[oclug-announce] May Tutorial: Redesigning the OCLUG web site with Django.

[Bart Trojanowski]

 Topic:          A gentle introduction to Inkscape for geeks
 Date:           Thursday, May 31st, 2007
 Time:           6:30pm to 8:30pm (Come a bit early for drinks and snacks)
 Cost:           Free (Donations to OCLUG appreciated)
 Location:       ExitCertified, 85 Albert St., Suite 1200, Ottawa.
 Map:            http://tinyurl.com/cd6l

 WHAT IS IT?
 ~~~~~~~~~~~
 This is one of a series of Linux/Open-Source Technology Seminars to be
 presented by the Ottawa Canada Linux Users Group (OCLUG) and
 ExitCertified.  ExitCertified has generously made their classroom
 space available to OCLUG for these training sessions and other events.

 WHAT IS THIS MONTH'S TOPIC?
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 This talk will cover the steps that were taken to build a new version
 of the OCLUG web site using the [Django web development 
 framework](http://www.djangoproject.com). Django has excellent 
 [documentation](http://www.djangoproject.com/documentation/) and a very 
 good [tutorial](http://www.djangoproject.com/documentation/tutorial01/) 
 online. This talk does not follow the tutorial but instead tries to show 
 how Django's features fit the needs of OCLUG's web site.  Features 
 discussed include:
 
 * Sites and applications
 * Request handling and middleware
 * Data models
 * Database object-relational mapper
 * Admin interface
 * Templates
 * Authentication (users and groups)
 * Flatpages and redirects
 * Syndication (RSS feeds)

 ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 Ian Ward is the author of Urwid (http://excess.org/urwid/) Console User
 Interface Library, and a number of other projects hosted at
 http://excess.org/.  He has studied Computer Science at Carleton
 University and the University of Ottawa.  He was first introduced to
 Linux in 1999 while working at Corel.
 
 Ian is part-owner of a retail lighting business
 (http://www.arevcolighting.com/) in Ottawa's west end that is using
 Linux for all its day-to-day business.

 REGISTRATION
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~
 Registration for this class is on a first-come, first-served basis.  If
 you are interested in attending, please email: tutorials at oclug.on.ca
 with the subject line: May Tutorial.  Please include your name and
 email address in the email.  Your reservation will be confirmed via
 email.

 Please sign up ASAP, as there are only 20 seats available.  These
 classes usually fill up very quickly!

 As seating is limited, please make every effort to attend if you sign
 up.  If you must cancel, email tutorials at oclug.on.ca so we can make
 the spot available to someone on the waiting list.

 FUTURE TECHNOLOGY COURSES
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 OCLUG and ExitCertified plan to continue this series of technology
 courses.  We plan on holding one session per month, with various
 topics and skill levels covered.  If you are interested in leading a
 training session, or have a good idea for one, please contact
 tutorials at oclug.on.ca to arrange something.

 Volunteers are needed to teach these classes and ensure the sessions
 continue to be a part of OCLUG's regular schedule of events!

 ABOUT EXITCERTIFIED
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 ExitCertified is a certified provider of IT training in North America,
 authorized by Sun Microsystems, Symantec/Veritas, Oracle, IBM, Guru
 Labs/Linux, MySQL and No Magic.  Current facilities are located in
 Ottawa, Toronto, Montréal, Vancouver, Calgary, Sacramento, and
 San Francisco with training provided globally.

 ExitCertified stands for Excellence in IT Certified Education,
 specializing in advanced fields such as system administration,
 programming, database administration, data protection, security, high
 availability, identity management, and project management.  Being able
 to offer these education solutions with vendor certified instructors
 brings a tremendous amount of depth to the classroom experience.

 For course offerings and schedules, visit
 http://www.exitcertified.com/courses/

 ABOUT OCLUG
 ~~~~~~~~~~~
 The Ottawa Canada Linux Users Group promotes and supports the use of
 Linux at the local community level in Ottawa.

 Founded in March 1997, OCLUG holds monthly general meetings and other
 special events.  Membership in OCLUG is diverse from newbies to the
 proverbial Gurus.  OCLUG was created to help promote Linux in the
 Ottawa area and maintains several mailing lists to help accomplish
 this goal.

 For more information about the group and its activities, please visit
 our website located at: http://www.oclug.on.ca/