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Gitosis for Mercurial

March 20th, 2010 · View Comments · Python

As far as DVCSs go I’ve been a git user. That’s mostly because it was the first one I tried and it worked. I’ve been comfy and have enjoyed the world of git and GitHub, but a number of troublemakers have been trying to convince me to give Mercurial a shot. After some nudging I [...]

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Get Your Nose Out Of There!

March 9th, 2010 · View Comments · Python

I wrote my first Nose plugin this weekend and I’ve got to say it was dead simple.

I was looking around for ways to keep Nose from searching for tests in certain directories. You see Nose is a nosey little critter that will scour every nook and cranny of your directory structure looking for unittests to [...]

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Python + Django vs. C# + ASP.NET: Productivity Showdown

February 24th, 2010 · View Comments · Agile, Data, Django, Entrepreneurship, Python

People are often asking me how and why my department shifted from an ASP.NET environment to Django. I’ve finally gotten around to writing about the process leading up to our decision. I hope people out there find it useful in their own development groups and discussions.
Almost two years ago I was in a rather unlikely [...]

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