Archive for August, 2010

Django Deployment Tutorials

The current recommendation for Django deployment is Apache + mod_wsgi. But for those who need more performance, then you can take adventure to use another server.

With different server the deployment and configuration may not be easy, so to speed up your deployment you can take a look on several Django deployment tutorials. So here some of your options :
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GIS for Web Developers

Location aware web application, map display is a common thing this day. Yes, you can use available services like Google Map, Bing Map or others, but if you need full control to your map then you need to build your own map. You don’t need to be worry, because there are several excellent open source projects that can help you to achieve your goal.

So here are my candidates :
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Create Map From Scratch Using Mapnik

If you need to create a map from shapefile, you can grab Mapnik. It is a free toolkit for developing mapping applications. Let me show you a quick tutorial on how to create map using Mapnik.
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Using django-paypal IPN in Django 1.2

If you need to use paypal in your Django project, you can use django-paypal. For project in Django 1.1, django-paypal can be used out of the box.

But in Django 1.2 you need some modification, because django-paypal IPN breaks due to CSRF.

Unfortunately, the author no longer maintain the project, you can see that from last commit date (July 15, 2009), and some unresolved issues. So here is a quick fix for using IPN in django-paypal.
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