Tag Archives: django

Google App Engine Frustrations

I’ve tried more than once to jump onto the Google App Engine bandwagon to no avail. Unfortunately it’s preview nature is acting to frustrate any attempt I make build something I’m happy with. Just some thoughts so far: No Direction – It’s been dumped into the ether with no solid direction. No recommended method or [...]

Django Found’s….

A Foundation!! Putting aside my grammatically dodgy statement the Django Project (the b3zt framework evaz!) has created the Django Foundation.  A non-profit organisation in the same vein as Mozilla, Apache, etc it aims to oversee the development, direction and future of the Django project. You can find out more about the groups goals at the [...]

Rails Alternatives

After the recent turmoil I thought it may be worth pointing out a few alternatives to the Rails framework. So here’s 4 Ruby-based web framework alternatives for starters: Ramaze – Has no known bugs and claims excellent stability. Thems fighting words! Camping – A ‘micro-framework’, this is incredibly lightweight offering limited features but great efficiency [...]

Thoughts on Rails

After getting the Agile book a couple of weeks ago (?) now I’ve been working on a few Rails projects to get some practice in. My first one and current favourite is actually a port of an existing PHP-based system on race car results that was once used by a client. I thought it would [...]

Django @ PyCon

Django have confirmed yesterday that they’ll be there in force with 2 presentations at the Feburary 2006 PyCon. The two talks that will be given are: An introduction and tutorial on using Django. A presentation on using Django for web development with some core philosophies and code samples. This will be given by the lead [...]