A Web-Framework Weekend: LinuxFest Northwest 2010 Preview
One of my favorite local conferences is coming up this weekend, namely LinuxFest NorthWest in Bellingham, Washington. The range of sessions has always been somewhat unpredictable, but this year...
View ArticleCheck out DjangoDash 2010
ActiveState is pleased to sponsor this year's Django Dash 2010, a 48-hour competition for Django enthusiasts to "flex and show off their coding skills".Registration: August 1 - 7 Competition: August...
View ArticlePython 3.1 Available with ActivePython
Python is constantly evolving, and ActiveState is pleased to announce the availablity of ActivePython builds for Python 3.1.2 as part of our ongoing effort to make the latest releases of the Python...
View ArticleKomodo 6.1 - Better Projects and Much More
We released Komodo 6.1 today!As per Eric's blog post of a few weeks ago, we've added a number of features that some of our Komodo 5 users couldn't do without. Most importantly, the ability to: have...
View ArticleUsing Gunicorn on the ActivePython AMI
Last month we posted a screencast from Raymond Hettinger on Getting Started with the ActivePython AMI on EC2. For this follow-up post, Mike Ivanov walked me through how to swap the default Apache web...
View ArticlePlaying with the Demo Site on the ActivePython AMI
In previous articles about the ActivePython AMI we covered setting it up and changing which web server it uses, but we skipped over the basic step of how to actually change the content of the default...
View ArticleWorking with Django in Komodo 6.1
Along with the project improvements in Komodo 6.1 there's a big bonus for Django developers. We did a lot of work in this release to improve the editing experience for Django users.Komodo now...
View ArticlePostgreSQL on the ActivePython AMI
The ActivePython AMI comes with a demonstration Django app that runs with the MySQL database engine by default. Since a lot of people prefer PostgreSQL, we thought we'd demonstrate how to install the...
View ArticleSetting Up the New Relic Python Agent on Stackato
Guest post: Graham Dumpleton, author of mod_wsgi for Apache and software developer at New RelicWith the recent official release of the Python agent for New Relic (our application monitoring partner)...
View ArticleSSH in Stackato
A "run" command for Cloud FoundryCloud Foundry lacks support for running arbitrary commands. Being able to run arbitrary commands is essential when processing data outside of the web application...
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