Django

DjangoCon.eu 2010 is almost over (the conference is split to 3 days of lectures & 2 days of sprints) & the videos/slides are already available, & highly recommended!

* Videos

* Presentation slides

BTW, the conference this year was co-organized by Idan Gazit (who gave a talk in the TCE on Django). Feedback on it is really good, so lot's of kudos to Idan!!

By: udib 28/05/2010 - 07:13

conference, Django, Django, Python, Python, Slides, Talks, Videos

Google Technology User Groups event

GTUG Tel Aviv is the local Israeli chapter for the Google Technology User Groups,

We welcome all israeli developers to come and join the group,

The first event will be held may 17th, at Google Tel Aviv together with the PyWeb-IL User Group. Would love to meet all of you there.

Agenda

18:00 - 18:10 "Welcome, etc.." - Ahik Man

18:10 - 18:50 "Javascript programming patterns" - Zohar Arad

18:50 - 19:00 -Break-

By: igorz 04/05/2010 - 14:18

Android, Django, Java, javascript

A nice article on Drupal vs. Django

A nice & detailed article comparing the Drupal CMS & the Django framework:

http://birdhouse.org/blog/2009/11/11/drupal-or-django/

It provides a nice overview of the 2. The authors conclude that:

By: udib 24/03/2010 - 23:46

CMS, Django, Django, Drupal, Python

Study compares productivity levels of Python+Django vs. C#+ASP.NET

A recent study measured the productivity of using Python+Django vs. C#+ASP.NET, in terms of user-stories per week. The results are that 1 Django developer is equivalent to 2 ASP.NET developers, productivity-wise:

http://kurtgrandis.com/blog/2010/02/24/python-django-vs-c-asp-net-produc...

The Django team that participated in the benchmark, BTW, had no prior experience with Django, which probably implies that the difference can be even higher.

By: udib 25/02/2010 - 14:34

ASP.NET, comparison, Django, Django, Productivity, Python, Python

Video's from the W3C local developers meeting on the Semantic Web

If you missed this meeting, some video's & slides are now online at:

http://www.w3c.org.il/article/semanticweb

[Warning/disclaimer: one video features my rumblings.]

About the talks:

- Eyal Sela gave a comprehensive review of Semantic Web technologies
- I demonstrated some actual usage of Semantic Web technologies in a Django application
- Lisa Siman gave a review of a new spec showcasing a compelling scenario of using Semantic Web standards.