Django: ‘WSGIRequest’ object has no attribute ‘user’
One of those “aw, crap” moments where everything was working fine one day and then you can’t get into the admin interface the next.
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Python – Alternate standard-library implementation of NLTK concordance() that allows saving output
I need the functionality of NLTK’s concordance() for something I’m working on, but rather than struggle with not being able to download its components through corporate proxies, adding NLTK as a dependency to my project and still not being able to… Continue Reading
Python – Are Threads or Processes more appropriate for disk I/O-bound operations?
For a task which involves needing to reading and writing a lot of data to and from a lot of files, would threads or processes improve performance?
Django – Format JSON strings to be human-readable in Admin pages
I’m storing a JSON blob in a TextField and indexing these fields using Elasticsearch. Unfortunately my JSON strings show up as as an ugly single line when I look at the entries in the Admin panel.
Deploying a Django app (to Dreamhost)
I’ve been using Django a lot more and more these days. It’s pretty easy to build and test an app within the testing environment it ships with, but things get trickier when it comes to deploying it to a production… Continue Reading
Python/Twisted – Various import errors
Here are some issues I encountered while trying to set up a basic Twisted install. ImportError: No module named ‘twisted.conch’ This issue occurred because I was trying to use Twisted with Python 3.4. As of right now this is not… Continue Reading
Python 3.4, Tkinter – Double clicking reveals the length of masked phrases
I’m messing around with Tkinter since I’d like to get back into non-web-based development and the Python/Tkinter combination looks promising.
Creating a Django project in Aptana Studio 3
I’m getting more into using IDEs for development, and would like to use Aptana for my work with Django since I use it with everything else. The only problem is, out of the box, Aptana doesn’t know what to do… Continue Reading
Python File Sorter
# sys required to access arguments import sys; from os import listdir, makedirs; # listdir required to access OS-related stuff from os.path import isfile, isdir, join; # required to determine whether something is a file from shutil import move; #lets… Continue Reading