Much fun was had at the Django/Rails meetup in London last Monday. Colleagues Duncan Cragg and Ben Butler-Cole managed to demo a Django-based project being developed for a bid (more to follow if we win), and Michael Sparks from the BBC demoed Kamelia, and we also had lots of people from the monthly Python meeting [...]
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At the last meetup, the majority of the people there were ‘thinking’ about using either Rails or Django on a real world project. So by way of some blatant agenda setting for the meetup on the 10th (don’t forget to go and leave a comment if you’re coming) what is stopping you from using either? [...]
Well last night’s inaugural Django and Rails meetup went very well indeed (photos to follow) – apart from the slow start due to most people not knowing each other, and being unsure if the raised eyebrow from someone else in the bar was as a result of them seeing if they were there for the [...]
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There seems to be two different ways to format your dates using Django. The first takes advantage of Python’s built-in strftime, so to format a date according to ISO8601: mymodel.some_date_field.strftime(“%Y%m%dT%H%m”) Giving you a date like 20050819T2031. more-> Another approach is to format in the templates instead – then you can take advantage of Django’s filters. [...]
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Just a little reminder – the meetup is still on for the 5th. It’s looking like a good turnout too – the following people have mentioned they may be coming along: Simon Brunning Tom Dyson Matt Biddulph Tom Dunham Matt Mower Sean O’Halpin Tom Ward James Adam xtian Simon Willison Scott Matthewman Will Macdonald Jon [...]
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Since lambasting someone for a less than fair Django and Rails comparison, I’d planned to do my own. To start with, my comparison is based on several days worth of Rails development and about a weekend’s worth of playing with Django, using the (currently four part) tutorial. Ive had this reviewed by both Rails and [...]