Fedora EuroPython 2017 Attendee badge

Posted on Sun 27 August 2017 in Fedora • Tagged with fedora, python, badgeLeave a comment

A little late, but no less cool, Fedora EuroPython 2017 Attendee badge is available 🎉!

Fedora EuroPython 2017 Attendee badge

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Don't mix yum/dnf and pip for installation of system-wide Python packages

Posted on Fri 13 January 2017 in Python • Tagged with yum, dnf, pip, python, packaging, virtualenv, fedora, centos, rhelLeave a comment

Too many times I've seen people using a mix of yum/ dnf and pip for installation of system-wide Python packages This causes all sorts of problems .

TL; DR Install system-wide Python packages with yum/dnf and only use pip inside a virtual environment. For an example, see my Ansible snippet below .

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Publishing a Pelican site to GitHub Pages using Fabric

Posted on Wed 19 October 2016 in Site • Tagged with pelican, python, fabric, github, siteLeave a comment

In the previous blog post we looked at setting up a Pelican site with Python 3 and Fabric on Fedora 24.

Now that we have a Pelican site up and running, I will show you how to publish it on GitHub Pages using a sleek Fabric task.

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Setting up a Pelican site with Python 3 and Fabric on Fedora 24

Posted on Sat 08 October 2016 in Site • Tagged with pelican, fedora, python, fabric, siteLeave a comment

According to StaticGen, Pelican is the most popular static site generator written in Python. As of Oct 10, 2016 it has 6168 stars on GitHub.

In this blog post, I'll show you how to create your own Pelican site, track it in a git repository, use Fabric to administer it, change site's default theme and finally, create a Hello World blog post.

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