Mostly Python (Page 4)

diagram showing part of one template feeding into another template

Django

Django from first principles, part 3

MP 92: A better home page, using templates. Note: This is the third post in a series about building a full Django project, starting with a single file. This series will be free to everyone, as soon as each post comes out. In the last post we wrote a single

diagram of request-response cycle happening entirely on the developer's system

Django

Django from first principles, part 2

MP 91: A single file, serving a basic version of the project's home page. Note: This is the second post in a series about building a full Django project, starting with a single file. This series will be free to everyone, as soon as each post comes out.

Django

Django from first principles

MP 90: Building a complete Django project from a single file. Note: This is the first post in a series about building a full Django project, starting with a single file. This series will be free to everyone, as soon as each post comes out. 1 For a long time,

pdb

Using breakpoints to explore your code

MP 89: You can hop into your program's execution at any point. When working on a project, I often find myself wondering if my code does exactly what I think it does. Sometimes I'll have an idea about how to move forward in a program, but

Python development

Have you updated your Python recently?

MP 88: It's never too late to start a good updating habit. I'll be the first to admit, I don't stay on top of updates nearly as well as I should. The libraries and tools I use most often have gotten good enough that

pathlib

Calculated file paths

MP 87: What are they, and why should you use them? Note: I've been working on the styling of code blocks in technical posts. They should look better than they did previously, and be more aligned with what's discussed in the text. There's still