8 Items for September 2009
DjangoCon 2009 Day 1
The first day of DjangoCon has come and gone. Just like DjangoCon 2008, this conference is a big highlight for me. Not only is everything in this conference directly related since I use Django full-time, but the chance to meet people that I only know as a Twitter or IRC ...
DjangoCon 2009 Day 2
Here's my DjangoCon Day 2 notes...
Keynote by Ian Bicking
I would never do this justice with a short summary, but thankfully Ian posted his talk as a blog post: Toward a new self-definition for open source
Using Django in Non-Standard Ways by Eric Florenzano
This talk was a ...
DjangoCon 2009 Day 3
Notes from Day 3 at DjangoCon 2009...
Keynote by Ted Leung
Ted gave a great, thought provoking keynote. Here's a few interesting bits I jotted down:
- Django jobs increased 692%. What time period that covers I don't know but the point is there's a lot more Django ...
Cache algorithms - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Overview of various caching algorithms.
django-safeform
CSRF protection for Django implemented at the form level - no middleware required.
Using Vim and Snipmate with Django
Not long ago I found the SnipMate plugin for Vim, which implements some of TextMate's snippets features in Vim. A snippet is a piece of often-typed text that you can insert into your document using a trigger word followed by a tab.
I didn't find any Django snippets ...
Using Django for iPhone Content Development
The iPhone can use a SQLite database as a content source and managing that content can easily be done using Django and Django's built-in admin. Here's how...
Note: I'll assume a stock Mac OS 10.6 install which already has Python and SQLite support baked in.