Vancouver Django Jam

Django is the Python-based web framework used at companies like Google, the Washington Post and St. Joseph Media (publishers of Canadian Life magazine). "Vandjangojam" is a great opportunity to learn Django or learn more about it. In addition to a quick introduction to Django, the jam will feature a Q&A; session with the lead programmer of it.

Introduction to The Django Web Framework Sunday, February 4, 2007, 1-4 Local Django users will discuss the basics of creating applications in Django, walking through some simple applications hands-on. Slides about making a todo list application in Django (PDF) Location: Sophos Vancouver (thanks guys).

Adrian Holovaty: New Django Stuff: February 2007 (slides in PDF) Tuesday, February 6, 2007, 7-9 Adrian will offer some thoughts about its unique features and answer questions from the audience. Adrian Holovaty is the lead developer of the Django Web Framework. Adrian and his peers invented Django while working at World Online, a highly-renowned news Web operation in Lawrence, Kansas. His team's pioneering work on interactive journalism won numerous awards and was described in The New York Times, NPR and IT Conversations. Currently, Adrian is editor of editorial innovations at Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive (washingtonpost.com). His job involves coming up with ideas for site improvements and special projects, and implementing them. Location: Sophos Vancouver (thanks guys!).

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