Threads. Opencourseware. Linker. Running Django on Google App Engine - Google App Engine - Google Code. Lessons learnt as a Ruby Programmer playing with Google AppEngine. Posted by PelleJune 17th, 20082 commentsedit I suppose I should write a detailed post at some point about this.
But here are a couple of notes from working intermittently on Talk.org in the last couple of weeks. First of all Python is definitely not Ruby. Zeroth Code » Ajax with Django and jQuery. A current software project of mine is hosted on Django, and I’ve been working on a front-end interface.
Django itself is a pleasure to work with, as I keep discovering cool little benefits it offers, shortcuts, ways to do things quickly, and well. I especially like how well it encourages the DRY (Don’t Repeat Yourself) principle. I keep the main javascript code in a specific file, code.html, and simply use a {%ssi “code.html”%} on any page I need the big chunk of javascript. I’ve been using galleria and jCarousel in conjunction, a few small problems, which when I solve them, I’ll detail here. I did have a lot of fun working with the ajax, getting it working, and here’s what I did. Irrational Exuberance » Part 1: Django and Ajax: Introduction and Setup.