django: Web Development for Perfectionists with Deadlines
Google engEDU
1 hr 14 min – 26-Apr-06

Google TechTalks
April 26, 2006

Jacob Kaplan-Moss

ABSTRACT
Django is one of the premier web frameworks for Python, and is often compared to Ruby-on-Rails. Jacob is one of the lead developers on Django. Read the rest of this entry »

Nitobi Ajax Grid Dreamweaver Extension Tutorial

5 min – 7-Oct-07

Learn how to easily embed an Ajax data grid in a web page and bind it to a MySQL database using a Dreamweaver extension. http://www.nitobi.com/products/completeui/ Read the rest of this entry »

How to Integrate FCKeditor with a MYSQL database
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19 min – 19-Dec-07

This tutorial will walk you through installing the FCKeditor with a MYSQL database. Allowing you to easily edit your webpages online with a wysiwig editor. Install the FCKeditor with MYSQL Read the rest of this entry »

Rapid Development with Python, Django, and Google App Engine Guido van Rossum (Google) Learn how to create great web applications quickly on Google App Engine using the Django web framework and the Python language. Google App Engine lets you host complete, scalable web applications written in Python with minimal fuss. This tutorial assumes basic familiarity with Python but definitely no advanced Python knowlege; Django experience is optional. You will learn how to use the Django web framework with the datastore API provided by Google App Engine, and how to get the most mileage out of the combination. You will also see how to use Django best practices like unit testing when developing for Google App Engine.

Providing the complexity of web applications that can be developed with Django and Google App Engine, the need for Desktops remains present but we can question the need for virtual solutions in common applications such as Virtual Bridges.

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Ruby Sig: How To Design A Domain Specific Language
Google engEDU
1 hr 3 min – Oct 5, 2006

Google Tech Talks
October 5, 2006

David Pollak has been developing commercial software for 28 years. He founded Athena Design and wrote Mesa, the first real-time spreadsheet. David wrote Integer, the first online, collaborative spreadsheet. Since 2000, David has been developing domain specific languages for security and general web development.

ABSTRACT
David will describe a framework for developing DSLs which includes:

* Identifying the constituents in a development project;
* Determining the costs and benefits of a DSL for a particular constituency vs. hand-coding functionality for that constituency based on interviews and specs;
* Identifying the ‘thought leader’ in a given constituency and interviewing him or her to determine the semantics of the domain;
* Determining syntax of the DSL;
* Mocking up the DSL and ‘test driving’ it with the thought leader;
* Finding appropriate integration points for the DSL into the application;
* Defining the process by with the Domain Experts will update code in the DSL (e.g., they have a web page where they can change tax calculation rules vs. they make a change to particular Ruby files as part of a development/staging/production cycle.); and
* Iterate over the semantics, syntax, and process to fully integrate Domain Experts into the development process. Read the rest of this entry »