The Ultimate Collection of Markdown Editors - Curated

Last Update: 28.05.2018. By Jens in python | resource tip | Developers Life

Last Update May 2018


2d and 3d Game and Rendering Engines for Python - A Curated Collection

Last Update: 28.05.2018. By Jens in game development | pygame | python

Thanks to the nice feedback i got for 2D Game Engines for Python i decided to compile a list of 2d and 3d game development possibilities with Python i found so far. It might not be complete, but i’ll maintain the list from time to time when i find new engines or get tips from you. Your feedback is generally very appreciated.


Review: Python Hunting Book

Last Update: 28.07.2017. By Jens in Developers Life | Learning | python | pygame

I recently stumbled up on a book about game programming with PyGame for beginners. Even I am not the target audience it did catch my attention and my desire to play a bit again with game development and Python. And I had a fantastic time so far :-)


This Problem with PySide, Py2App and Brew drove me Nuts

Last Update: 23.05.2017. By Jens in python | pyside

I build several desktop applications using PySide. It works like a charm on Windows. However, I found a nasty bug in the Mac version which I could not reproduce on my local machine. This one drove me nuts. It was hard to analyze, I own just one Mac and do not have access to another machine. Luckily, with the help of some very long googling (guessing symptoms) and the help of a user of one of my applications, I could fix the issue. As a reminder for myself and help for you, I document it.


Integrate Your Own License Generator With Paddle

Last Update: 15.12.2016. By Jens in python

Paddle is a payment processor for selling things online and specially targeting software developer and their needs. They even support trial version and license activating through their SDK. Unfortunately, last year as I started to use them for my eBook Writing Software Moopato the Windows SDK was dotnet only and not suitable for a python application (They now offer a non dotnet version too). But there was another solution I am going to show you now.


How to Build a nice looking Product Box for Amazon Affiliate Sites

Last Update: 11.06.2016. By Jens in tools | python

Lately, I’ve been venturing into building niche sites. Besides the business, I am also always curious what technic other use to create their sites.


PySide - Problem styling a QTabWidget

Last Update: 18.01.2015. By azarai in python | pyside

I am currently writing an eBook Writer desktop app and i am using python 3 and PySide. It is the first time i am actually using QT and PySide. Some hings go really easy, some not so and sometimes i encounter strange behaviour. This article covers one of those.


Preview of Moopato Writer I

Last Update: 30.07.2013. By azarai in python

Our site did run with a self written blog with django for quite some time. It worked fine, but Kerim was annoyed with writing markdown in an online editor and i wasn’t satisfied with it as well. In addition i was bothered by the dynamic website buidling way. For an almost static page theres no need to build it on every request. System resources i could use for other stuff. So the idea was born to switch to a static site generator. I already did write one earlier for the Imago site and as there weren’t that much at that time available and did, what every developer does, run its own :-)


Post to Tumblr with python

Last Update: 19.05.2013. By azarai in python

I have an art blog over at tumblr where i post my (almost) daily doodles. Usually i post them with the Tumblr UI, but lately i i got annoyed but that way and hacked something together to post images directly from my windows exlorer.


Colourlovers Palette Downloader

Last Update: 20.12.2012. By azarai in python | tools

I like Colourlovers and frequently use it. But one thing that really bugged me all the time was that i could not download all color palettes i’ve ever favoured. Nothing in the UI, not even through the api. At least one could find them again with the search. But to click on each of my favorites palettes and than on the download link was to tedious…