Database Design in Django & Arches: Deploying Custom Apps Without Custom Coding

Talk 1

Database Design and Implementation in Django

Just because we're not writing lots of SQL queries, that doesn't mean we shouldn't be thinking about the underlying structure of the databases in our projects. We'll explore design considerations and demonstrate how model inheritance and meta keywords can be used to deliberately structure a Django database schema.

Terran Olson is a freelance software engineer whose clients have included New England non-profits, Manhattan e-com agencies, and Silicon Valley tech manufacturers. He is also a Django enthusiast who always enjoys finding new ways of using the platform.

Talk 2

Arches: Platform for deploying custom apps w/o custom coding

Arches is an open-source, geospatially-enabled web platform for creating, managing, and visualizing data that was inspired by the needs of the Cultural Heritage community. In this talk, we demo the software, outline the full technical stack, and discuss the decisions behind them.

Rob Gaston is a web developer at Farallon Geographics. He’s served as a core contributor on several open source projects, including Arches. He also spends time as an educator teaching web development skills.

Jeff Munowitch is a Geospatial Developer at Farallon Geographics. He has been developing and deploying Arches for 2 years at Farallon. He currently serves as President of BayGeo, a professional organization for Geospatial people in the Bay Area.

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Host

Carta (formerly eShares) makes it simple for companies of all stages to turn employees into owners — we track who owns what of companies. As an SEC-registered transfer agent, we help companies issue, value, and transfer securities like stock and option grants.