Tag Archives: django

Python Web Frameworks – Application Object

Posted on 10 January, 2012 by

In response to my previous post, someone asked “… what’s the point? How one way is better than the other?” My response was that I’m “not trying to judge these frameworks from the perspective of a developer (at least not … Continue reading →

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Python Web Frameworks – Development Server

Posted on 29 December, 2011 by

One of the most frequent tasks of a web developer is running the app while it’s being written. So we’ll begin our examination of Python web frameworks by looking at the development servers provided and how does one run the … Continue reading →

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Python Web Frameworks – Candidates

Posted on 26 December, 2011 by

I’ve been researching web frameworks, partly with a view to writing my own, and thought I’d share my findings. This first post will present the candidates briefly and subsequent posts will delve into particular features. The candidates are presented based on … Continue reading →

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Design Notes on Database Application Development

Posted on 19 December, 2011 by

I recently took a brief look at web2py since its Database Abstraction Layer (DAL) sounded interesting. After following the tutorials in the Overview chapter, I ended up not delving into DAL.  Instead, I revisited Ruby on Rails which I had … Continue reading →

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Designing a (somewhat) RESTful Database User Interface

Posted on 6 June, 2011 by

To continue exploring the design of a generic database user interface, let us turn our attention to a web interface. I’ll use the pattern of the Django admin application as the basis for specifying the behavior of a somewhat RESTful … Continue reading →

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User Interfaces for Databases

Posted on 23 May, 2011 by

Pyrseas was started to improve on Andromeda. In addition to the schema version control I’ve been discussing in these posts, Andromeda provides two other capabilities: automations and web application programming. Andromeda’s web programming allows you to generate a database application … Continue reading →

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