What is a TinyMCE?

November 25, 2010

You probably have encountered the term TinyMCE when using Django or other CMS or you probably have use it but just don’t know what it is.. Well, TinyMCE is s a platform independent web based Javascript HTML WYSIWYG editor control released as Open Source under LGPL by Moxiecode Systems AB. It has the ability to [...]

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How to Display Django version numbers in template

November 10, 2010

If you are using a template in Django and you want to show what version of Django you are using in your website, you can use this code: In the ile context_processors.py add this code: import sys import django def DjangoVersionContextProcessor(request):     one, two, three, four, five = django.VERSION     return {“DJANGO_VERSION”: “%s.%s.%s” [...]

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Django and Google App Engine Working Together

October 21, 2010

One of our main concern when a new WEB framework or CMS is its compatibility issues on leading app engine like the Google App. As a web developer and CMS enthusiast, i personally always make sure that the new CMS I am using is compatible with Google App Engine. Well its a good news for [...]

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Django 1.3 To Be Out Soon!

October 7, 2010

Django 1.2 was a hit and was well received by Django enthusiast. Now a newer version will be out soon and released dates of alpha, beta and final versions are official now. During the DjangoCon last month, Django users were very happy with the features added on the 1.1 and 1.2 release. Right now, Django [...]

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The D-R-Y Principle

September 24, 2010

Django was developed using the DRY principle and that principle became the driving reason why this new web framework is taking the web development industry by storm. But what exactly is DRY principle and what is the fuzz all about it? Why it matters and why it is important? To all django dummies, like myself, [...]

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Django 1.2.3 is out!

September 16, 2010

Just days ago, Django 1.2.3 was released an as promised by the developers, it fixed some bugs found in the previous version 1.2.2. Here are some major bugs that were fixed by the new release: 1. Issues with non-ASCII responses using CSRF tokens – This bug had been debugged by the latest patch. Now you [...]

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Kicking the print debug habit with python logging

July 10, 2010
django bugs

So like most dummies, when I needed debug my django application I was peppering “print” statements throughout my code. It was very helpful to find out what was going on, but a pain to remember where I had put all my print statements. This was especially true when I was trying to debug classes within [...]

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Stack Overflow : A Q&A tool

May 5, 2010

A great resource for Django Dummies (or dummies of any language) is Stack Overflow. Stack Overflow is a free community site designed for programmers and software engineers. With a wide range of topics in computer programming  this Q & A site is a free place for all kind of programmers who can learn here some programming types, suggest new tricks and see others experinces. [...]

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Sites powered by Django

March 19, 2010

Developed four years ago Django is a high-level web framework written in Python which follows the model-view-controller architectural structure. Django comes across as an impressive web development platform complete with files, settings, and data models. The main advantage of using this web framework is that Django eases the creation of otherwise complex and database driven [...]

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New POST and IP checking tool

post parrot ip check March 4, 2010

Post Parrot allows developers to send POST variables to the home page and it echos back what was in the post. It also show the client IP and headers that were sent.

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