When
19th January 2009. Doors will open at 6:30pm (pizza will be waiting for you). The talks will start at 7pm and will go on till 8:30pm.
About
DJUGL (Django User Group London) is a monthly event where the community can get together and listen to talks, socialise and share their experiences using the Django framework (usually over a pint).
It’s run by Robert Lofthouse (http://www.siudesign.co.uk) who is a technology consultant working in London, Technical Director at Siu Design and the DjangoCon/EuroDjangoCon chairman.
Speakers
Simon Willison (http://simonwillison.net)
Bio
Simon is a programmer in the UK, currently working for the Guardian. He is the co-creator of the Django framework and is a known speaker in the tech community on topics ranging from Javascript to OpenID.
Talk
Class-based views in Django
Using classes to make code reusable, using ratelimitcache and django-openid as examples.
Andrew Godwin (http://aeracode.org)
Bio
Andrew is the creator of the South Migration application (http://south.aeracode.org/), was a speaker at DjangoCon on the Schema Evolution panel and is currently a student studying Computer Science at Magdalen College, Oxford. Definitely one to watch :)
Talk
South Migrations
Aral Balkan (http://aralbalkan.com)
Bio
Aral is a web developer and entrepreneur. He is the founder and coordinator of the <head> web conference, a fully-virtual web conference, and co-founder of Pistach.io, an ad network for influencers. Aral is a recovering Flasher, creator of the SWX data format (the native data format for Flash), and founder of osflash.org, home of the Open Source Flash community. Aral regularly speaks at international conferences like MacWorld, FlashForward, and Wizards of OS. He is a published author and his recent works include the Adobe Flex QuickStart Guides for Adobe and contributions to the Open Source Flash book by Friends of ED. In 2009 Aral’s inner geek is excited about iPhone development, Google App Engine, and Django!
Talk
Real World Google App Engine
You read the announcements, skimmed some sample code, heck maybe you even hacked something together to kick the tires… but what is Google App Engine like to work with when you’re developing a real world application?
Last year Aral built the web site for the <head> web conference using Google App Engine and Django. In the process, he learned some valuable tips, tricks, and workarounds, as well as some choice swear words that would make a sailor blush.
In this session, Aral will cover, in no particular order:
- Quota hell and the different types of quotas
- webapp vs. Django: which framework should you choose?
- Django App Engine Helper or app-engine-patch – pros/cons
- How to fake long-running processes
- How to fake cron jobs
- Datastore tips
- How to backup and restore your data
- Workflow: creating and using a staging application
Details
This is the second official meeting of the Django User Group in London. It will follow the usual format of 3 20/25 minute talks and then we’ll head off to the pub! Pizza will be supplied and there will be money towards beer!
This event will be monthly :)
Where?
The DJUGL meetup will be held at the GCAP (now Global) offices in Leicester Square, London (the Capital Building).
Address etc can be found here > http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/117214/
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