http://itmaurer.com/blog WebSphere Commerce Technical Architect Tue, 29 Apr 2008 03:41:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I have given the following presentation several times to explain the different roles an effective Technical Architect plays. If you would like to know how a TA is like a Firefighter, Storyteller or Mountain Guide, please view the following short slide-show. | View | Upload your own http://itmaurer.com/blog/index.php/2008/04/28/role-of-a-technical-architect/ IBM has published my second article (2 of 2) on Web Development frameworks for Python. This one is on the TurboGears framework. Check it out here: http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-turbogears/ cheap xanax http://itmaurer.com/blog/index.php/2006/07/11/turbogears-article-on-developerworks/ The first article in my 2 part series on Python web development is now up on the IBM Developerworks website. This article features Django and the next one will be about TurboGears. http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-django/ You can also digg it if you are so inclined. If you want to download the actual source code, you ... http://itmaurer.com/blog/index.php/2006/06/06/django-article-on-developerworks/ Below is a link to my presentation tonight on Jython that I did for the Cleveland Area Python Users Group (Clepy): Introduction to Jython http://itmaurer.com/blog/index.php/2006/01/09/jython-presentation-clepy-19/ Looking through the unit tests for the Django project, I have been able to extract a relatively simple way of creating tests for my django models that do not effect production data or need to be cleaned up after each run. For my unit tests, I leverage sqlite and ... http://itmaurer.com/blog/index.php/2005/10/09/django-unit-testing/ On Monday night, I am doing a presentation on Django to the Cleveland Area Python Interest Group (Clepy). Here is the presentation: Python Web Development with Django Update: The zipfile that contains the sample project discussed in the presentation can be downloaded here: clepy.zip http://itmaurer.com/blog/index.php/2005/10/02/clepy_oct3_django_presentation/