Django Colors for Eclipse

Posted by on September 23, 2008.

For a long time now, I've been using Gedit + plugins as an integrated development environment. I recently began using SVN to manage version control, however, and I wasn't able to find a good SVN client plugin for Gedit. I decided to see what else was out there, and after much tweaking I decided on Eclipse with Aptana, PyDev, and Subclipse. One of the things I instantly missed, however, was the Django Gedit color scheme by Bernd Essl, which can be found here. I did some searching around Google, and wasn't able to find anything similar for Eclipse, so I decided to dive into the django.xml file to get the color codes and then make my own Eclipse scheme. In order to save others from this tedious task, I want to share the fruits of my labor here. I've stripped the file of any configuration items unrelated to colors, but ...

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Django with Apache and mod_auth_sspi

Posted by on September 13, 2008.

I recently finished up a project for a company intranet using Windows. Though Windows is not my favorite environment, Django works flawlessly there so it usually doesn't present many problems. One of the features needed for the site was automatic authentication through integrated Windows security. To achieve this, I used an Apache module called mod_auth_sspi to authenticate the user, and then modified Django to accept the server-supplied authentication. I had some difficulty finding clear instructions on how to do this, so I decided to make this the first post on the Adoleo Blog so that I can share this detailed howto with others in my situation. Getting started First, start with a working installation of Apache + Django on Windows. I'm using mod_python, but I believe this tutorial should also work for mod_wsgi. If you need assistance setting Django up in a Windows environment, I found this link to be ...

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