New version of django-hvad
During the sprints at Djangocon I finally had the opportunity to work a bit on django-hvad. The package now supports Django 1.5. This release will probably be the last before a 1.0 release that will drop the 'nani' compatibility module. The 0.3 release is mainly a stability and performance update.
Thanks to all the . . .
SockJS and Tornado for Python real-time web projects
At Djangocon EU last year, I gave a talk about how you could easily get up and running with real-time web applications using Django and Socket.IO. I have now been running an application using this principle for a year and I am everything but a fan of it. I decided i had to switch to something else.
My first impression of SockJS . . .
New version of django-health-check
You might never have heard of django-health-check before, but it is one of my open source projects. You can write small plugins (5-10 lines) that does basic checks for e.g. file system, database and cache.
Whats new:
I completely refactored the API for returning the status. Previously you would return a HealthCheckStatusType . . .
How I develop django projects
The other day I helped a friend setup Django on his computer to develop his first Django project ever. During this process, I realized how many shortcuts and tools I use when I develop Django. The main purpose of this post is to document these.
Edit: This guide might be Mac specific. Should work on Linux as well, though.
Go . . .