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Here’s a note on using the PyDev plug-in for Eclipse with our virtualenv set-up, configuring your Python Path within PyDev and running custom commands from the console — particularly for Django development.

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Here’s to Taking It Easy

September 15th, 2011

How to set up multiple Python environments on Linux, using Virtualenv to handle isolated project and pip for package management.

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Home Security

September 8th, 2011

Lessons in user permissions and groups, enabling Apache VirtualHosts to server HTTP from within an encrypted home directory on Ubuntu.

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As Long as You Follow

May 18th, 2011

Integrating Twitter into Beats Per Mile to send automatic progress updates, authenticating with OAuth and using the TwitterOAuth PHP library.

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Moving Pictures

May 16th, 2011

How Instagram’s new API served images for Beats Per Mile, using real-time location data to find geotagged images nearby our runner.

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The Show Must Go On

April 27th, 2011

How Beats Per Mile handles the music, initially attempting to use SoundCloud only to be thwarted by copyright infringement, ultimately to build a player from scratch just in time.

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