I have volunteered for the TG sprint, but I feel I should own up to my lack of experience. I have only been using Python for 3 months, although I've been doing PHP and other web development for 5+ years. So, I'm not a complete newbie to programming, just to Python. And my only experience with Turbo Gears is Mark Ramm's online class. However, I've been singing the praises of both Python and Turbo Gears at my company, and I believe we'll be ready to adopt it as our standard platform once 1.0 comes out!
All that said, I don't know how much help I can be at the sprint. But if all I can do to help is to make a coffee run, count me in! I'm very much looking forward to meeting every one, and contributing in whatever way I can. Gary Godfrey's comment struck an interesting chord with me when he mentioned PHP. The reason I even looked at Python in the first place was that our company did an "Enterprise" level project in PHP, and we felt PHP wasn't up to the task. So, I was looking for something that would provide a similarly friendly development experience to PHP, but be much more robust. When I then stumbled upon the TG site, I knew I had found a winner. Further, when I saw the Kid template syntax was "<?python ... ?>", I knew I could sell it to the other developers at the company. They wouldn't have to step too far outside of their comfort zone. My point is that I think TG specifically can act as the sales pitch to PHP development community to entice them to try Python. What's missing is the friendly web site. If you have used the PHP site, you know how easy it is to search for and find the documentation you need, official on top with user comments below. TG is such a powerful combaination of tools that it's choice is almost a no-brainer. But, I think people will be annoyed by the fact thay then need to browse the TG site for some documentation, then go to the Kid site for some more, and SQLObject for even more. I'd love to see a central repository for all of that knowledge, complete with user comments about how best to apply that knowledge in TG-specific projects. I know that would be a daunting task because each of these things is a stand alone project with it's own documentation. Anyway, just my $0.02. -Arthur McLean
