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Last updated on June 28, 2009

Configure Flags

These are the flags/switches I used with configure.

MySQL on Mac
CC=gcc CFLAGS="-O3 -fno-omit-frame-pointer" \
CXX=gcc CXXFLAGS="-O3 -fno-omit-frame-pointer \
-felide-constructors -fno-exceptions -fno-rtti"
./configure \
--prefix=/Applications/mysql \
--with-extra-charsets=complex \
--enable-thread-safe-client \
--enable-local-infile \
--enable-shared \
--with-plugins=innobase \
--localstatedir=/Users/<UserName>/Documents/mysql/dataDon't know why I decided to install the bins under Applications, but I did. Put them where you want. I did install the data dirs under Docs so that my backup backs them up! :)

Python 2.4.6 on Mac
./configure MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=10.5

Here the PATH statements from .bash_profile and .bash_login:

.bash_profile
export PATH=/usr/local/bin/:/Applications/mysql/bin:$PATH

.bash_login
export PATH="/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/Applications/mysql/bin/:$PATH"

This is the area where I work

In a couple of the scenes, you can see where I work. :)

LXML on Mac OS X

Thanks to this info on Reinout's blog, I was able to install lxml in just a couple of minutes using buildout!!!!! Previously, I spent hours and hours on it and didn't get it done.

Here the info:
http://reinout.vanrees.org/weblog/2009/03/19/static-lxml-recipe-and-ligbcrypt-works-now.html

And, thanks Reinout! :)

WTF, Miss California ?!: As usual, Keith Olbermann got it right!

Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy

Need to skin your site?

I just found this site called Open Source Templates. They have some very appealing skins for you to choose from.

http://www.OpenSourceTemplates.org/

Hugs for Bush

Now, you have to see this. Very funny.... if you watch it all the way to the end. Yes, ALL THE WAY TO THE END.

log()

A friend reminded me of:
from Products.CMFPlone.log import log;log(msg)

Plone and Unit tests and ZSQL Methods

So, while writing running unit tests for a new class method, a call to a ZSQL method, in the skins folder, kept failing. Then after a long search, I finally found:

http://markmail.org/message/uhh3dhxvypfcnglu#query:plone%20skins%20%22unit%20test%22+page:1+mid:uhh3dhxvypfcnglu+state:results

So, the reason as stated is this:
because in tests new skin layers aren't automatically added to the
default search path on product installation.

So, adding this code to 'afterSetUp' solved everything for me:

def afterSetUp(self):
    self._refreshSkinData()

Bird baits fish

Python's Yield

Here an example of how I learned to understand generators, 'next' and 'yield':

>>> def create_squared_generator():
...     x_range = range( 5 )
...     for x in x_range:
...         yield x * x
... 
>>>
>>> squared_generator = create_squared_generator()
>>>
>>> print squared_generator.next()
0
>>> print squared_generator.next()
1
>>> print squared_generator.next()
4
>>> print squared_generator.next()
9
>>> print squared_generator.next()
16

So, when you get to the end of a generator and call next() again, a StopIteration exception is raised:

>>> print squared_generator.next()
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?;
StopIteration

In this example, I called next() over and over again until hitting the end of the range. And when tried one more time, I got the exception as mentioned.

This example is not very useful since the generator is limited to range( 5 ). However, if you pass a max size, it becomes more useful:

>>> def create_squared_generator( size ):
...     x = 0
...     while x < size:
...         yield x * x
...         x += 1
... 
>>> for val in create_squared_generator( 10 ):
...     print val
... 
0
1
4
9
16
25
36
49
64
81

Actually quite easy once I understood that 'yield' is the same as 'return,' the execution resumes at the spot at which 'yield' returned the previous value, and, the generator can only be used ONCE!

virtualenv

virtualenv is a tool to create isolated Python environments. install it with:
easy_install virtualenv
The basic usage is:
$ python virtualenv.py ENV
Where ENV is the name of the environment that you want to create.
Or,
virtualenv --no-site-packages ENV
Creating the virtual evn this way will not inherit any packages from the site-packages folder. This can be used if you don't have control over site-packages and don't want to depend on the packages there, or you just want more isolation from the global system

Beautiful! :)

Install Plone using Buildout on Unix-like Evnironments

Weblion has a screencast on how to create a Plone instance using buildout. Very well done. Here it is:

http://weblion.psu.edu/documentation/presentations/buildout/install-plone-using-buildout

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Lime Chicken

Lime Chicken
Originally uploaded by [ Hungry Hungry ]

Have a look at this awesome chicken recipe. Gonna try it very soon.