Tag : Python

How to install and setup a Python Django development environment on Windows 7

Written by Andrew on Jan. 11, 2011. Posted in How To.

Step 1: Install Cygwin & Python

To get started we need to setup a Python environment running under Cygwin. First make your way over to cygwin.com and run their installer.

Most of the installation is just clicking next, and accepting the defaults:

Cygwin Python Installation 1

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Cygwin Python Installation 2

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Cygwin Python Installation 3

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Cygwin Python Installation 4

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Cygwin Python Installation 5

Choose your closest Mirror. We like Internode!

Cygwin Python Installation 6

This is where we stop clicking next and select our packages.

Select Python:

Cygwin Python Django Installation - Package Selection 1

We'll probably need to install a Subversion client, so also select that:

Cygwin Python Django Installation - Package Selection 2

wget will make installing the Django stuff easier:

Cygwin Python Django Installation - Package Selection 3

gcc and gcc++ will be needed later to compile ...

— Andrew

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Django PIL Error - The file you uploaded was either not an image or a corrupted image.

Written by Andrew on Sept. 8, 2010. Posted in Technology.

When uploading an image with Django admin, or a Django based CMS, you receive the following error:

Upload a valid image. The file you uploaded was either not an image or a corrupted image.

The solution, on CentOS, Red Hat and Fedora, is to ensure that Python Image Library (PIL) is installed and compiled after libjpeg-devel is installed:

sudo yum install libjpeg-devel
workon mysite
pip uninstall PIL
pip install PIL

This will compile PIL with the correct JPG support and fix the error above.

— Andrew

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Django Resources

Written by Andrew on May 3, 2010. Posted in Research.

After spending the last 6 weeks trawling the Internet for Django resources, I thought it would be worthwhile putting together a page with the best Django resources. So here it is folks! NB. More to come in the following weeks! I will endeavor to keep this page updated over will be adding a lot more content as I have time. Updated, 14th May 2010.

Resource Sites

Documentation

Code

Deployment

— Andrew

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How to install Django-CMS on CentOS 5.4 with Python 2.6

Written by Andrew on March 7, 2010. Posted in How To.

The other day I was playing around with Django CMS and battling to get it installed on CentOS 5.4. I thought I'd put these notes together in the hope that someone might find them useful. NB. These instructions are not 100% polished, but should be sufficient to get you up and running.

This will install Django 1.1.1 and Python 2.6 on CentOS 5.4, using Apache and mod_python!

Special thanks to fink from #django-cms on irc.freenode.net for his patience and advice, and the other bloggers around the globe that have written useful articles ...

— Andrew

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