Dump Your Servers for AWS Fargate
Containers are speeding up the deployment process, but are your physical servers holding you back? It's time to become truly serverless.
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Calvin Hendryx-Parker |
February 5, 2020
Why WebPack is Eating Grunt’s Lunch
Consistency can make or break your company's workflow, and bundling assets can save valuable resources and time when working on the front-end...
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Anthony Bosio |
January 30, 2020
5 Tips to Get Started with Docker
Docker can help speed your application build process and create consistency across multiple devices. But how do you even get started?
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Calvin Hendryx-Parker |
January 17, 2020
10 Tips for Upgrading to Python 3
Upgrading legacy systems to Python 3 doesn't have to be a hassle. Here are 10 tips and tricks to help with your upgrade project...
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Kim Nguyen |
December 19, 2019
Why You Should Upgrade to Python 3
Python 2's End of Life is January 1, 2020. At Six Feet Up, we're prepared a critical list of reasons why you need to upgrade to Python 3...
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Chrissy Wainwright |
December 19, 2019
What is Faceted Search or Faceted Navigation?
Faceted search provides site visitors with a quick and intuitive way to narrow down their search results in real time...
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Calvin Hendryx-Parker |
July 24, 2019
How to write an RFP for your Web Portal project
Whether your web portal project is about a corporate intranet, an online collaboration platform for researchers or a app designed to help members manage their data, you will most likely need to write an RFP to identify possible suitable vendors...
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Gabrielle Hendryx-Parker |
May 17, 2019
What to look for in your site’s search
Tips if you are looking for Google-like search features...
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Calvin Hendryx-Parker |
March 12, 2019
Quick Intro to Cloud Custodian
The Open Source Cloud Custodian can keep your cloud clean and tidy, here's how to get started.
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Calvin Hendryx-Parker |
February 4, 2019
POSKeyError Debugging and Fixing Cookbook
Hunting and killing bad objects in the ZODB for fun and profit.
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Calvin Hendryx-Parker |
January 18, 2019
How to Create Custom Password Validators in Django
Django comes with basic password validators but you can also create your own if you have more specific needs. Here are some tips for doing that...
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Anthony Bosio |
April 30, 2018
Django Commands: makemigrations or migrate?
When running Django migrations, which command should you run: 'makemigrations' or 'migrate'? Here is a simple how-to manual...
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Chrissy Wainwright |
April 20, 2018
Django Forms: Handling form data in the POST
Some forms will require custom changes to be made with the data sent to the form. Here are some tips for getting that data in the view...
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Chrissy Wainwright |
March 12, 2018
Making your Django templates AJAX-y
Load all or portions of a page with Javascript without having to do a traditional click-wait-entire page reload...
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Chrissy Wainwright |
February 27, 2018
How to Build AWS VPCs with SaltStack Formulas
Use SaltStack to automatically build cloud infrastructure on your behalf...
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Calvin Hendryx-Parker |
September 19, 2017
Transmogrify Your Content Migration
How to successfully and effectively export content out of your CMS using a powerful migration tool called Transmogrifier...
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Chrissy Wainwright |
August 28, 2017
Backing up Using ZFS Snapshots and Replication
How we have rolled up a fast, modern and efficient backup system that is easy-to-manage and low maintenance...
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Calvin Hendryx-Parker |
May 8, 2017
5 Tips for a Successful Plone 5 Upgrade
Everything you need to know to avoid falling into Plone 5 migration traps...
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Chrissy Wainwright |
March 22, 2017
Interactive Web Apps with React
A framework for interactive web applications, React was a popular topic at All Things Open this year...
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Calvin Hendryx-Parker |
November 22, 2016
Write Better Programs with pytest
Getting a set of fast running tests can dramatically speed up the development process as well as ensure developers don't introduce regressions...
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Calvin Hendryx-Parker |
September 26, 2016
High Availability (HA), Load Balancing & Failover
Keeping websites and web applications up and running can be critical. It is best to look at all options very closely before choosing one...
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Calvin Hendryx-Parker |
September 16, 2016
Plone 5's Best TinyMCE Plugin for Content Managers
Templates help content editors manage rich content within their site without knowledge of HTML. The new Plone 5 has support for a TinyMCE plugin called Templates...
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Anthony Bosio |
June 22, 2016
Best Practices for Customizing Your Live Plone Site
Learn when TTW customizations should be avoided, how to make customizations properly, and how to put a customization process in place.
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Chrissy Wainwright |
March 17, 2015
Building Python Command Line Tools, Part 4: CSV Importing and Time Zones
In the final part of our series on Python Command Line Tools, we'll put our application to work. I'll show you how to import the CSV module and handle timezones post import.
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Calvin Hendryx-Parker |
March 13, 2015
Building Python Command Line Tools, Part 3: Bootstrapping Pyramid
For the third part of our series on Python Command Line Tools, I'll show you how to use your console_script to bootstrap a Pyramid App.
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Calvin Hendryx-Parker |
March 2, 2015
Displaying EasySlideshow on your Homepage with Diazo
Now that you've learned how to use EasySlideshow, this article will give instruction on how to display it within your site's pages.
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Chrissy Wainwright |
February 11, 2015
Building Python Command Line Tools, Part 2: Console Scripts
In this second part of our series on Python Command Line Tools, I'll show you how to make the agrparse script executable and ready to be installed as a console script when someone installs your Pyramid or Django app.
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Calvin Hendryx-Parker |
February 9, 2015
How To Use EasySlideshow
This article provides step by step instruction for using Easyslideshow within Plone post install and activation.
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Chrissy Wainwright |
February 4, 2015