Python & Django Noob at Django Sprint at PyCon 2008?
lirit
thinking about staying after the talks for the Django Sprint, but I'm
not sure what I can contribute... any suggestion?
Brian Rosner
> thinking about staying after the talks for the Django Sprint, but I'm
> not sure what I can contribute... any suggestion?
Excellent! I was in a similar boat as you at last year's PyCon. I was
relatively new to Python/Django and I decided that PyCon would be a
good place begin understanding the community and learning more. As it
turned out I came out a TON more knowledge and extremely eager to get
rolling with many new ideas that I took away. It is good to see someone
else in this same position. You will have a blast.
To answer your question about the sprints (in which I did not attend
last year, due to time) you should check out the SprintIdeas [1] page
on the wiki. It will give you about all the information you need. Make
sure to put your name on the SprintPyCon2008 [2] wiki page.
I look forward to seeing you at PyCon this year!
[1]: http://code.djangoproject.com/wiki/SprintIdeas
[2]: http://code.djangoproject.com/wiki/SprintPyCon2008
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Jacob Kaplan-Moss
> To answer your question about the sprints (in which I did not attend
> last year, due to time) you should check out the SprintIdeas [1] page
> on the wiki. It will give you about all the information you need. Make
> sure to put your name on the SprintPyCon2008 [2] wiki page.
On top of Brian's good suggestion: something new at the sprints this
year are sprint "introductions" on Sunday. Each sprint coach -- for
Django that's me -- will be giving a tutorial to help people get
started contributing to Django.
I'll probably spend somewhere from 30-45 minutes all-told; I'll start
with the logistical aspects of contributing to Django -- where to get
the code, how to create and test patches, etc -- and then move into
talking about Django internals and design stuff. The idea is to help
people *exactly like you* get a leg up on helping out. From there,
there'll be lots of experienced Python/Django folks around, and it's
always an extremely friendly crowd.
It'll be a blast -- we'll be happy to have you there!
Jacob
Julien
Jacob, do you think it'll be possible to set up a wiki page after
Pycon with the all things you'll present at that introduction session?
So that would also benefit those who could not attend the conference.
Cheers,
Julien
On Feb 15, 2:14 pm, "Jacob Kaplan-Moss" <jacob.kaplanm...@gmail.com>
wrote:
Jacob Kaplan-Moss
> Coaching for newbies is a great idea!
Indeed - the PyCon organizers came up with the idea, and it's a great one.
> Jacob, do you think it'll be possible to set up a wiki page after
> Pycon with the all things you'll present at that introduction session?
> So that would also benefit those who could not attend the conference.
At the very least I'll post my slides and notes online; I imagine that
someone in the audience would be able to take notes as well. I'll also
look into audio/video recording, but I'm not sure if we'll be set up
for that.
Jacob