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Serving part of a web application as a python package for people to install, ok to do?

Background To preface, I am building a database for the construction of a timing detector. However, I am very new to software engineering and database development. I have been building a website using ...
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What is a good approach to handling exceptions?

I have trouble reconciling "best practices" and real-world approaches to handling exceptions. In my day to day routine, I find myself running into the following examples: try: ...
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How do I learn Python from zero to web development? [closed]

I am looking into learning Python for web development. Assuming I already have some basic web development experience with Java (JSP/Servlets), I'm already familiar with web design (HTML, CSS, JS), ...
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Do frameworks put too much abstraction? [closed]

I've been programming for a little under a year and have some experience writing systems applications, web apps, and scripts for businesses/organizations. However, one thing I've never really done is ...
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How encrypting website data works

If i wanted to encrypt a password on my website before its sent to the server, would i have to encrypt the password in javascript on the frontend for it to be hidden over the interent or could it be ...
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How to develop front end (UI) for my Django website

I am learning Django and new to web development. Please excuse me if you find this question too dumb. So, I am creating a Facebook application using Django which I would like to host in Google App ...
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What are hooks? [closed]

I keep coming across this term hooks in various programming articles. However I don't understand what they are, and how can they be used. So I just wanted to know what is the concept of hooks; if ...
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Choosing between CL and Python for web development

I'm coming from a Java background and after I read this little essay by Paul Graham I started wondering about picking up a new language namely Common Lisp to speed up my work (I'm a web developer). I'...
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How difficult is Python and Django to pick up for a Java/.NET web developer? [closed]

I just started a new job a couple months ago at a small company where I am currently leading all development efforts present and future. I personally have years of experience in software design and ...
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SQLite with two python processes accessing it: one reading, one writing

I'm developing a small system with two components: one polls data from an internet resource and translates it into sql data to persist it locally; the second one reads that sql data from the local ...
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What's special about "non-blocking" node.js?

In the short chapter, What is Node by McLaughlin, he writes: "Node has no blocks, no threads competing for the same resource (Node is happy to just let things happen however they happen), nothing ...
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Choosing the right architecture for my web application

I've started working on my web application and I'm stuck at the design stage. I cannot decide which web technologies would be the most suited to this project. Let me explain what I want to achieve: 1)...
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Options for the RESTFul approach for follow and unfollowing

I'm looking at implementing a new RESTFul call where a User can follow/unfollow a generic 'thing' item, but I need to know the best or common approach below, 1 or 2? 1) A GET or POST on the ...
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How can I keep a production Python environment secure?

Most of my work is creating websites in Django (a Python web framework) and deploying them to my own or clients' servers. I work from a virtualenv to separate site from system packages and have ...
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Type of computer for a developer on the road [closed]

I am planning to be traveling through eurasia and asia (russia, china, korea, japan, south east asia...) for a while and, although there are plenty of marvelous things to see and to do, I must keep on ...
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