April), feel free to grab a copy and give it a spin.
Looking at the release notes we get- Object-level permissions
- Permissions for anonymous users
If you can, it will worth to look at.
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One of the best thing of scripting languages like Python is the ability to fast prototype complex things. In the past ten years, if you like to build distributed application you was forced to use huge and heavily languages like Java.
On Python there is a nice library called Pyro, which used with success:
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Book review by Stefano Fago: This book introduce one of most interesting language of new wave of functional programming. You will find a complete overview of clojure language focusing in functional paradigm that can be the real obstacle for a standard developer. The author try to follow you on learning different subject with a lot of examples but sometimes it need more reflection and time to master some arguments and a syntax that may seems obscure. The book is a good starting point to introduce you to a new way of programming but also to learn some particulars aspect of Java. To consider a complete but not easy reading. However a book to have!
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Testing is important.
Testing web interfaces is difficult, and often your consultant company prefer to suggest you a manual-based testing. But is it so difficult to do automatic web testing using open source software?
Let’s give a look to two nice web testing software
Warning: this article is still in progress: it has been published for getting comments all around.
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The English New Year Intro:
Hi all readers, the last reports show the lack of articles was a major issue for Gioorgi.com
My time was heavily compressed by my forthcoming baby (I will dad in a few months guys!).
Also my Job as Senior Consultant required a lot of my energy.
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We have just enabled the Twitter -Gioorgi integration, so you can keep following us also via twitter!
With also mobile (iphone-like) integration, you can follow us easily!
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Every Year, Giovanni consider some "trends" based on his consultant experience. This trends have been gathered in the last six months, and are printed at regular basis. This thoughts are note merely "preference", but are strong opinions based on IT firms products, cleared by buzz-words and soap-opera-like scoop (like "Wired" bad ideas are :).
CMS Market is still facing PHP simplicity versus huge software house products.
Druapl & Wordpress are good. Drupal is an ace if you are very dynamic needs. For instance, multi-language sites, forums, polls and so on are a snap to install. But if usability is a concern, choose wordpress. joomla/Mambo are not so good in my own opinion, but I’d like to her a comment from you.
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