+1 for PostgreSQL tutorials that actually tutor. Is it worth trying to do a baseline general one first, or going directly to separate ones for DBAs, app & DB developers, etc.?
Cheers, David. On Sat, Aug 03, 2013 at 06:45:49PM -0700, Craig Kerstiens wrote: > Count me as both intrigued and interest. > > Josh and others may know my feelings… The Postgres tutorial needs to be > entirely blown up. There's a great set of reference docs, but in terms of > getting started its quite painful. I suspect with some information on what > people are paying to in the existing docs, as well as various resources such > as postgresguide.com (http://postgresguide.com) we could create a tutorial > that is not only helpful but helps compete quite well in the broader DBA/app > dev ecosystem. > > ~ Craig > > > On Thursday, August 1, 2013 at 2:32 PM, Josh Berkus wrote: > > > All, > > > > http://www.flossmanuals.org/news/2013-doc-camp-call-proposals > > > > I think this would be a terrific opportunity for us to finally put > > together a really comprehensive, high-quality PostgreSQL Newbie > > Tutorial. I'd be willing to devote a couple days of my time to that, > > and contribute some of our corporate training materials. > > > > However, I can only do it if 4 other people want to do it too. > > > > The event is October 16-18, right before the GSOC Summit; if we get > > accepted, food & accomodations are paid for, and I can make a good case > > to pay for any airfare costs out of community funds. > > > > Who's up for it? > > > > -- > > Josh Berkus > > PostgreSQL Experts Inc. > > http://pgexperts.com > > > > > > > > -- David Fetter <da...@fetter.org> http://fetter.org/ Phone: +1 415 235 3778 AIM: dfetter666 Yahoo!: dfetter Skype: davidfetter XMPP: david.fet...@gmail.com iCal: webcal://www.tripit.com/feed/ical/people/david74/tripit.ics Remember to vote! Consider donating to Postgres: http://www.postgresql.org/about/donate -- Sent via pgsql-docs mailing list (pgsql-docs@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-docs
