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Overview

This page contains links to Toolforge tutorials and developer experiences.

Tutorials

Python

More about Toolforge and support for Python

Libraries

• toolforge Python helper library and usage by Legoktm
• Using pywikibot on Labs by Russell Blau

flask

• Python flask application stub with OAuth support
  • A detailed tutorial on setting up a Python 3 flask webservice running on Kubernetes and using OAuth for authentication.
• Getting started with flask by Pathoschild

Django

• Python Django application stub with OAuth support
  • A detailed tutorial on setting up a Python 3 Django webservice running on Kubernetes and using OAuth for authentication.

Node.js

• Node.js application with stub OAuth support
  • A detailed tutorial on setting up a node.js express webservice running on Kubernetes and using OAuth for authentication.

PuTTY and WinSCP

• How to access Toolforge instances with PuTTY and WinSCP

GitHub

• How to set up automatic updates from a GitHub repository
  • Step-by-step instructions for setting up a tool to be automatic updated whenever its GitHub repository is pushed to.

Developer stories

• Personal experiences migrating from Toolserver to Toolforge by Magnus Manske
• Speeding up Toolforge Tools with Redis by Legoktm

Communication and support

We communicate and provide support through several primary channels. Please reach out with questions and to join the conversation.

Communicate with us

	Connect	Best for
Phabricator Workboard	#Cloud-Services	Task tracking and bug reporting
IRC Channel	#wikimedia-cloud connect Telegram bridge mattermost bridge	General discussion and support
Mailing List	cloud@	Information about ongoing initiatives, general discussion and support
Announcement emails	cloud-announce@	Information about critical changes (all messages mirrored to cloud@)
News wiki page	News	Information about major near-term plans
Cloud Services Blog	Clouds & Unicorns	Learning more details about some of our work
Wikimedia Technology Blog	techblog.wikimedia.org	News and stories from the Wikimedia technical movement