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Python Atlanta January Meetup: Steve Holden; Plone

Jan 8
Thu 7:30 PM
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Estimated attendance
 30  people attended.
4.50 4.5010

Who organized?
Brandon Rhodes

"The State of the Python Community"
The chairman of the Python Software Foundation himself, Steve Holden, will deliver a talk considering the state of the Python here at the beginning of the new year — our strengths, our weaknesses, and how we can stay connected.

"Why People Choose Plone"
The owner of Atlanta business ifPeople, Chris Johnson, talks about the Plone content-managment system: why his customers choose it, how it can be integrated with other tools like Salesforce, and what it is like to set up and theme a Plone web site for the first time.

Details:

After an optional 6pm dinner at Figo Pasta at the corner of Howell Mill Road and Huff Road, we will meet as usual in the spacious and comfortable auditorium of the GTRI Food Processing Building at 7:30pm for our monthly meeting. Expect discussion, problem solving, and talks that introduce aspects of Python both basic (for newcomers) and arcane (to keep the experts awake). The meeting will kick off with ten minutes of notes and news in the regular "Nuts and Bolts" talk by Brandon Rhodes, then proceed on to our main presentations.

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Who attended?

  • 30 attendees
    • “ Chris and Steve gave engaging presentations on Plone and the PSF, respectively. Steve's talk in particular inspired me to try to find a way for our group to contribute time and energy to the PSF more consistently. ”
    • “ I'm sure it was a great time; unfortunately I was rear-ended while on the way to the meeting and my car is undriveable. How's that for an excuse? ”
    • “ It was a good meetup for people with not a lot of experience in programming... like me. It was more about what python can do and where it's going; not so much about the code behind it. ”
    • “ Steve Holden was wonderfully frank and his thoughts were really useful as he talked about Python, its community, and what the Python Foundation would like to accomplish. Plus he has that great accent. It was neat to get a sneak peek at what he is thinking in the lead up to PyCon 2009. Chris's talk on Plone was also good: it hit the high points (well, except that he forgot to mention internationalization, I think) while also talking a bit about how Plone serves ifPeople's customers. ”
    • Skylar Saveland (+1 guest)
      “ I thought the idea about a university study comparing Python to other solutions for business will be most memorable. Getting the opportunity to hear Steve Holden's views was awesome. The GTRI auditorium was a great space. I look forward to more meet-ups. Hopefully there will be more code and nuts and bolts in the future. ”
    • Ada