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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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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 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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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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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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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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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 does Python work?
This question may seems a little bit silly, but what the heck.
I started to learn Python. I know basic syntax, etc.
When I work with HTML, PHP, etc., I simply write code, put it inside .html or ....
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Options to handle large (multi-gigabyte) file uploads
How would you implement a very large file upload functionality with a Django application and S3?
In my side job as a photographer, I have several clients for which I have a need to share multi-...
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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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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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Web development in a small team - best practices
Currently developing a web app in a team of two maybe three in the near future. Tech stack is at the moment : flask, mongodb, and extjs for the fontend. I currently have the project under version ...
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Migrating from Python to Scala wise when a lot of work is already done in Python?
Me and my friend are developing a web-app in Python + Flask + PostgreSQL. We have been working on it for the past few months and have developed a lot of schema/use-cases specific to Python + Flask + ...
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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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