Python

Python vs. Ruby

February 17, 2010

I found this really enlightening post and presentation on Python vs. Ruby from a Python guy, Gary Bernhardt. Gary first talks about some features of Ruby that violate the “Zen of Python.” He only presents 5 violations, but you can see for yourself that Ruby does violates most of this “Zen.” Then Gary goes on [...]

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Just Trying to Test Leads to Cleaner Code

October 27, 2009

As I mentioned in my last post, I’ve been trying to get some unit testing going so that I can keep focused and gain a higher level of comfort with the code I’m writing. I started by trying move a business method that had crept into the model and put it in its own business [...]

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That Was Short Lived

September 4, 2009

I started working through the Lift getting started guide and other documentation and I’ve come to the conclusion that a lot of the benefits of using Lift aren’t applicable to the project. The project is a Facebook app and I have a little experience writing those with Django and Google App Engine. All the nice [...]

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