• pykonik

Pykonik

where are we?

Basically in Krakow

blog: http://blog.pykonik.org/

group: https://groups.google.com/group/pykonik/

last meeting draft

when? 7th of Dec, 19:00

where? Pauza, Floriańska 18, Kraków

what?

• "New in Django: Advanced Timezones Support" by Tomek Paczkowski
• lightning talks

  • "The PyHole library. Python generic REST API client with no pre-configuration based on dynamic object oriented call/getattr interface." by Krzysztof Dorosz

  • Idea of topics groups using WIKI.Python.ORG/Google Docs + proposing ligting talk topics (Michał Chałupczak)

what we would like to have at our meetings?

• Fancy Python Libraries
  • twisted (+ +)
  • packaging (pip, setuptools, distutils, and all this madness) (+)
• Django
  • Functional testing in practise - tools, best practises, examples, use cases with versioning control (flow)

  • Acceptance testing ala http://fitnesse.org/ -- making sure what you deliver is what your client wants (+)

  • User Interface Testing (different browsers, different resolutions etc.) - tools, best practises, selenium?
  • Django project pattern - how to start good base project (folders, where to put what, deployment, versioning control, some "default hacks", default "starting" HTML5 template)
  • Django and continuous integration- CI systems, best practices, worst mistakes

  • GeoDjango

• Tools, IDE's
  • EMACS / VI - show increase of coding productivity using keyboard instead of mouse

  • PyCharm - advanced usage

• Design Patterns
• Non Python
  • jQuery / Dojo / CSS
    • same form inputs rendering on different browsers

      • problem? - http://www.456bereastreet.com/archive/200409/styling_form_controls/

      • existing tools: http://www.ajaxblender.com/jniceit.html or http://www.emblematiq.com/lab/niceforms/ - poor

      • custom themes?
      • adding new widgets?