Kurt Grandis

Software Engineering & Entrepreneurship

Kurt Grandis header image 4

Entries Tagged as 'Python'

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 [...]

[Read more →]

Tags:······

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 [...]

[Read more →]

Tags:·····

Django in the Triangle

November 20th, 2009 · View Comments · Django, Local Business, Python

Jacob Kaplan-Moss recently wrote about the growing size of the Django community. It seems as though we are starting to feel some Django-related growing pains here in North Carolina’s Research Triangle Park. Given recent developments on the Triangle Zope & Python User Group (TriZPUG) mailing list I thought I would take some time to discuss [...]

[Read more →]

Tags:····