Django, Pinax, and Humble Pie

Django, Pinax, and Humble Pie

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

or


“How I learned to stop worrying...


... and love other people’s code.”


_phred



The Man Can!


Foxycart


(my house)


...not really...


it’s secret.


war story


awesome.


last 5%


“only 5%”


10%


20%?? 25%????


two weeks later...


:-) client


3 weeks to deadline



O.K.


contractor


“figure out”


awesome CMS


experimental


MODx


why?


we love it


it’s great


one problem...


5000 pages


5000 people...


... each with a user profile ...


on the first day.


conference


5000 people coming


can has reschedule?


no way, josé


spec it out


coffee


bang it out


blogging


friends


mini-sites


forums


work perfectly™


simple


single sign on


your mom


Facebook, Gmail, whatever.


“yeah, we can do this”


send some email,


write some code...


but I was wrong.


next Monday...


amount done?


2%


experimental


experimental


experimental!!Tuesday, September 22, 2009

like an experimental toaster...



(fail)


not ready for prime-time.


I’m laughing now.


Tuesday morning...


crazy today? Y/N


more coffee


Pinax


maybe, just maybe...



... and, it turns out ...


rescue team en route.


usual daily chat


“I’ve got something totally awesome to

show you...”


demoTuesday, September 22, 2009

Yes, in a day.


In fact...


5 minutes.


(for what you just saw)


sleep(60 * 5) # take 5


keynote:/Users/fred/Desktop/Quotes.key

keynote:/Users/fred/Desktop/Quotes.key

continue;


awesome? y/n


snake oil?


$$$$


maybe ;-)


not rich yet ;-)


how is this possible?


open source, baby.


by the power of...


Django, Python, and Pinax


Django

Database

Pinax

Web Server

Your Stuff

blogtribes wiki photo profilefriends ...


Django

Database

Pinax

Web Server

Your Stuff

blogtribes wiki photo profilefriends ...

blog


Django


“web development for perfectionists with

deadlines”


kinda like Rails, CodeIgniter, CakePHP


Django Reinhardt









smart python guys


awesome


blah blah code...


boring




it’s ok :-)


humble pie




a.) more time


b.) build it faster


(strong drugs?)


c.) a longer lever


mostly solo


who does _?


me.


“I have to build this”


those idiots don’t know what they’re doing


(sometimes true)


megalomania


current tech = might work someday



stress


distress


eustress


distressTuesday, September 22, 2009

get it done.


a lot at stake


work harder?


work smarter


do something now


... in secret ...


might just win


do what we were doing....


most likely fail


risk?


look dumb.


waste time



potential reward?



stress


eustress


future?


• openid support• email verification• password management• site announcements• a notification framework• user-to-user messaging• friend invitations• a basic twitter clone• oembed support• gravatar support• interest groups

• projects with basic task and issue management• threaded discussions• wikis with multiple markup • support• blogging• bookmarks• tagging• contact import (from vCard, Google or Yahoo)• photo management• multi-lingual


and much more coming...


took the risk


paid off


surprised


not displeased


conference went great


< 5000 registered


so...


awesome!


but...


where’s the evil?


... very little.


awesome communities


not for every project


it’s a framework


still some heavy lifting


I still use WordPress


... for now. ;-)


optimal team size?


3


UX & Design,Code,

+A little of both


where are the huge examples?


quiet productivity


paradigm change


“how can we put together X?”


“what is unique about our site?


fun!


worth learning.


fin.


questions?


Technology

Django, Pinax, and Humble Pie