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Everybody knows that JavaScript is a multi-paradigm language, and it can be used to program functionally.

I published first day pictures from PyCon 2007.

Introduction Web 2.0 brought on us an onslaught of new server-side web frameworks, and made it OK to put some code on the client side as well.

How long does it take to do a project?

This is the 2nd part of Setting up tools on Windows — notes mostly for myself.

Today I converted three web sites to the latest Django’s trunk formerly known as the magic-removal branch.

Yes, another Google SoC is upon us.

By popular demands I am publishing pictures of my JTAG, which I made to revive a wireless router some time ago.

Let me give you one more definition of what computer programmers do: they design, build, and maintain complex systems .

OpenWrt has officially terminated Sveasoft’s license citing blatant violation of the GPL.

I found some time to finalize my pictures and notes on PyCon 2006.

I added more pictures from PyCon 2006 .

Here in Dallas PyCon 2006 gave us an opportunity to meet many "virtual" people from Python community, and put faces to names.

Update 9/30/2006: when you finish this article don’t forget to read more about setting up tools in the second part: Setting up tools 2 .

It looks like this is the last update before upcoming beta release.

Have you been frustrated lately by speed of web applications?

Let’s take a look at Snakes & Rubies stats published on Google Video.

Now after two posts about Guido ’s quest for the Right Web Framework (1st , 2nd ) I am starting to feel like his relay station.

Finally Guido got some time to play with goods.

If you liked reading Guido ’s previous post on Python web frameworks (Rails was mentioned too) and discussion that followed, you should read his second installment: Web Framework Redux .

Django -Dojo alliance was finally announced to the world by our very own Jacob Kaplan-Moss : Starting with version 0.92 (which should be out in a few weeks, Murphy willing), Django is going to bundle Dojo with the toolkit.

Finally full Snakes & Rubies video went live on Google Video!

It looks like nbd was able to find the problem, which plagued many people (including me) with QoS.

Some time ago Jacob Kaplan-Moss released his documentary about Snakes & Rubies event .

Brad Neuberg wrote a good article , which compares two different approaches to AJAX: thick client (e.g., Dojo style) and thin client (e.g., Prototype style).

Nowadays this question is asked frequently.

Update on 11/25/2007: today this article presents mostly historical interest.

In case you missed it too: TinyMCE 2.0.1 is out.

Dojo 0.2.1 is out.

Today I saw new search phrase, which brought visitors to my humble blog: rails 1.0 "Lost connection to MySQL server during query".

Many programmers have DIY attitude.

A week ago I posted a link to David’s take on "Snakes and Rubies" event.

Three weeks ago we had a discussion about Ajax support in Django, which resulted in "Ajax and Django" wiki page.

David Heinemeier Hansson (the creator of Ruby on Rails) wrote a little piece on Snakes and Rubies event highlighting differences between Ruby on Rails and Django .

Rob Lambert just posted his thoughts on Snakes and Rubies event in Chicago today.

I just released a refresher for OpenWrt WebUI alpha package.

It is practically impossible to travel to Muslim countries without hearing some anecdotes about Nasreddin Hodja .

Finally I released WebUI 0.1 (Homunculus) alpha — AJAX-based web interface for OpenWrt made with Dojo !

OpenWrt RC4 is out .

During final tests I found a nasty bug in "Firewall configurator" applet.

I found a blog post describing London Web Frameworks Night , which took place on 11/17/2005 at the University of Westminster.

I was able to work more on OpenWrt GUI.

Last time I visited New Orleans on July 23, 2005 on my way to Florida.

As you all know Django has new shiny RSS framework .

Recently I looked at the stats of my web site.

As of today i18n branch of Django is merged back to trunk.

New TinyMCE 2.0RC4 is out.

I didn’t have a lot of time this weekend.

Update: this document is officially obsolete — alpha is released !

DreamHost has switched to Python 2.4.1.