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  • Django view classes and decorators
    Thursday, April 23, 2009 django, python

    There have been several proposals (for example, here and here) for using view classes instead of view functions for rendering views in Django. One of the problems I encountered when first attempting to use this approach was that (some of) Django's view decorators don't work on methods because the self

  • The Best Software Development Books Ever
    Wednesday, August 11, 2010 books

    I was recently grazing through the Safari Books Online library looking for good software books to read and came across Apprenticeship Patterns. Skimming the table of contents, I came across section 6.3—“Study the Classics”. In this pattern the authors recommend finding and reading the best literature from your field