Posts for Python
Thread-Safe Object-Oriented Views in Django
An emerging design pattern in Django is the usage of class-based views. Writing views as classes is made possible by Python features that allow classes and objects to behave as callables, just like functions. They can help organize view code and promote reusability by offering a greater level of customization. However, callable objects sometimes have thread safety issues that developers are often not aware of.
Building Search into Pip
I've begun using pip frequently for working with python packages in my virtualenvs. pip does a great job with installing (and now uninstalling) python packages, but it currently lacks a command that I miss from other types of package managers, such as aptitude and port -- search.
Introduction to Surlex Slides from Djangocon 2009
I have uploaded my slides from my lightning talk on Surlex at Djangocon 2009.
Introduction to Surlex
Surlex (Simple URL Expression) is a language for matching and extracting text, similar to regex (regular expression). It works by generating a regular expression from a more concise syntax that is designed to produce easy-to-read url patterns.