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Tag Archives: Python
On a Quick and Dirty Asynchronous Python Client for SimpleGeo
SimpleGeo maintains a Python client library that is both easy to use and feature complete (in terms of API coverage). Searching by long/lat is demonstrated below: 1 2 3 4 5 from simplegeo import Client client = Client("KEY", "SECRET") places … Continue reading
On Using PyMongo with IronPython
While most .NET developers who want to work with MongoDB focus on C# with NoRM and MongoDB-CSharp, there’s an alternative – IronPython and PyMongo. PyMongo is the 10Gen developed Python driver for MongoDB. It’s actually pretty easy to get it … Continue reading
Tagged IronPython, MongoDB, Python
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On Google App Engine – First Impressions
Google’s App Engine offers an intriguing new rapid development opportunity. Long story short, Google is offering developers a chance to write apps against its App Engine API. Included are features such as a simple web app framework (appropriately called webapp), … Continue reading
Tagged Google, Python
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On Inequality in JavaScript
It’s easy to code through life without giving much thought to operator precedence. Of course we wax parenthetical from time to time, remembering my dear aunt sally. But for the most part, we can typically rely on the compiler to … Continue reading
Tagged C#, IronPython, JavaScript, Python
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On My Language Beating up Your Language
Three semesters ago, when I began working as an adjunct, I was faced with a choice. I could start teaching my intro to programming course using the language and tools with which I was most comfortable (C#, VS.NET) or I … Continue reading
Tagged C#, Python, Ruby
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On Using PyDev on a Mac
This post is admittedly for a very small niche of readers. If you are a Windows user – with virtually no Mac experience – and happen to be teaching college students how to program Python with Eclipse then read on… … Continue reading
Tagged Eclipse, Mac, Python, Teaching
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