Category Archives: Python

Pywatch: Run tests when your code changes

Posted on June 20, 2009 by Chris

I’m happy to announce that pywatch is ready for use, I think. Continue reading →

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django-baseboard updated to 0.3

Posted on June 13, 2009 by Chris

I’m happy to announce that [django-baseboard](http://pypi.python.org/pypi/django-baseboard/) has been updated to 0.3 Here’s what’s new: * Better error handling and reporting for the management commands/cron jobs * Projects are no longer required to have an RSS feed foreign key (bugfix from … Continue reading →

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Announcing basecampreporting and django-baseboard

Posted on April 22, 2009 by Chris

At [work](http://www.ajc.com), we use [Basecamp](http://www.basecamphq.com/), a lot. We use it for design projects, development projects, and projects that have no design or development components whatsoever. Our project teams like Basecamp because of its focus on communication, but we’ve found that … Continue reading →

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Adventures in unit testing the Basecamp API

Posted on February 7, 2009 by Chris

I’m working on a little side project, that I might open source once the code is less rough, which involves using the [Basecamp API](http://developer.37signals.com/basecamp/). My package uses the [Python wrapper for the API](http://pypi.python.org/pypi/BasecampWrapper/0.1) and then does some naming convention magic … Continue reading →

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Django testing tip: don’t test template output

Posted on January 21, 2009 by Chris

When writing tests for [Django views](http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/#the-view-layer), especially for projects at [work](http://www.ajc.com), I’ve almost completely abandoned any sort of detailed test for the template being rendered. My tests usually look something like this: def test_link_archive_should_show_published_links(self): “””Links in draft status shouldn’t appear … Continue reading →

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Django Template Development review

Posted on January 10, 2009 by Chris

You wouldn’t know it by looking at this site, or the HTML behind it, but I actualy started off life as a Web designer for [my college paper](http://themaneater.com). So even though my [day job](http://www.ajc.com) revolves around application development, caching strategies, … Continue reading →

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Django cache keys: making them safer

Posted on November 25, 2008 by Chris

I posted some [my-snippet] over at [Django snippets] [django-snippets] the other day. This code evolved at [work] [ajc] over several months as we encountered a few caching challenges with [memcache] [memcache]. * The first problem was that occasionally some of … Continue reading →

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Django developer wanted at ajc.com

Posted on November 24, 2008 by Chris

We’re looking for a great Django/Python developer to join our small team at [ajc.com] [ajc]. Check out the job posting at [Django Gigs] [django-gig] or at [Craigslist] [craigslist]. Here are some of the benefits to working on our team: * … Continue reading →

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And now, for something completely differ^h^h^h^h^h^h magical

Posted on November 6, 2008 by Chris

If you haven’t already, check out the CameraBag application for the iPhone. It allows you to apply a nifty set of features to photos on your phone. Of course, because [Django](http://www.djangoproject.com/) is awesome, and because [magical ponies](http://djangopony.com/) are even more … Continue reading →

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