Ma.gnolia: Deryck Hodge's Bookmarks Tagged With "deployment"

Python's Makefile

2008-06-20T13:09:26-07:00

I'm thinking about build tools and build systems for web sites lately. Especially being at a new job, with a few sites and a few developers. Reading something earlier from Bicking made me discover this one, and I'm saving it mostly for the CSS/JS compression command via setup.py example code. Part of me thinks a collection of commands in a single setup.py command might work for us in Vegas.

Google App Engine - Google Code

2008-04-09T07:30:51-07:00

Now that I've had a day or two to digest this, I think this plays a part in Google's Open Social efforts. One of the coolest features of App Engine is the Google account integration, which gets lost a little as people outline all the Big Table and other such features around scalability. So how do I see this playing in the larger Open Social picture? One of the hardest things about Facebook apps is trying to scale them, and Google has effectively taken this off the table. Of course, you could deploy a Facebook app from App Engine, but the integration points -- i.e. Google account integration -- fit better for Google-based social apps. And I do love that it does WSGI and smells a little like Django.

What PHP Deployment Gets Right

2008-01-22T05:55:03-08:00

It's popular among Python and Ruby web developers to slam on PHP these days, which I've never really been into. It's nice to see Ian Bicking give PHP credit for something it does do well. Personally, I think the points about the shared C library and no global state are the real wins of PHP deployment. As an aside, I've always thought PHP was like C for the web.... it's hard to do good C code for the average developer, but that doesn't mean C isn't a powerful or "good" language. The same could be said for PHP. Sure Python is a better general purpose language, and I certainly love using it for web development. But I see the value and usefulness of PHP at the same time.