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oinopion / deco.py
Last active December 2, 2016 08:08
Use contextmanager to create a decorator
# Read docs here: https://docs.python.org/3/library/contextlib.html
>>> from contextlib import contextmanager
>>>
>>>
>>> @contextmanager
... def deco_and_cm():
... print('Hello')
... yield
... print('Goodbye')
...

Visa requirements for UK conferences.

First you'll want to check if you need a visa to enter the UK.

  • Nationals of the EU, Switzerland, and EEA countries will not need a visa, and are free to work and conduct business in the UK.
  • Nationals from some designated countries such as USA may travel for tourist or business purposes under a visa exemption. The link above will detail what documents you need to provide in order to travel under a visa exemption.
  • Other nationals will need a visa.

The rules for allowable business travel under a visa exemption are covered by the same rules as those travelling under a vistor visa. If you will be travelling under a visa-exemption and the conference is covering your costs in any way you should make sure to read the relevant section below.

@pwalsh
pwalsh / appengine-service-accounts-on-devserver.md
Last active May 17, 2022 18:07
Google App Engine Service Accounts that work in local development: A guide for the lost and weary

It is easy to get service accounts working with App Engine's app_devserver.py - once you know how.

On the way there, you might have pulled out all your hair following one documentation dead end after another, trying to piece together the right information.

Here are the steps you need to take, in exact order, to get this working. Once you follow these steps, you'll be able to use service accounts in local development, so that you can interact with Google APIs (e.g.: Spreadsheet, Calendar) in a way that is consistent with the deployment environment on App Engine.

In order to follow the instructions, you'll be better off using the latest UI for Google Cloud projects. Older interfaces (such as the dedicated App Engine dashboard) have things in different places, under different names, etc. It is a world of pain there.

Also note that I've tested this on several 1.9.x releases of App Engine; I can't confirm the behaviour of earlier releases.

@wkjagt
wkjagt / audio-book-reader.md
Last active April 12, 2024 14:18
How I built an audio book reader for my nearly blind grandfather

#How I built an audio book reader for my nearly blind grandfather

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Last year, when visiting my family back home in Holland, I also stopped by my grand-parents. My grand-father, now 93 years old, had always been a very active man. However, during the presceding couple of months, he'd gone almost completely blind and now spent his days sitting in a chair. Trying to think of something for him to do, I suggested he try out audio books. After finally convincing him -- he said audio books were for sad old people -- that listening to a well performed recording is actually a wonderful experience, I realized the problem of this idea.

####The problem with audio devices and the newly blind. After my first impulse to jump up and go buy him an

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Simple Gist for debugging Django requests using RequestBin (http://requestb.in/)
Usage:
from request_bin import request_bin
def index_view(request):
request_bin('http://requestb.in/1fpixiy1', request)
@jbenet
jbenet / simple-git-branching-model.md
Last active April 9, 2024 03:31
a simple git branching model

a simple git branching model (written in 2013)

This is a very simple git workflow. It (and variants) is in use by many people. I settled on it after using it very effectively at Athena. GitHub does something similar; Zach Holman mentioned it in this talk.

Update: Woah, thanks for all the attention. Didn't expect this simple rant to get popular.

@audreyfeldroy
audreyfeldroy / pypi-release-checklist.md
Last active February 23, 2023 15:03
My PyPI Release Checklist
  • Update HISTORY.md
  • Commit the changes:
git add HISTORY.md
git commit -m "Changelog for upcoming release 0.1.1."
  • Update version number (can also be minor or major)
bumpversion patch
@kevinSuttle
kevinSuttle / meta-tags.md
Last active March 31, 2024 14:26 — forked from lancejpollard/meta-tags.md
List of Usable HTML Meta and Link Tags
"""
jQuery templates use constructs like:
{{if condition}} print something{{/if}}
This, of course, completely screws up Django templates,
because Django thinks {{ and }} mean something.
Wrap {% verbatim %} and {% endverbatim %} around those
blocks of jQuery templates and this will try its best