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An Introduction to Compassionate Screen Scraping
08/10/2008 python(48)screen-scraping(3)One of the most common quickie projects on the web is to screenscrape a website and play around with its data. These projects are a lot of fun, and can allow for inventive mashups, but often the screepscraping scripts cause unnecessary load on the site's servers due to inconsiderate technique. This is an introduction to the art of compassionate screenscraping.
Deploying Django with Fabric
11/04/2008 django(73)python(48)fabric(1)A look at how to manage deployment complexity with Django using Fabric. Something of a continuation on the post from yesterday.
An Epic Introduction to PyObjC and Cocoa
08/22/2008 python(48)cocoa(13)pyobjc(11)PyObjC is one of the most helpful projects I have ever used, but a number of individuals have been having trouble getting started with PyObjC on Leopard because the documentation is in a bit of a disarray. In particular, there didn't seem to be a comprehensive tutorial that could introduce a newcomer to all the important aspects of PyobjC, and that was completely up to date. Here is my attempt to fill that void. With a vengeance.
Huge CSV and XML Files in Python
01/22/2009 python(48)Quick walkthrough of my code for converting a very large CSV file into a very large XML file using the Python standard libraries. Despite a few issues along the way, was a very pleasant experience.
Using Optional Parameters in Django Urls
02/04/2008 django(73)python(48)A simple but helpful trick for using optional parameters in Django views to allow one view to serve multiple urls with varying parameters.
Python Datastructures Backed by Redis
09/05/2010 python(48)redis(5)Part of my day's experiment was to play with implementing Python datastructures which are implemented ontop of Redis. Here we take a look at dictionaries and lists, but it should be straightforward to extend this idea to sets as well.
Storing Bounded Timeboxes in Redis
04/08/2011 python(48)redis(5)If you're doing analytics, reports or dealing with memory constraints in Redis, you're probably dealing with keeping two sorted-sets mutually consistent. This article also takes a look at using multi/exec to keep it fresh.
Using Threadpools in Python
02/10/2009 python(48)This article takes a look at creating a threadpool in Python. Specifically it takes a stab at iteratively processing CSV and XML files and farming out the parsed data for processing by a threadpool. The Python logging, csv and ElementTree modules make cameo appearances.
Python Default Parameter Value Gotchas
09/11/2010 python(48)Knowing when default parameter values are initialized can save you some pain. A lot of pain. A whole, whole lot of pain.
Tailing in Python
05/16/2010 python(48)A quick and pointless look at implementing tail in Python. Something of a koan.
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