I'd like to second Travis' suggestion to hit up a couple of the local framework/language meetups. One of the most vital resources a technology can have is it's community and you can get a real good feel for the community by hanging out at a meeting or two.
That said, I'll be the Rails to Travis' Django :). AustinOnRails and Austin.rb each meet once a month (although this month our schedules are off due to Railsconf). Come by and see how awesome we are - you can find our schedules at austinonrails.org and austinrb.org. -- Mando On Apr 21, 2012, at 11:39, Travis Swicegood <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm plus one for Django -- but I'm a little biased. > > <shameless plug> > If you're interested in learning more about Django and Python on the web, > check out the Austin Web Python group > (http://www.meetup.com/austinwebpythonusergroup/). We're going to have a > meet up this Thursday and both the topics are Django related. The > announcement should be posted within the next few hours. > </shameless plug> > > Regardless of what you decide, make sure to get involved in the community > around the language/framework. There's meet ups for all of the major > platforms, and even a few minor ones too, here in Austin. Surrounding > yourself with people who are enthusiastic about the tools you're using is a > great way to learn about the tools and their ecosystem. Not to mention, most > of us are happy to answer questions to help people get started. > > -T > > -- > Travis Swicegood > > On Saturday, April 21, 2012 at 3:20 AM, Chris Newell wrote: > >> Hello my favorite and fellow geeks. >> >> I am a front end web designer with mad skills in HTML/CSS. >> >> I want to take a deep dive into a good web development language and was >> pointed towards python and specifically the Django framework. >> >> I do not have any real object oriented coding experience under my belt. >> >> If Jesus himself asked you to build heavens new web application, what would >> you code it in and why. >> >> Thanks! >> -Chris >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> -- >> Our Web site: http://www.RefreshAustin.org/ >> >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Refresh Austin" group. >> >> [ Posting ] >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> Job-related postings should follow http://tr.im/refreshaustinjobspolicy >> We do not accept job posts from recruiters. >> >> [ Unsubscribe ] >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected] >> >> [ More Info ] >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/Refresh-Austin > > -- > Our Web site: http://www.RefreshAustin.org/ > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Refresh Austin" group. > > [ Posting ] > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > Job-related postings should follow http://tr.im/refreshaustinjobspolicy > We do not accept job posts from recruiters. > > [ Unsubscribe ] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > > [ More Info ] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/Refresh-Austin -- Our Web site: http://www.RefreshAustin.org/ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Refresh Austin" group. [ Posting ] To post to this group, send email to [email protected] Job-related postings should follow http://tr.im/refreshaustinjobspolicy We do not accept job posts from recruiters. [ Unsubscribe ] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] [ More Info ] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Refresh-Austin
