Entries tagged "Django"

Pairing Django and Titanium in a Desktop App

NOTE: Reposted from Blue Atlas Interactive Blog

Over the past four months I have been doing a lot of work in Python and Django. Naturally, while recently playing around with Appcelerator Titanium Desktop (which seems to have good Python support), I wanted to see how Django and Titanium would pair.

Assumptions

What Worked

Over the course of a few hours, I was able to accomplish the following:

  • Django Template integration
  • Django ORM interaction
  • Titanium Database communication with the Django DB (SQLite) defined in settings.py

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Refresh Rockville Presentation

On Tuesday, September 8, I had the pleasure of speaking at the very first Refresh Rockville event.  My goal with Let Frameworks Help You was to demonstrate how properly leveraging frameworks can strengthen a developers skillset.

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Free Web Development eBooks

In celebration of my new blog, and in the spirit of my recent work with Python, I have two Python themed books to give away. Update: I have given away the books. Thanks for everyone who showed interest.

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CakePHP vs Django vs Rails vs Who Cares - Make a Decision

As someone who:

  1. has made a framework choice, and developed numerous projects on that framework (CakePHP) and,
  2. is always poking around with other frameworks

I am often asked about the tough choice of picking among all the great framework choices (both in and out of the PHP world).  My advice is always the same.

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