NZCS Canterbury Presents: Open Source Development Tools and Trends
Date:
27 October 2005, 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Venue:
Canterbury Innovation Incubator, , Armagh Street, , Christchurch (between
Manchester & Madras Streets - opposite Centennial Pool)
Details:
NZCS: Canterbury branch presents:
Open Source Development Tools and Trends
Open source and open standards software development languages and tools
are quickly growing in popularity and adoption in the corporate world.
In this session four speakers will discuss new developments and trends
in this fast moving area. They will cover open source Java platforms (such
as Tomcat, Ant, and Struts), Zope & Python, AJAX & Google hacking, Trac
(an open source project management tool), and Mono (.Net on Linux).
The speakers are
Paul Roe, The Virtual.Paul's company specialises in custom web application
development using Python, on the Zope and Plone platform.
David Pugh, Bootstrap IT. David has spent the last 25 years working in
the IT sector. Bootstrap develops software solutions that run in highly
networked, multi-platform computing environments. They utilise and promote
platform-neutral and open-source technologies where appropriate.
Chris Noel, Encode. Chris co-runs Encode Ltd, a Christchurch based development
house and consultancy focusing on the use of Open Source tools to provide
high quality web based solutions. Encode has a strong background in PHP
and W3C solutions. In recent times Encode has begun exploring the use
of Mono as a means of providing portable desktop applications to aid the
management of content presented through its web solutions.
Philip Lindsay. Philip is an New Zealand-based independent software developer
who developed the Python binding for Gmail. Described by Tim O'Reilly
as a "troublemaker" and "one of the key guys who decrypted the arcane
structure of the Google Maps interface" he now works to make the
http://www.openlayers.org interface as un-arcane as possible.
This event is a part of the Novell sponsored Emerging Trends series.
Refreshments will be provided following conclusion of the presentation.
Registration Details:
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Price:
Member
Free
Staff of Corporate Partner
Free
Student Member
Free
Non Member
$5.00 incl GST
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