#development (614 links)
- Let's talk about DVCS b-list.org
- Features are a one-way street - (37signals) 37signals.com
Once your user base has grown beyond a certain point, you cannot take features away from them. They will freak out. Whether the feature is good or bad, once you launch it you’ve married it.
- Get Started With Django - Webmonkey webmonkey.com
Webmonkey's Django tutorial.
- Vimeo Developer API vimeo.com
- Zennaware » Cornerstone zennaware.com
New Subversion client for Mac. Looks like it might be better than Versions.
Extensive new Last.fm API. Joy!
On my new homepage, a combined list of my tweets, bookmarks, and user comments on my site appear underneath my latest blog entries. I use a fun bit of Django code to pull these various items together, sorted by publication date
- Django snippets: Welcome djangosnippets.org
"A site for users of the Django web framework to come together and share useful "snippets" of reusable code."
- We're all ops people now times.usefulinc.com
Our programs have left the desktop and found their new home on the web. System administration issues loom large upon us, security concerns lurk auspiciously in the corners of our minds.
- AJAX Libraries API - Google Code code.google.com
The AJAX Libraries API is a content distribution network and loading architecture for the most popular open source JavaScript libraries.
- Debugging Django simonwillison.net
- Wait till I come! » Blog Archive » In praise of mistakes wait-till-i.com
Instead of celebrating the successes, we should be celebrating issues that have been brought to our attention. A bug is a chance to analyze what lead to it to fix it.
- Coding Horror: XML: The Angle Bracket Tax codinghorror.com
I realize that we have to use something to represent reasonably human readable data stored in a text file, but XML sometimes feels an awful lot like using an enormous sledgehammer to drive common household nails.
He reveals the philosophy behind his successful flOw, the most-downloaded game on the PlayStation Network, and what led to the creation of Flower, thatgamecompany's follow-up.
- Deploying and tuning Django mydjangoblog.com
In this article I’ll share my experience for installing on this server Django with Apache mod_python, with memcached caching and lighttpd for serving static files.
- Gradle gradle.org
spend time on your project, not on your build system
- Flickr Code code.flickr.com
Your one-stop shop for information, gossip and discussion with the Flickr developer community
- How to Report Bugs Effectively chiark.greenend.org.uk
- Git Magic - Preface www-cs-students.stanford.edu
Git is a version control Swiss army knife. A reliable versatile multipurpose revision control tool whose extraordinary flexibility makes it tricky to learn, let alone master. I'm recording what I've figured out so far in these pages.
- Cross Browser Testing. Pick a browser, Pick an OS, Test website crossbrowsertesting.com
"We give you FULL ADMINISTRATIVE ACCESS to the operating system. While our primary focus is cross-browser testing, you actually have full control over the configuration. When you disconnect, the virtual instance goes away and so does any trace of your wor
- Bug & Issue Tracking | Sifter sifterapp.com
Sifter is designed to be bug and issue tracker for designers and non-technical people. However, we're pretty optimistic that technical people will like it too.
- The Thing About Git tomayko.com
[With Git] you can work on five separate logical changes in your working copy – without interacting with the VCS at all – and then build up a series of commits in one fell swoop.
- Mercurial Hosting - freeHg.org freehg.org
Makes it quick and easy to share your [mercurial] repositories.
- Pylot | Open Source Web Performance Tool pylot.org
A free open source tool for testing performance and scalability of web services. It runs HTTP load tests, which are useful for capacity planning, benchmarking, analysis, and system tuning.
- DeviceAtlas | DeviceAtlas deviceatlas.com
The world's most comprehensive database of mobile device information. Everything you ever wanted to know about every handset on the planet.
- Virtual Hosting Blog » GreenDev: 50 Environmentally Friendly Apps, Hosts and Resources virtualhosting.com
"Environmentally friendly" being a relative term when it comes to hardware and power.
- Optimize for now! - (37signals) 37signals.com
"The best way to get to the point of needing more is by optimizing for today. Use the strengths of your current situation instead of being so eager to adopt the hassles of tomorrow." Half agree, half disagree.
- Vitamin Features » Coding for the mobile web thinkvitamin.com
Integrates SFTP right into the heart of Mac OS X. This allows you to remotely mount any SSH or SFTP server onto your desktop [...] and use them as if they were local disks.
- Extensible CSS Interface I: The Foundation ~ Authentic Boredom cameronmoll.com
"Throughout the duration of this series, we’ll be speaking extensively about markup — XHTML, CSS, and a little scripting. Marking up a website is akin to speaking Spanish. There’s more than one way say something, and there’s certainly more than on
- Let's Play: Use Mercurial, you Git! texagon.blogspot.com
More on Mercurial vs. Git.
- dormando - Dormando's [crappy] Operations Mantras dormando.livejournal.com
An omega post of all of the generalized one off mantras I find valuable when approaching operations management.
- jawr: Jawr - More than a Javascript/CSS compressor jawr.dev.java.net
A tunable packaging solution for Javascript and CSS which allows for rapid development of resources in separate module files.
- K. Scott Allen : Three Rules for Database Work odetocode.com
The database is as much a part of an application as the code and the models inside the software.
- Vision and Purpose | GarrettDimon.com garrettdimon.com
"Having a clear vision and purpose for your application might seem like just a nice-to-have, but in reality, it's that vision and purpose that determines decisions at every crossroad. Any lack of clarity and strength of purpose will show through in the re
SwitchPipe manages and forwards HTTP requests to Web application processes, automatically managing balancing, port numbers, monitoring and timeouts.
- Slashdot | Best Practices For Process Documentation? ask.slashdot.org
I know that this is all a waste of time if there's no follow-through from management. But assuming that the required support is there, how do you guys do process documentation?