A review of 'Perl Testing: A Developer's Notebook,' highlighting its practical approach to unit testing in Perl.
A guide to automating website deployment using Fabric and Mercurial with BitBucket as an intermediate repository.
Discusses the continued relevance of the Data Access Object (DAO) pattern in modern software development, even when using OR Mappers like JPA.
A review of the book 'ASP.NET 3.5 Social Networking,' focusing on its practical lessons in building scalable, maintainable software using modern design patterns.
Django 1.1 introduces a new admin URL system using standard resolvers, allowing URL reversal and custom URL-providing objects.
A developer explains the reasons for open-sourcing his personal website built with Django, including community contribution and potential benefits.
A request for open-source backup solutions that use a database for tracking incremental backups, avoiding inefficient hard-link directory trees.
Explores a subtle bug in Java's Enum class when using getClass() on enums with methods, and provides a solution using getDeclaringClass().
A developer details rebuilding his personal website from scratch using Django and Python, explaining the technical motivations and migration process.
A screencast tutorial on using jQuery and ASP.NET MVC to check username availability during user registration.
A tutorial on using Microsoft's Pex tool for automated white-box testing and code verification in .NET, including a practical example.
Final part of a series detailing the deployment of an ASP.NET MVC application (CarTrackr) to Windows Azure, covering challenges and solutions.
Author's talk proposal for a panel on ORM design philosophies at PyCon 2009 has been accepted, featuring notable Python developers.
A programmer debates the ethics of downloading out-of-print, pirated ebooks when legal digital versions are unavailable, weighing copyright law against practical and environmental concerns.
A tutorial on implementing a basic identity map pattern in Django to optimize memory by ensuring duplicate database objects are represented by the same Python instance.
Django 1.1 introduces F() expressions for database queries, enabling field comparisons and arithmetic in filter() and update() methods.
Argues that perfectly uncoupled code is impossible, using Django's ORM and admin as examples of necessary coupling to specific APIs.
Fixing Lightning calendar and Thunderbird integration issues after an Ubuntu Intrepid clean install by installing libstdc++5.
A tutorial on building a grammar and interpreter using the PLY parsing library for Python, focusing on creating a calculator.
A developer recounts attending a Python Onsen event, working on a Django lifestream app, and discussing web development with peers.
