- your competitive edge| About the site… | |
The Market Shares site is a testament to the power of open source. Everything you see on the site is powered by an open source project. From the operating system, through the web server and web framework to the javascript that runs in the browser, all are freely available, including: | |
| Ubuntu - Ubuntu is a community developed, linux-based operating system that is perfect for laptops, desktops and servers. It contains all the applications you need - a web browser, presentation, document and spreadsheet software, instant messaging and much more. | |
| Python - Python is a dynamic object-oriented programming language that can be used for many kinds of software development. It offers strong support for integration with other languages and tools, comes with extensive standard libraries, and can be learned in a few days. | |
| nginx - Nginx ("engine x") is a high-performance HTTP server and reverse proxy, as well as an IMAP/POP3 proxy server. | |
| PostgreSQL - PostgreSQL is a powerful, open source relational database system. It has more than 15 years of active development and a proven architecture that has earned it a strong reputation for reliability, data integrity, and correctness. | |
| Pylons - Pylons is a lightweight web framework emphasizing flexibility and rapid development. It combines the very best ideas from the worlds of Ruby, Python and Perl, providing a structured but extremely flexible Python web framework. | |
| SQLAlchemy - SQLAlchemy is the Python SQL toolkit and Object Relational Mapper that gives application developers the full power and flexibility of SQL. | |
| Matplotlib - Matplotlib is a python 2D plotting library which produces publication quality figures in a variety of hardcopy formats and interactive environments across platforms. | |
| Yahoo! UI Library (YUI) - The Yahoo! User Interface (YUI) Library is a set of utilities and controls, written in JavaScript, for building richly interactive web applications using techniques such as DOM scripting, DHTML and AJAX. | |
While the projects listed above are the major players in the production of the site, there are many smaller, yet vital projects that we use. These include the template engines; Breve and Myghty; the many projects that Pylons brings together, such as Paste, FormEncode and Routes and the tools such as Emacs and Bazaar distributed version control to name but two. We are eternally grateful to those dedicated individuals and companies who have contributed generously of their time and money to make these projects happen! |
