Christopher

Not Dead Yet

It’s been a while since I updated this blog. Just a quick note that I am settled in Tucson now and working at home. And I’m using Python. Woot. I’ll have more to say later.

Christopher

Planet Plone

To keep up on the Python universe I follow Planet Python which is a blog aggregator and to keep up on my two favorite Python products Django and Plone I follow Django Community and Planet Plone respectively. I sort of fell into Python through Zope when I started working at my current job as a web administrator. Python has a fairly gently learning curve and you can become productive for simple programming...

Christopher

Plone Resources

Although I’ve become a big fan of Django, my introduction to Python was through Zope. Zope led to Plone which I’ve been using for a few years now. Plone can be customized but it’s a steep learning curve. I’ve found a slide show with some tips for customizing this wonderful content management system. Making a Plone Theme: 5 Most Wanted Tips View SlideShare presentation or Upload your...

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Vote for Python

In February of 2007 I attended my second Pycon, a conference devoted to the open source programming language Python. One of the coolest system of presentations I saw were the lightning talks. Each presenter gets only 5 minutes to give his spiel. The one that made the biggest impression on me was by Ka-Ping Yee. He demonstrated how using less than 300 lines of code could make electronic voting much more...

Christopher

Planet Python

Since I’ve started learning Python and using it I’ve been learned Zope, Plone, and Django, and I’ve been to 3 PyCons. I really like the Python community. To keep on on all things Python I follow Planet Python (planet.python.org). It’s a monster RSS feed following dozens of python related blogs. It even links to other planets feed aggregators, including Zope, Plone, Django, and...