Recently, a friend pointed me to Python nose, a package providing a very easy way to build tests, based on unittest. I still have to write some code on my own to prove this, but I am too impatient to talk about it! Stay tuned for some code snippets in the next future.. Have a… Read more »
Time for a final report has come… First of all, I thank Tim for all trust he had in my programming and managing capabilities, and for giving me this great job opportunity. I’m deeply thankful to the interns I mentored: Robert, Sam and Petty, the nicest people I could meet, it has been so natural… Read more »
When the OpenLayers map of your site takes some time to load and you wish to give feedback to the user, the first place to look is the Loading Panel Addin. This addin provides an animated bar, that progresses as soon as a layer is loaded on the map. But you are not bound to… Read more »
Last week I had to cope with one of the (few!) limitations of Django ORM model about inheritance. For the GeoDjango website we are developing, we created a model that stores user-layer pairs, so that a logged user can restore the state of map and legend as [s]he left it at previous login, and anonymous… Read more »
Are you looking for giving your OpenLayers map controls a cool appearance, smoothly integrated with the site’s theme, without writing a papyrus and scatter code among lot of files? Then have a look at jQuery UI CSS framework, a system of classes developed for jQuery UI widgets. This is the map toolbar of the webGIS… Read more »
When Internet connection is a limited resource, a well-designed website doesn’t perform multiple times the same request. This little adjustment can significantly reduce the time required to load and refresh a page. First-world programmers should keep this in mind, or better come to South Africa and experience it in person… This reminds me how life… Read more »