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Jun302005
A Rails-like App in Python with CherryPy
In many discussions about “what does Ruby on Rails got that the Python community doesn’t got?”, a growing consensus is that a combination of CherryPy (controller), SQLObject (model), and Cheetah (view/templating) is part of the answer. In fact, a developer from the CherryPy project has started Subway, a Rails clone, using those three packages. Subway [...]
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Jun222005
Save NPR, cut Big Bird.
Regarding the pending cancellation of PBS funding for children’s shows like Sesame Street… and the fight to save them…
Kids shouldn’t even be watching television… cut the public funding of those shows, go outside and play in the yard with your child.
I have a 1 year old son, and he doesn’t watch TV– we don’t [...]
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Jun212005
ZiddlyWiki and React Projects
I stumbled across Tim Morgan’s website today and felt compelled to write him an email about it (which I did). Two points really: “Tim, you rock.” and “Keep up the good work.”
I, too, have been impressed lately by TiddlyWiki and Ruby on Rails and have been wondering how to reconcile those tools with my Zope [...]
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Jun152005
What Ruby on Rails Gets Right
Rails is cultivating a culture of simplicity and documentation that is lacking in the Python culture-at-large.