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dangtrinhnt / server-vars.yml
Last active December 31, 2020 15:51
Open edX server-vars.yml variables
# variables common to the lms role, automatically loaded
# when the role is included
---
# These are variables that default to a localhost
# setup and are meant to be overwritten for
# different environments.
#
# Variables in all caps are environment specific
# Lowercase variables are internal to the role
@funkotron
funkotron / docker_create_treeio.sh
Last active December 18, 2019 17:56
Using Docker (requires docker to be installed http://www.docker.io/gettingstarted/ ), spawn a postgresql instance and a dynamically configured treeio instance.
#!/bin/bash
# Description: Using Docker (requires docker to be installed http://www.docker.io/gettingstarted/ ), spawn a postgresql instance and a dynamically configured treeio instance
# Also requires postgresql client tools http://www.postgresql.org/download/linux/ubuntu/
# Run chmod +x to make this file executable then run it: ./docker_create_treeio.sh
# Author: Adam Awan
# Email: [email protected]
# Set the port to forward for Tree.io
TREEIO_PORT="80"
@kroger
kroger / mobi.py
Created June 26, 2013 11:37
Mobi builder based on Sphinx's epub builder.
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
"""
sphinx.builders.mobi
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Build mobi files.
Originally derived from epub.py.
:copyright: Copyright 2007-2011 by the Sphinx team, see AUTHORS.
:license: BSD, see LICENSE for details.

Where people struggle learning Django

Over the last 3 years or so I've helped a bunch of companies, small and large, switch to Django. As part of that, I've done a lot of teaching Django (and Python) to people new to the platform (and language). I'd estimate I've trained something around 200-250 people so far. These aren't people new to programming — indeed, almost all of them are were currently employed as software developers — but they were new to Python, or to Django, or to web development, or all three.

In doing so, I've observed some patterns about what works and what doesn't. Many (most) of the failings have been my own pedagogical failings, but as I've honed my coursework and my skill I'm seeing, time and again, certain ways that Django makes itself difficult to certain groups of users.

This document is my attempt at organizing some notes around what ways different groups struggle. It's not particularly actionable — I'm not making any arguments about what Django should or shouldn't do (at least

@thomaspark
thomaspark / subnav.css
Last active June 6, 2023 10:19
Subnav for Bootstrap 2
section {
padding-top: 60px;
}
.subnav {
margin-bottom: 60px;
width: 100%;
height: 36px;
background-color: #eeeeee; /* Old browsers */
background-repeat: repeat-x; /* Repeat the gradient */
@marktheunissen
marktheunissen / pedantically_commented_playbook.yml
Last active April 19, 2025 17:31 — forked from phred/pedantically_commented_playbook.yml
Insanely complete Ansible playbook, showing off all the options
This playbook has been removed as it is now very outdated.
@stefanv
stefanv / sparks.py
Created November 17, 2011 00:25
Command line sparks in Python
#!/usr/bin/python
# coding=utf-8
# Python version of Zach Holman's "spark"
# https://github.com/holman/spark
# by Stefan van der Walt <[email protected]>
"""
USAGE:
@evansd
evansd / postinstall.sh
Created June 28, 2011 21:30
postinstall sript from vagrant example box (having it somewhere web-accessible is easiest way to get it on to newly created VMs)
# Apt-install various things necessary for Ruby, guest additions,
# etc., and remove optional things to trim down the machine.
apt-get -y update
apt-get -y remove apparmor
apt-get -y install linux-headers-$(uname -r) build-essential
apt-get -y install zlib1g zlib1g-dev libxml2 libxml2-dev libxslt-dev libssl-dev openssl libreadline5-dev
apt-get clean
# Remove this file to avoid dhclient issues with networking
rm -f /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules
@rcrowley
rcrowley / deps.pp
Created November 16, 2010 00:14
Deploying Django with Puppet
stage { "pre": before => Stage["main"] }
class python {
package {
"build-essential": ensure => latest;
"python": ensure => "2.6.6-2ubuntu1";
"python-dev": ensure => "2.6.6-2ubuntu1";
"python-setuptools": ensure => "latest";
}
exec { "easy_install pip":
path => "/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin",
@tomcritchlow
tomcritchlow / 7books.py
Created November 9, 2010 23:23
The main code for 7books (www.7bks.com)
import cgi
import os
from google.appengine.ext.webapp import template
from google.appengine.api import users
from google.appengine.ext import webapp
from google.appengine.ext.webapp.util import run_wsgi_app
from google.appengine.ext import db
from google.appengine.api import memcache
from google.appengine.api import urlfetch