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Project Euler, Problem #1

Posted on September 22, 2008 by Alistair

The first problem within Project Euler isn’t meant to twist the brain in knots and is a gentle introduction to what is coming further down the road. The problem states: If we list all the natural numbers below 10 that … Continue reading →

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Project Euler, An Exercise In Exploration

Posted on September 21, 2008 by Alistair

Some time ago I stumbled onto a math based problem solving site for programmers named Project Euler. The Project Euler site describes itself as: Project Euler is a series of challenging mathematical/computer programming problems that will require more than just … Continue reading →

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Source Control Commit Visualisation

Posted on June 25, 2008 by Alistair

Software development relies on source control management software such as CVS, Subversion, SourceSafe, Bitkeeper, Mercurial, Git and the like to track and manage the changes in the source code over time. As a project progresses, developers come and go, contractors … Continue reading →

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Rapid Development Using Django

Posted on March 30, 2008 by Alistair

In February, Jesper Nøhr wrote about taking an idea from conception to profitable web site in 24 hours. The project involved building an advertising product for the indie crowd, so they could advertise their products throughout other web sites in … Continue reading →

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Django Friendly Hosting

Posted on March 26, 2008 by Alistair

If you’re about to purchase hosting for your Django application, everything you’ll need to make a good decision is in one place at Django Friendly. Ryan Berg is the man behind Django Friendly and put together the site as a … Continue reading →

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Change The Django Source Directory With A .pth File

Posted on February 11, 2008 by Alistair

John DeRosa recently wrote about using junctions (the Windows version of a symbolic link within Unix) to change the Django source directory. While that solution clearly works, I got the impression it seemed like a lot of hard work and … Continue reading →

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Installing Django On Windows

Posted on February 7, 2008 by Alistair

Ever needed to install Django in a Microsoft Windows environment, here is a quick start guide to make that happen: Read through the official Django installation documentation, it might just save you a world of hut down the road. Download … Continue reading →

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Django, Initial Data & Many To Many Tables

Posted on November 9, 2007 by Alistair

Django provides functionality through manage.py to manage the database that you’re using. The various utility commands range from building your database using syncdb command to tearing it down using flush. The functionality to manage the database through Django is great, … Continue reading →

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