A Django project template for a RESTful Application using Docker
I used what I learn and some decisions to create a template for new projects. Part of software development is mainly plumbing. Laying bricks together and connecting parts so the important bits of software can be accessing. That’s a pretty important part of the work, but it can be quite tedious and frustrating. This is somehow a very personal work. I am using my own opinionated ideas for it, but I’ll explain the thought process behind them. Part of the idea is to add to the discussion on how a containerised Django… Read More
Django and Rails and Grails, Oh my!
On the PyCon Ireland I give a talk comparing between Django, Ruby on Rails and Grails framework… I just forget to put a link on this blog! The presentation can be found at Prezi, and there is even a video, if someone wants to make funny comments on my exotic accent 😛 A problem with the projector doesn’t allow me to display the slides, so I felt a little weird taking the laptop and pointing at the screen, but the people making the video has make their homework and shows the proper… Read More
Migrating data to a new db schema with Django 1.2
This week I had to make a migration of data on a database from an old schema to a new one. The database is part of a Ruby on Rails application, so the changes are part of new features, and we have also taken the opportunity to clean up a little the database and make some changes to be more flexible in the future. As we want to be consistent, we need to migrate all the old data to the new database. After talking with people with more experience than me on Rails… Read More
Deployment of Django project using CherryPy and Cherokee
Recently, we have deployed into a test production our latest Django project. Choosing which deployment to use it’s not easy, as there are a lot of different tools for the job, but as we expect some load on the system, we have been spending some time in getting a good deployment that will allow us to be confident on the grow of the system. After some research, we decided to use CherryPy and Cherokee. Why CherryPy? It’s pure Python, and easily integrated with Django. You can do it by yourself (it’s not very… Read More
Wrong Side of Memphis 