Web Performance, Security, and Scalability
Session sharing was my first task working on https://philanthropyu.org. It was also the first task assigned to me on a real team at Arbisoft. The 2 systems that I had to integrate were: Open edX – A learning management system primarily built using Python and Django NodeBB – A forum software built using Node.js and … Read more
This is one of my favorites. The Problem Finding an efficient way to test over 150+ functions. This happened while I was working on an enhancement of the Open edX platform. Currently, Open edX uses a custom event tracking library for tracking user generated events. These events are simple JSON objects that are fed into … Read more
In my previous post, I discussed how to debug python applications using the built-in python debugger, pdb. In this post I discuss alternatives to pdb that, in my opinion, provide a better interface to debugging. pdb is limited in the sense that it can only be operated from the shell, and I repeatedly have to … Read more
Click here for the sequel of this post Most of my work at Arbisoft involves developing and debugging custom features for Open edX based systems. Most of my colleagues here prefer to use PyCharm as their default IDE and editor. PyCharm is among the best Python development tools out there, however, I prefer to use Sublime … Read more