A high-level Python framework for rapid development of Web applications based on the DIY (don't repeat yourself) principle. Begin by describing your data model from a set of Python classes, the system creates the tables for you. Next, design a template..

Somehow, I managed to miss Harry's Templates and Template Engines on phpPatterns. While it may have been written a few years back, I believe the points he makes are just as valid today as they were then. I have nothing against templating engines like Smarty (which we use at Digital Web). What I really don't understand is why there is a need to...

Somehow, I managed to miss Harry's Templates and Template Engines on phpPatterns. While it may have been written a few years back, I believe the points he makes are just as valid today as they were then. I have nothing against templating engines like Smarty (which we use at Digital Web). What I really don't understand is why there is a need to...

A lightweight PHP templating system which, unlike Smarty, does not compile your templates or use a separate markup syntax. Instead, it uses normal PHP syntax, so there is no parsing overhead involved. Additional features include an OOP plugin/filter API.

A lightweight PHP templating system which, unlike Smarty, does not compile your templates or use a separate markup syntax. Instead, it uses normal PHP syntax, so there is no parsing overhead involved. Additional features include an OOP plugin/filter API.

When Bell Labs finally closed its doors on Department 1127 this month, it didn't signal the end of Unix. Perhaps the end of an operating system research environment at Lucent, as most of the original team are long gone to other ventures (Google, Pixar, NASA/JPL, Princeton, Dartmouth...) or retired anyway. Hardly. Unix was first developed around...

When Bell Labs finally closed its doors on Department 1127 this month, it didn't signal the end of Unix. Perhaps the end of an operating system research environment at Lucent, as most of the original team are long gone to other ventures (Google, Pixar, NASA/JPL, Princeton, Dartmouth...) or retired anyway. Hardly. Unix was first developed around...

I encourage all would-be designers, such as myself, to visit the latest installment of Joshua David McClurg-Genevese's excellent Design in Theory and Practice column at Digital Web Magazine. This one, titled The Elements of Design, is pretty much self-explanatory. Covered are: Point Line Form (Shape) Texture Color Typography Joshua concludes...

I encourage all would-be designers, such as myself, to visit the latest installment of Joshua David McClurg-Genevese's excellent Design in Theory and Practice column at Digital Web Magazine. This one, titled The Elements of Design, is pretty much self-explanatory. Covered are: Point Line Form (Shape) Texture Color Typography Joshua concludes...

The Apple Developer Connection is a great resource. They have tons of content, including a large list of RSS feeds. Sadly, many of them are not well-formed, do not validate, or are otherwise broken. With an excellent Web browser product, Safari, that has lots going for it and is marketed as having great built-in support for RSS, you would think...

The Apple Developer Connection is a great resource. They have tons of content, including a large list of RSS feeds. Sadly, many of them are not well-formed, do not validate, or are otherwise broken. With an excellent Web browser product, Safari, that has lots going for it and is marketed as having great built-in support for RSS, you would think...

It's too bad that Tim Bray has commenting disabled on his blog. This is an issue that really needs discussion. I've been saying the same thing since I first started to encounter RSS feed links. Your reward for clicking on one of them is get a bunch of XML source code in your face. Not good! I can only image what some users think when this...

It's too bad that Tim Bray has commenting disabled on his blog. This is an issue that really needs discussion. I've been saying the same thing since I first started to encounter RSS feed links. Your reward for clicking on one of them is get a bunch of XML source code in your face. Not good! I can only image what some users think when this...

Via Russ Weakley of Max Design and the WSG Discussion List: It's been a very long time, but Westciv is finally running their free courses again. Week 1 of HTML and XHTML for CSS is now available online. This course gives a solid theoretical and practical foundation to standards based markup, covering such subjects as: the theory behind...

Although originally published on August 5th, Tim's piece Not 2.0? on the importance, or lack of, concept labeling (or to use the popular term, meme—oh the irony) has been expanded to include a lengthy discussion from the Web community. It's a shame that spammers have to ruin yet another outstanding concept and technology, in this case...