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Name: [212] Doug Napoleone
Member: 35 months
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[054] PyCon-Tech: The Python behind PyCon (5 videos)

a series of video-tutorials by Doug Napoleone

Doug Napoleone introduces the technology behind PyCon 2007, this year's main Python conference.

Video Tutorials

[375] A Django ReST Wiki for PyCon2008

As organization for the next PyCon2008 US ramps up, we decided to move off of PMWiki (a PHP based system) and go 100% Django, or 100% python at least. We still wanted a way to edit content online, including the site navigation, but found the existing Django flatpages to be lacking. We also wanted to use ReStructuredText. The end result is a new Wiki system in Django based on flatpages and ReStructuredText.

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[148] PyCon-Tech Introduction

PyCon-Tech is an initiative started by A. M. Kuchling to create an integrated set of tools for running the PyCon conference.

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[152] Django plus PHP

We dive into the source code behind the PyCon web site and how we integrate the PHP based PMWiki with Django using a custom Template Loader.

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[153] Schedule App Part 1

In this installment we look at the PyCon schedule app from a client perspective.

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[154] Schedule App Part 1a

We pick up right where we left off with the PyCon schedule app and look at the use of the Dojo javascript toolkit.

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