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My Python & Django deployment workflow and tools

If you’re new to Python web development with Django, there are some things that tutorials don’t teach. Deploying to a server when you finish your local development can be a frustrating task. Here is a rundown of the tools and workflow I use for deploying a Django based website. A few days ago when I […]

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Programming & Web Development

How to use Django models in external Python scripts

a quick copy/paste solution to integrate your django models in an external python script

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Programming & Web Development

PHP Debugging with Xdebug

Web development with PHP can get frustrating without the adequate tools. The most common thing a new web developer does when attempting PHP debugging is to add var_dump() calls to print out the value of a variable at a certain point in the program’s execution, in conjunction with an exit() or die() call. Doing this […]

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GNU/Linux Free Software & Open Source Programming & Web Development

The importance of Web frameworks in startup development teams

In a start-up environment, things happen so fast that there’s very little time to polish your tools. Code gets done undocumented, development team members come and go with different programming styles and tools, and the chaos just builds up as the business goes. At some point, you can’t finish or maintain something because one team […]

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GNU/Linux Free Software & Open Source Programming & Web Development

Easy PHP code test development with SimpleTest unit testing framework

Testing is a task every developer has to do eventually on any programming project. You can do it manually after writing all your code to see if it works as you intended, or better yet, before writing your code, using test driven development techniques that will save you time and frustrations down the road. One […]

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GNU/Linux Free Software & Open Source Programming & Web Development

command line tools for web developers

Many people are typically afraid of the terminal. Yes, it might look scary for some, retro for others, but for the practical busy programmer, the terminal is the best tool you can have. Lately for my day job, I’ve been required to work with lots of static web pages, as I’ve mentioned on several of […]