As I whipped through the tutorial on getting started with Django I made some mental notes on things I thought were interesting and things I thought weren’t so interesting. I have a feeling I’ll be saying similar things about Ruby on Rails…
Archive for the ‘coding’ Category
PHP Java Bridge vs. Zend Platform Java Bridge
A long time ago I posted some instructions on installing PHP/Java Bridge on Ubuntu and that post is getting quite a few reads, so I figured I’d post a follow up on how it was used. Over the last year I had been using a Java Bridge from a Zend Framework application to access a [...]
Summer Project: Initial Setup and more Details
I’m still chugging along with the common elements on the project. So, for the basics of what I have decided to do: Yep, it’s an image gallery. It’s not too exciting and definitely nothing original. There’ll be a basic authentication system (login/logout) with web based uploading and tagging. That’s pretty much it. The images that [...]
Summer Project: Setup PostgreSQL
Using my shiny new upgraded Ubuntu 9.04, I’ve gotten around to installing PostgreSQL. Note: this is not a tutorial. The installation was simple, as are most installations with Ubuntu. The initial “get going” was a bit odd for PostgreSQL though. The one thing you have to remember when initially trying to get things going is [...]
Summer Project Details
As part of my previous post, “things to do this summer,” I’ve decided on a not so clever appraoch to proving to myself that “it’s just a language.” What do I mean by, “it’s just a language?” Well, let me tell you. On a regular basis I get asked “do you now [language]?” And my [...]

