[TIP] PyCon BoF

[Michael Foord]

Kumar McMillan wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 5:57 AM, Michael Foord
> <fuzzyman at voidspace.org.uk> wrote:
>   
>>>>> what about creating a "testing-with-python" blog aggregator?
>>>>>
>>>>>           
>>>> there is Test Automation Planet:
>>>> http://tap.szabgab.com/
>>>>
>>>> Lots of cross pollination, lots of smart people.  I like blog
>>>> aggregators so I'd be up for another one more specifc to testing in
>>>> python.  Or ... submit your blogs to the one above! :)
>>>>
>>>>         
>>> thanks for the interesting pointer!
>>> If I were to setup an aggregator how would i do that? Any recommendations?
>>>
>>>       
>> Planet is very easy to setup. A cron job to do the updates (I have mine set
>> for every half hour), it generates static html and the feeds it uses are
>> configured from a simple ini file.
>>     
>
> These are the ones I know of:
> http://www.planetplanet.org/
> http://www.feedjack.org/
>
> I have not tried them myself but I assume Michael was referring to the
> first one.
>   
Correct - the one implemented in Python. I think Sam reimplemented 
Planet in Ruby and renamed the project Venus (?). I'm still using Planet 
and am very happy with it.

Michael

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