With the Python ORM discussion heating up recently, I thought it was time to start exposing capabilities of QLime. So here is a longer features list. I know, I know... it need more examples.
[ Home | Articles | Account | People | Projects | FAQ ] With the Python ORM discussion heating up recently, I thought it was time to start exposing capabilities of QLime. So here is a longer features list. I know, I know... it need more examples.
Updated with colorful new diagrams and minor textual changes - step by step introduction to new-style Python objects:
(OmniGraffle is a great little diagramming tool)
Another version of the programmer friendly database access library released.
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Unleashed: http://www.qlime.org/
A two part series on Python new-style objects:
Python Types and Objects - Explains different Python objects, starting with <type 'type'> and <type 'object'>, and going all the way to user defined classes and instances.
Python Attributes and Mehtods - Explains the mechanics of attribute access, how functions become methods, descriptors, properties, MRO and the like.
Enjoy!
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SCons - A great build system in Python. Easily customizable, now used to automate production of above articles. If it weren't for this, I'd still be struggling with makefiles.
Quixote - A simple, straightforward and Pythonic web application framework.
A month ago, I finally managed to get my Python article - The New Python: Part 1 - Types and Objects - out of the door. Received hardly any feedback which leads me to believe that either:
Honestly, I think it's more of the former. This is a draft and I plan to move the theory to the back anyway. Second draft will be announced along with Part 2, hopefully by the end of this month.
Btw, a single page version of the article is here.
New HTML Parser: The long-awaited libxml2 based HTML parser code is live. It needs further work but already handles most markup better than the original parser.
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If you're a C programmer with some spare time, take a look at the mod_virgule project page and help us with one of the tasks on the ToDo list!