Lessons Learned : Linux System Tray Icons in python

While programming in python, for an Ubuntu/Linux Mint target, you may want to include a system tray icon for batter interaction with users. In Ubuntu, these are called "application indicators". A basic appindicator icon is quite simple to do in python via PyGTK. There's a very good example here: http://developer.ubuntu.com/resources/technologies/application-indicators/ Scroll down to the PyGTK … Continue reading Lessons Learned : Linux System Tray Icons in python

Nugget Post: Python Flask framework and multiprocessing

When using the excellent Flask framework in conjunction with the python multiprocessing module , you may notice that the inbuilt Flask webserver will try to start up twice, leaving you with two webserver processing, each trying to bind to the same port. Needless to say this results in unexpected errors. Apparently this is a problem with … Continue reading Nugget Post: Python Flask framework and multiprocessing