Hi Kenneth, I read your presentation. I think it is a great introduction to capistrano and I hope it gets them excited!
best regards, John On May 29, 12:52 am, "Kenneth Kalmer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi All > > I've got the privilege of giving a presentation on Thursday night (19:00 GMT > +2) at Tshwane University of Technology on Capistrano, and TDD/BDD. Two > different topics, two different presentations. > > I've attached the Cap presentation (hoping it gets through), and would like > to solicit some feedback from everyone. > > The target audience can be briefly summed up like this: > - Final year students > - One semester exposure to Rails > - Already had lectures on Capistrano, I bring in some real world examples > - Heavy PHP background, and PHP biased (based on my earlier interactions > with the students) > - Limited Linux exposure > > The presenter can be summed up like this: > - Loves digging in the cap source for answers, and not Google > - Uses cap for everything except making coffee (albeit getting there...) > - Have been using it so long I don't even know what the basic struggles are > for new users anymore > - Has one project that takes 40 minutes to deploy on 4 production servers > (don't ask, its a rather unfortunate serious of events that have to be > completed on deployment) > > My goal is to get them excited. The presentation is very small, but I made > some custom text movies using Jamis's TextMovie class from the RailsConf > 2007 presentation to show them how a deployment looks across 4 servers, how > to console, download logs, rake, etc... Also showing them some other neat > tricks around system commands across multiple servers. > > My focus is not on Rails but on Capistrano, although Rails is used in the > presentation extensively. I'll be discussing PHP deployments with them as > well, and options for deploying other projects to various mediums (so to > speak). For most of the later part of the session I'll be getting them to > drive the questions and I'll answer by example. > > Presentation will be going up on my blog as well, together with some > feedback from the students. > > Thanks in advance > > -- > Kenneth Kalmer > [EMAIL PROTECTED]://opensourcery.co.za > > 20080529 - Capistrano.pdf > 144KDownload --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/capistrano -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
