Namepy step 5 – Flask-Restless
(This is part of the namepy project. Start at Namepy – on the shoulders of giants) We will need Angular to use an Ajax call to request the data from Flask, using a REST-style...
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Namepy step 4 – PostgreSQL, SQLAlchemy and Flask-SQLAlchemy
(This is part of the namepy project. Start at Namepy – on the shoulders of giants) I’ve used PostgreSQL for a number of different projects. It is the database of choice for Django developers,...
Namepy step 3 – Adding in Highcharts
(This is part of the namepy project. Start at Namepy – on the shoulders of giants) Highcharts is a JavaScript library for creating high quality interactive charts. It is not open source but requires...
Namepy step 2 – Flask and Angular
(This is part of the namepy project. Start at Namepy – on the shoulders of giants) We’re going to need some server-side processing, for which I’ll be using Python and the Flask micro framework...
Namepy step 1 – Angular “Hello World”
(This is part of the namepy project. Start at Namepy – on the shoulders of giants) Let’s make a very simple start, with a webpage with a basic Angular controller, just enough to show...
Namepy – on the shoulders of giants
Whilst my core skill/tool is Python, I’m always learning new things, either inside or outside the Python ecosystem. I recently had the pleasure of working with Angular and Python/Flask. Here is a playful application...
Investment Tracking System – Django/Python
My client, a start up with a lot of experience in their field, had identified an important gap in the market. Large sums of money were being invested, with very long payback periods, without...
VirtualBox – moving virtual disks
Having installed VirtualBox I created a few virtual machines, with 20GB virtual disks each. After all, I’ve got a 1TB hard disk in my computer. When Linux started complaining about running out of disk...
Virtual machines using VirtualBox
Tapping into all the wonderful tools and languages that make our lives as developers so interesting can throw up some fun (?) challenges. You start installing the latest linter or library, and before you...
Installing Python 2.10 on Linux Mint 17.2
Warning: You may have some packages on your machine which rely on Python, and which may no longer work after installing a different version of Python. Ideally you should use a virtual machine for...
