I went to <a href="http://us.pycon.org/TX2007/HomePage">Pycon</a> . I admit it
Posted by Rob Nelson
March 7, 2007
Pycon is a conference dedicated to Python - the programming language. There are lectures, discussions, and various presentations. Herein the author shares some observations gleaned from having attended said conference.
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Programming
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Education
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In which the author reviews software to generate MIDI files
Posted by Rob Nelson
February 8, 2007
Since I'm sort of a programmer, and since I'm sort of a musician, I was hoping I
could use my programming skills to make music somehow. Sort of flip the equation
around because normally the 2 endeavours are not even remotely connected. Or are
they?
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Ruby
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Python
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Music
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Some random remarks of no consequence concerning Python
Posted by Rob Nelson
December 19, 2006
I can't decide if Phillip Eby is the best thing, or the worst thing,
to happen to Python. PyProtocols, RulesDispatch, Easy Install, WSGI
they all sound like great ideas - sort of. And the amount of work
that has gone into them is astounding. the whole PEAK stack is ... is ... great.
Right? Really, I swear. So what is the problem?
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Python
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More useless discussion about computer languages
Posted by Rob Nelson
November 15, 2006
In my last post I bemoaned the state of the
Ruby language. For the sake of completeness
I think I should include some background information,
so that it is more obvious why I feel qualified
to express such an opinion, and what led me to
my conclusions.
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Ruby
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Programming
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Python
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Rewriting a Java app in Django and Rails
Posted by Rob Nelson
July 24, 2006
I have the luxury of rewriting a
25,000 SLOC Java application in 2 web frameworks at once simultaneously.
<a href="http://rubyonrails.org">Ruby on Rails</a> and
<a href="http://djangoproject.com">Django</a>. Herein I compare the two.
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Ruby
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Python
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Rails
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Django
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A simple script to build pages with Django
Posted by Rob Nelson
May 8, 2006
I'm trying to use <a href="http://scons.org">Scons</a> for some things these days. These are some of the problems I ran into with trying to run Django templates from a scons file.
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Python
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A few remarks about the Python convention this year
Posted by Rob Nelson
March 29, 2006
I went to PyCon this year. I admit it.
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Python
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As I was envisioning the structure of the code for this blog, I was reminded of the style of module or functional modelling, as opposed to a strictly object-oriented approach
Posted by Rob Nelson
November 9, 2005
I have been working with Turbogears lately. One thing I noticed is that it gives an application a clean interface that is easy to model.
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Programming
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Python
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Now I've set up 2 sites - one using Django and one using Turbogears. I have a few observations about each.
Posted by Rob Nelson
November 6, 2005
In which the author briefly compares a few aspects of Turbogears and Django.
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Python
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Some more arguments for the use of open source software, from the perspective of a government worker
Posted by Rob Nelson
October 7, 2005
A simple expository on why the Government, and the Government in particular, should be using Open-source software.
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Opensource
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Python
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