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pyMVC A Python Flask MVC Web Application Framework

At Hyves, we wanted to re-write a legacy web application in python Flask. I was in charge of setting up the boiler plate code that would be necessary to get a skeleton app, up and running. For writing large application it is helpful to separate the concerns in different components and MVC pattern serves that [...]

Squiggle 3.2 Beta Released

Squiggle 3.2 has finally reached the point where I can release it as beta version. I will not be adding any more features to 3.2 until the final release. From this point onward only bugs will be fixed. I encourage you to download the beta and try out its different features. Squiggle 3.2 has multiple [...]

Squiggle 3.2 Development Release

Squiggle 3.2 has major changes in underlying communication layer. It is important that this release is tested longer before declared final therefore I’m announcing today the development release of Squiggle 3.2 to get the early feedback on bugs and issues. Squiggle communication layer has been re-written to be platform agnostic. You can now write Squiggle [...]

LetsDonateStuff.com Now Supports Posting Items That You Need

As promised the new feature of posting items that you need is now available on LetsDonateStuff.com. Often people are reluctant in posting the items that they don’t need because they’re not sure if anyone will need them. Also it takes extra motivation to post something before someone actually asks for it. Therefore if there is [...]

Squiggle Update

This is just to update you guys about what is going on with Squiggle. Currently I’m working on version 3.2 as I write this. So far I’ve been working on re-writing the core communication components to enable writing of Squiggle client for other platforms easier i.e. Android, Linux, iOS, Mac, etc. I don’t know if [...]

Squiggle is Now in Git Repository

Squiggle used to be in SVN before and anyone who wanted to contribute a fix would have to upload a diff file as a patch. Yesterday I requested CodePlex to change my repository to Git and they were very quick in their response. Today Squiggle has been migrated to Git repository. This means you can [...]

LetsDonateStuff Now Supports OpenID

For the last two days I’ve been working on adding OpenID support on LetsDonateStuff.com. There has been substantial amount of code change under the hood. For the end user it means they’re going to have a simpler experience for offering items. Now when you go to offer item page, you have to login with your [...]

Squiggle 3.1 Revision 5 Released

Today I’ve released revision 5 of Squiggle 3.1. This is primarily a maintenance release since the only difference between this and the previous release is that It is now built against .NET 4.0. It doesn’t have dependency on WpfToolkit It uses .NET Tasks instead of ThreadPool It uses SqlServer CE 4 for saving history The [...]