Here is a generic script that can be used to serve any Quixote project as an HTTP or SCGI process. I’ve found it quite useful when developing multiple Quixote2-based sites because I don’t have to worry about a custom launcher. This script will continue to live on at the official quixote wiki page. #!/usr/bin/python from [...]
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Easing. Google Style.
Last October, Google decided to get back in touch with its minimalistic roots and introduced a fading (also know as easing) behavior on its homepage. When the page was first loaded only three essential elements were visible: the logo, search input, and submit buttons. The links in the header and footer were faded in on-demand when [...]
Testing Web Applications with Python
In this post I am going to discuss the various Python tools that are available to perform automated testing of web applications. The application could be written in any framework (eg: RoR, Django, or Quixote) but I am going to use Quixote as the reference because of its simplicity. The testing techniques I am going [...]
Pycon 2010 Wrap-up
I just got back from my first ever Pycon. The conference is a hackathon, geek festival, and technical talks combined into one intense event. A more apt name for it would be Pypalooza. I was there for the three days of the technical talks but next year I hope to be able to participate in [...]
Getting Started with Quixote
Quixote is an open source Python project that has the distinction of being one of the earliest Python “web frameworks”. Other frameworks that came later and gained more popularity (eg: django, Pylons, Turbogears, Cherrpy) can attribute some of their design influences to Quixote. It still has an active user community, albeit it is not as [...]
