A guide on setting up and running the Django test suite for development and patch testing.
A developer highlights key upcoming features in Django 1.1, including ORM aggregation, model validation, and class-based generic views.
A collection of useful Python tips and tricks, including chained comparisons, dictionary instantiation, and the turtle graphics module.
A discussion on the risks and benefits of using Django's undocumented internal APIs, with advice on managing compatibility.
A technical deep dive into Django's internal model system, explaining the add_to_class and contribute_to_class methods.
A developer shares his essential open-source software stack for daily work on Ubuntu, including Python, Django, and various productivity tools.
Fixing Lightning calendar and Thunderbird integration issues after an Ubuntu Intrepid clean install by installing libstdc++5.
Guide to integrating NUnit unit test results into Team Foundation Server 2008's Team Build for reporting and metrics.
A technical deep dive into how Django models work internally, focusing on the ModelBase metaclass and the class creation process.
Part 3 of a PLY tutorial covering arithmetic operations, operator precedence, and adding variables to a custom language.
A tutorial on building a grammar and interpreter using the PLY parsing library for Python, focusing on creating a calculator.
A tutorial on using the PLY (Python Lex-Yacc) library to tokenize source code, covering token definition and lexer creation.
A critique of the PHP programming language used on Obama's change.gov site, advocating for modern frameworks like Django or Rails.
A developer shares their journey building a compiled programming language using Python and the PLY library, discussing design goals and challenges.
A startup founder shares key lessons on building a successful tech startup, focusing on business models, hiring, and avoiding excessive VC funding.
A technical guide on using Python's multiprocessing library with PyGTK to offload intensive calculations from the main GUI thread.
A technical guide on creating a generic LazyForeignKey field in Django to simplify foreign key relationships and add custom manager functionality.
Analyzes the 2008 tech downturn, questioning the sustainability of niche skills like Facebook apps and iPhone development amid layoffs and market saturation.
A guide to creating a custom Django ForeignKey field that automatically generates a manager to filter objects by user, simplifying user-specific queries.
