Hello, I will be presenting an overview of the Django web framework <http://djangoproject.com> at the monthly PyGTA (Greater Toronto Area Python user group) meeting on Feb. 20. Django is represented as being "The Web framework for perfectionists with deadlines." In my experience, that is an apt description. I have found it to be coherent, powerful, well-documented, and very approachable. The support one can get on the Django IRC channel (irc.freenode.net, #django) and the Google Group <http://groups.google.com/group/django-users/> is very good. There is an on-line book at <http://djangobook.com>, which fleshes out the documentation on the main site <http://www.djangoproject.com/documentation/> and the Wiki <http://code.djangoproject.com/>.
When ---- Feb. 20, 2007 - 6:30 p.m. - informal part of the meeting where we can get (non-alcoholic) drinks and socialize 7:00 p.m. - formal part of the meeting starts (formal wear not required) Between 8:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. - wrap up and go to a nearby restaurant for beer, ice cream, hot chocolate, nibbles, sparkling conversation, etc. Where ----- LinuxCaffe (yes, that is how it is spelled) <http://linuxcaffe.ca/location> 326 Harbord Street, Toronto, ON, M6G 1H1 416-534-2116 It is one block south of the Christie subway station for those who will be taking TTC. There is plenty of parking in the area for those who will be driving. Synopsis -------- I will provide an overview of how to set up the development environment and then show the code behind a site that I am working on. The site is simple enough that it will not require a deep understanding of the business rules to understand how things work. I will flip back and forth between the public face of the site, the auto-generated admin interface, and the code that I have written in order to show the relationship between them. If you do not know Python at all but have some programming experience, you should still be able to follow along. I meet many people on #django, especially PHP refugees, who are learning Python while they are learning Django so it is quite feasible. If you plan to attend, please let me know so that I can let David at LinuxCaffe know how many people to expect. -- Regards, Clifford Ilkay Dinamis Corporation 3266 Yonge Street, Suite 1419 Toronto, ON Canada M4N 3P6 <http://dinamis.com> +1 416-410-3326 _______________________________________________ Web-SIG mailing list Web-SIG@python.org Web SIG: http://www.python.org/sigs/web-sig Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/web-sig/archive%40mail-archive.com
