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Why does flask use Jinja2 and not xpath?
I'm just starting out with python and since I'm coming from a PHP background (thus have to adjust my mind to wrap around new concepts) one major question still stands without answer - why does Flask ...
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How to fix bad fundamentals? [closed]
I am a native PHP developer, and have been for about a year or so. I love PHP and it was very easy for me to learn, but I have developed some bad habits along the way due to never having a formal ...
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Why does Zend discourage “floating functions”?
Zend's Coding Standard Naming Convention says
Functions in the global scope (a.k.a "floating functions") are permitted but discouraged in most cases. Consider wrapping these functions in a static ...
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XMPP— openfire, PHP and python web service
I am planning to integrate real time notifications into a web application that I am currently working on. I have decided to go with XMPP for this and selected openfire server which I thought to be ...
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Can python and php work together?
I am having a mobile app created for ios. The developers built the app in php. The app requires an algorithm so I found another programmer to develop it. The algorithm programmer built the algorithm ...
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Moving from PHP to Python - framework considerations
As a long time PHP developer, I am now starting to explore the Python world.
I have narrowed the choice of framework down to Django and Pyramid, probably no big surprise there. I have played a bit ...
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Scripting language for filling out web form
I have a job as an intern at a technology company, I was given the unfortunate job of performing some data entry into our web management system. The information entered into the web form is stored in ...
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Web Services as a Back end
I am contemplating a direction to take an application. The application is written in PHP which implements a MVC framework.
Some of my clients will require web services. I was thinking even building ...
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Why is Python slower than Java but faster than PHP [closed]
I have many times seen various benchmarks that show how a bunch of languages perform on a given task.
Always these benchmarks reveal that Python is slower then Java and faster than PHP. And I wonder ...
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Is there a performance benefit to using immutable objects in a scripting language?
As I understand it, writing your objects in an immutable style can help the performance of your program for compiled languages, as the compiler tends to rewrite your code in single static assignment ...
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How can I sell my boss on Python+Django instead of PHP+a different framework? [closed]
My boss has tasked me with a re-write of our intranet website. The existing system is very old PHP that doesn't use a framework. My preference is strongly to do the rewrite in Python and Django but my ...
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Can we compare programming languages ergonomically?
For instance, would Python be a more ergonomic programming language since it doesn't force you to make curly braces which requires the AltGr key. Also Python usually requires less code to achieve the ...
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PHP, Python, C# for web and desktop applications [closed]
I am a 10 year PHP developer. Just recently I have taken a little bit of an interests in C# after seeing that you can build native Windows desktop programs as well as build sites like Stackoverflow. ...
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How to become an expert in Python, PHP and Javascript? [closed]
So I've been programming for about 9ish months now, and I've taught myself some Python, some PHP and some Javascript.
I want to become better at these languages - I can hack something out, but a lot ...
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Setting up Eclipse IDE for Python and PHP development
There are various versions of Eclipse IDE available at Eclipse Download. Since, I am not concerned with Java development, I downloaded the Eclipse Classic 3.7.1. Now, I want my IDE to be setup for ...
