After experiencing an unexpectedly negative reaction in #plone to my most recent post "Introducing The Plone Kitty" (which was intended to be light-hearted and fun), I have decided to leave the Plone community for good. I wish you all the best! It's been fun.
To be clear: I'll ...
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Actually: re-introducing the Plone Kitty from Plone 1!
Plone Kitty is the name of a theme (then called "skin") that shipped with the earliest versions of Plone (1.1 in the image above). This was a simpler time when the web was new, and everything was possible!
Today, we know ...
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>>> import other The Zen of Zope, by Alex Clark Beautiful is an attribute of ugly. Explicit is implemented by implicit. Simple is provided by complex. Complex is directly provided by complicated. Flat only implements nested. Sparse has tagged value dense. Readability count is not in range. Special cases could not ...read more
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For anyone new to my blog, welcome. I am Alex Clark: Python Web Developer.
Recently with a tweet, I announced the start of a new personal project:
I have tentatively scheduled this project to be completed by the end of 2013, because it's important to set ...
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Django doesn't really need a hello world style introduction, its documentation speaks for itself. But this is what Hello World in Django looks like to me. I hate boilerplate and I love reducing software down to its core components; just enough to start the server.
setup.py:
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This is a non-technical post on the Plone community, why it's so great, how it functions, and some details that may help one understand it from the outside looking in (AKA The "secrets")
The Plone community is HUGE. I don't have any numbers handy, but ...
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The Plone community consists (roughly) of Founders, Contributors, and Users. It has formalized itself into a 501(c)(3) software foundation with a corresponding board and membership. The board conducts business on behalf of the community and the board and foundation members are all recognized contributors. Both the board ...
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