Flask is a popular Python-based micro framework. Here is how to install it on WebFaction. This is based on the Flask instructions and the WebFaction instructions. Log into your WebFaction control panel Domains/Websites ->...
As I’m making my way through Natural Language Processing with Python and Data Science from Scratch: First Principles with Python, the first step is to set up the development environment. My first attempt was to install numpy,...
Here is a simple websockets demo, using Python and Bottle, based on the example on the Bottle website Requirements: pip install bottle pip install python-dev pip install gevent-websocket Create websockets.py, from the source code...
If you’re developing a websocket app you may need to throw some tests at it. Whilst looking for a websocket client I came across this client, which makes it very easy to generate websocket...
To restart CherryPy on your WebFaction account: ps -u $USER -o pid,command Find the relevant process (id) kill <id> ./autostart.cgi
To set up websockets on a host can take a few extra steps. The host needs to know what to do with the websocket traffic. It took a few attempts to get a Python/websockets...
In 1999 I took over the running of an online community for business and personal coaches. Initially a simple email discussion list run on the Mailman open source software, once we hit 500+ members...
Our children’s school asked me to teach the 14 – 16 year old pupils some electronics. To make it more interesting I threw in some robotics. During an intense teaching period I spent morning sessions...
Our children’s school (a Waldorf/Steiner school) believes that ideally children should build a computer before they use one. So I offered to work with the 15-16 year old pupils on this. My first computer...
The client, a highly respected training company, was using an in-house developed system to manage the courses, bookings, delegates, and sales and marketing processes. When the business outgrew the system they asked me to...
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