On 2/11/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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.
I can't speak for Kevin but I'd say just being there is a contribution, especially the first day when people are deciding tasks, and there may be a discussion of ideas regarding which way to go (e.g, Paste integration, Docudo's design, etc). Who knows where you might find your niche or might learn something? If there is a documentation task force, we'll certainly be looking for newbie input regarding what you wished it contained, what you don't understand, what would help sell TG and Python to your company, etc. All that helps tailor the docs to a real-world audience. There's also the sprint's impact on you. Every PyCon I've gone to has given me a direction for the following year, something that became the theme of the year. Once it was Webware. Last year it was WSGI and framework integration, which indirectly led me to TurboGears later. Once I did the Docutils sprint as a complete newbie to it. I was interested in text processing but had seldom used Docutils (ReST). But I learned a lot and was even able to contribute a utility function to the source. Your greatest contribution may not even be at the sprint, but something the following year based on what you learned at the sprint. > 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. The PHP online documentation format kicks ass, and I don't even like PHP. -- Mike Orr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ([EMAIL PROTECTED] address is semi-reliable)
