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Multi-Threaded Django Dev Server

Posted on17. Dec, 2010 by Ash Christopher.

When using django, most of us use the ‘runserver’ that comes with Django. For the most part, it’s great and allows us to get things done quickly.
Where it starts to run into problems is when working on web-apps that make a lot of ajax calls or load media.
Ajax calls are especially important as the [...]

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PostRank Python API

Posted on14. Jul, 2008 by Ash Christopher.

What is PostRank?
PostRank is a scoring system developed by AideRSS to rank any kind of online content, such as RSS feed items, blog posts, articles, or news stories. PostRank is based on social engagement, which refers to how interesting or relevant people have found an item or category to be.
Public-facing RESTful API’s are becoming more [...]

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A Few Weeks With Rails

Posted on05. Nov, 2007 by Ash Christopher.

It’s been a few weeks since I started using Ruby on Rails, and so far it has been pretty good. That isn’t to say I havent run into a few hickups.
I am quite familiar with PHP, so I set out to try to do the same things in rails as I would in PHP. [...]

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What Is This Rails Thing?

Posted on01. Oct, 2007 by Ash Christopher.

A few weeks ago, I downloaded an eBook on Ruby on Rails and gave the first few chapters a read. It was decently interesting, and it sounded like something I would like to get into. I am not a fan of eBooks, so I decided I would spring for a physical copy.

The book covers Rails [...]

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Solving The HTTP Double-Post Dilema

Posted on06. Mar, 2007 by Ash Christopher.

Everyone who has done any sort of web development, and made use of the HTTP POST has run into this problem. If you haven’t, are you sure you are doing proper QA?
Basically, the problem comes from having the POST information still resident after an HTTP POST. If the user were to refresh their browser, that [...]

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