Change Log
This is a running list of the major changes to Full Stack Python since its
inception in December 2012. Another way to view the modifications is through
the
source repository's commit log on GitHub.
2014
- Split out Djangular resources into a separate section.
- New NoSQL Python client resources.
- Added new API resources for integration and creation.
November
- Adding a nice new continuous integration diagram.
- More Django and database resources.
- Revising development environments page and adding new resources.
- Adding my new Flask blog post on choose your own adventure presentations
along with the open source repository.
- More resources under Best Python Resources.
- Removing broken links from Best Python Resources and Django pages.
- New monitoring and development environments resources.
October
- Added the first new page in awhile! All about
development environments.
- Always adding new links to the best resources. More resources for
deployments, web analytics and Flask.
- More API creation and consumption resources.
- Merged a bunch of pull requests that cleaned up spelling and grammar
errors. Thank you contributors!
- Adding new Django 1.7-specific resources section on the Django page.
- New web frameworks, Bottle and Flask resources.
September
- New resources for Flask, Django and task queues sections.
- A few new resources for NoSQL data stores.
August
- New interesting link for web framework code complexity visualizations.
- Merged pull request that fixed some issues on WSGI page.
- Updated table of contents so it's easier to read and broken down by
sections.
- Added new Web Design page to cleanly separate CSS from
design topics and resources.
- New resources for code metrics and NoSQL databases.
- Added another Flask open source example app.
- Added new Code Metrics page.
- Updated CI page with more services and open source projects.
- Added Continuous Integration page.
- Splitting out deployment from automation so I can add chapters on continuous
integration, configuration management (which will be moved from the
existing deployment chapter) and related topics.
- Small tweaks to NoSQL, introduction and a few other pages.
- Moved topics map from introduction page to deployment page.
July
- Merged pull request for Django page and updated Django page with project
template section.
- New Django example project resources.
- Rewrote parts of source control and CSS pages for clarity.
- Merged typo fixes PR #32.
- Added my Full Stack Python video from the EuroPython 2014 conference.
- Updated map with further details.
- Added a map to the front page. May move that elsewhere later though based
on feedback.
- Merged a pull request for new REST frameworks.
- Lots of new Django, Flask and task queue resources.
- Added two new Python libraries lists to the Best Python Resources page.
- Thanks Hacker News for
doubling my traffic so far in 2014! 65k uniques and counting...
June
- Added more monitoring and logging resources.
- New resources for Flask and NoSQL projects.
- Updated NoSQL data store page with specific open source projects.
- Added diagram to source control page.
- Split version control resources from Git resources. Added new version
control resources.
- Updated logging page with better explanations and content ordering.
- Added learning checklists for all sections. The remaining sections that now
also have checklists are logging, web analytics and web application security.
May
- Added link to my O'Reilly Programming blog post on demand for full stack
developer capabilities.
- Updated APIs page with basic information on webhooks.
- Added learning checklists for source control, application dependencies,
configuration management, NoSQL data stores, APIs, API integration,
API creation, static content and caching sections.
- Moving learning checklists to the bottom of the pages since they are
specific advice for steps to take after reading a section.
- Added a stub section for APIs.
- Cleaned up and polished the task queues and web analytics pages.
- Added learning checklist to operating systems, web servers, task queues,
monitoring pages and WSGI servers.
- Adding more logging resources.
- Continuing to add learning checklists to sections such as servers.
- Moving navigation options into meta tags on markdown pages.
April
- Adding the concept of "learning checklists" to web frameworks, Django, CSS
and JavaScript pages to give readers some guidance for how to learn each
topic. Will expand these checklists out into other pages over the next
couple of weeks.
- Added an email sign up form to determine how many people are interested in
a full book since I've had a lot of requests in person to write one.
- Added new resources to the other web frameworks section.
- Updated the way choices to go from one page to another are generated. It's
now done off metadata instead of duplicated HTML content.
- Huge site update to reorganize the way content is presented and navigated.
Kinda has that "choose your own adventure" thing going for it, doesn't it?
-
New logo! This one's way more Python software stack, way less boring
folder-thingy. Here's how the old one looked in comparison:
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Added a future direction section to explain
current priorities for further developments on the site.
- More resources for web frameworks and configuration management sections.
- Added small JavaScript section. Updating witih basic resources.
- Updated application dependencies with new links to Python library
collections.
- Merged a couple of awesome pull requests that fixed typos and added
additional Bottle resources.
March
- Updated logging page with new resources.
- Added new CSS page.
- New intermediate learning links on the best resources page.
- Updated task queues page with better explanations and many more curated
resources.
- Added why is this piece necessary for databases, WSGI servers, web
frameworks and application dependencies.
- Updating best resources page with newsletters and a few additional beyond
the basics resources.
- Adding 'why is this necessary' sections to servers, operating systems,
and web servers pages.
- Extracting best Python resources from the introduction into a separate
page.
- Cleaned up links on the first ten chapters and added new resources for
web frameworks.
- Updated application dependencies section with new resources and initial
content description.
- Updated the change log (how meta!) to have a cleaner layout.
February
- Added Bottle as a web framework next to Django and Flask.
- Added new Django resources.
- New sitemap.xml.
- Rewriting all sections to fix first draft typos and grammar mistakes
as well as add new content.
- Added task queues section due to reader feedback.
- Rewrote intro section.
- Merged several pull requests (see closed
GitHub repo pull requests).
- New resources for platform-as-a-service section.
- Added new sections specified by the community as missing.
- Reorganized ordering of content.
- Broke out subsections for Django and Flask.
- Added signficant content to the WSGI section.
- Converted from RST to Markdown (some of the downstream tools I want to
use work better with Markdown than RST).
- Reorganized content into rough outline of "final" chapters.
January
- Added configuration management, application dependencies, and source
control sections.
- Updated about section.
- Fully responsive web design.
2013
December
- Changed CDN section to static content section.
- Transitioned diagrams from Paper app drawings to Balsamiq mockups
exported to PNG files.
- Added Python database connectors to database section.
November
- Modified color scheme.
- Updated caching and introduction section.
- Added NoSQL data stores section.
October
- Created separate monitoring section.
August
- Added more resources for web servers and other categories.
June
- Updated styling.
- Switching around several sections.
January
- Fleshed out web server, OS, and server sections, particularly IaaS
and PaaS topics.
- Added initial "hand drawn" diagram placeholders for better diagrams later.
2012
December
- Initial incomplete release on fullstackpython.com, created
introduction, CDN, web frameworks, and database sections with stubs for
other areas.
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