June 10, 2009 » django on Jacob Kaplan-Moss » [Archived Version]
Need an experienced Python/Django developer? A good friend of mine is looking for a new gig. He’s employed currently and wants to keep his search on the D/L, so I’m putting the word out on his behalf. I can vouch for this mysterious individual: I’d hire him myself in a heartbeat if I could. He’s got years of Django and Python experience, and a killer work ethic. So if you’ve got a space on your team and would like to fill it with someone awesome let me know (jacob …
Read MoreApril 15, 2009 » django on Jacob Kaplan-Moss » [Archived Version]
Developing a Django app with zc.buildout Over the weekend I put together django-shorturls, the latest in a series of small plugable Django apps I’ve written. This time, though, I used zc.buildout and djangorecipe to build, test, package, and distribute the app, and (with the exception of a few annoyances) it’s an exceedingly civilized way to develop an app. In the interest of helping improve Buildout’s still-nascent documentation, I documented my steps along the way.
Read MoreJan. 8, 2009 » django on Jacob Kaplan-Moss » [Archived Version]
Since it comes up a lot, I thought I’d spend a bit of time writing up my thoughts on what django.contrib really is, and what including a package in it really means. The following is just my personal opinion – really; that’s why this is posted here instead of over in the official Django documentation. However, most of the core team discussed this topic at length at DjangoCon, so I’m fairly sure there’s consensus over the rough outline.
Read MoreMarch 19, 2008 » django on Jacob Kaplan-Moss » [Archived Version]
PyCon 2008 Brain Dump There are some great roundups of the content at PyCon out there; this isn’t one of them. See, I have this notebook (Moleskine FTW!) I carry with me everywhere, and now it’s chock-full of note from PyCon; this is a braindump. EAV Mammoth replicator Django 1.0 will support Python 2.3, but later releases likely will not. We’ll need to start working on moving to Python 3.
Read MoreFeb. 21, 2008 » django on Jacob Kaplan-Moss » [Archived Version]
Almost four years ago, Adrian posted about a job opening at this little newspaper in the middle of the country. He wrote that World Online is […] one of the most innovative online-news operations in the world. Our main sites […] have garnered an impressive batch of industry awards – and tremendous industry attention – over the past few years. […] We strive for innovation, nimble development and the use of best practices.
Read MoreJan. 30, 2008 » django on Jacob Kaplan-Moss » [Archived Version]
Paul Graham: Arc only supports Ascii. MzScheme, which the current version of Arc compiles to, has some more advanced plan for dealing with characters. But it would probably have taken me a couple days to figure out how to interact with it, and I don’t want to spend even one day dealing with character sets. Character sets are a black hole. I realize that supporting only Ascii is uninternational to a point that’s almost offensive […] But the kind of people who would be offended by that wouldn’t l…
Read MoreNov. 13, 2007 » django on Jacob Kaplan-Moss » [Archived Version]
A quick update on the Django Book: Adrian and I wrapped up the last few bits last week, and the book went to the printer on Friday. It should start shipping to bookstores around the second week of December. There’s still a fair amount of work that needs to be done on the website, so I can’t put the final version of the book up just yet. However, the final book will be available online around the same time as the dead tree version.
Read MoreJune 8, 2007 » Paolo Melchiorre » [Archived Version]
First national conference on Free Software and Plone for companies, institutions and public administrations.
Read MoreMay 22, 2007 » django on Jacob Kaplan-Moss » [Archived Version]
I’ve always thought that the sign of a healthy Open Source project is a vibrant ecosystem around that project. That’s why I’ve been thrilled to see that there are a bunch of cool third-party Django add-ons popping up. I thought I’d take a few minutes and give a shout out to some of my favorites. django-openid OpenID evangelist and Alpha Geek Extraordinare Simon Willison wrote this set of tools which lets your Django application become an OpenID consumer.
Read MoreMay 2, 2007 » django on Jacob Kaplan-Moss » [Archived Version]
I’m extremely excited to announce our new internship program here in Lawrence. Starting this summer we’re going to be hiring interns to join our kick-ass team and learn the ropes. If you’re a student, or if you’re trying to break into the world of next-generation web development, I can’t think of a better place to get started. You’ll get to spend up to six months developing cool toys (in Django, of course), live in one of the coolest towns in the country, and…
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