Articles for Topic: community
PyCon 2008: Django (Pre-) Announces Nonprofit Organization
Published 5 months, 1 week ago
Adrian Holovaty began "The State of Django" presentation by saying that at the conclusion there would be an announcement about Django. Jacob Kaplan-Moss informed the crowd that they were in the process of forming a Django non-profit organization. This will be a great step forward for the project in many ways.
Time for a Django Documentation Evolution
Published 5 months, 3 weeks ago
As Django continues to mature - or more importantly as it captures more media mind share - people from many different camps will want to see what the hype is about. For those entrenched in another platform or web framework, comparisons will be made between features and methodology. For those new to web development, a desire to feel like one is grasping the basics and getting tangible results without a big learning curve can have a big influence. IT managers and system administrators will want to confirm that it can be deployed and scaled without hassle (or conversely they'll be desperately looking for reasons to justify extending their $100,000 proprietary licensing and support fees for another year).
In each case, an important element will help the investigative process: accessible relevant literature.
