Per-request Query Caching in Django
The Django ORM is a wonderful thing. It makes it so easy to access the database, that sometimes you forget that it’s even happening. That is, until you open ...
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Ignore pyflakes warnings with bypass_pyflakes
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Say you have a bunch of developers that occasionally need Django shell access to production, but you want this to be an exceptional event. Here is a drop-in ...
Django Nose Lint Quickstart - Enforce fast unit tests
In the battle for blazing fast unit tests, you need all the tools you can get at your disposal. Enter django-nose-lint, a new Nose plugin that lets you enfor...
Introducing Django Pyfixtures
Django fixtures were initially touted as a great way to pre-populate your database, mainly for testing. Over time, various community leaders have suggested t...
Python Subprocess Asynchronous Read Stdout
Python has a great standard library when it comes to invoking external processes. But one weakness it does have is that it’s not easy to communicate with a s...
Keep Track of Vim Tabs Per Git Branch
Mylyn is a “task lifecycle management framework” plugin for Eclipse. I’m not 100% sure what that means, but I know I really liked one particular feature. On ...
Using $EDITOR and a less paging from Python command line apps
Python’s built-in raw_input() function is a quick and dirty way to get text input from the user in your Python command line application. But it’s really only...