[General] Comprehensive Open Source Python Framework

[Burhan Khalid]

As for the seminars, I would also be willing to volunteer some time as  
Django, TurboGears, Zope, Python etc. are all things that I have used  
to some extent.

Regards,
--
Burhan Khalid

On 1 Oct 2009, at 08:48, Majed B. wrote:

> Ahmad,
>
> If you're willing to do a seminar about that, I'd suggest you  
> contact the Kuwait society of engineers and reserve a room from  
> them. They can announce the seminar so it may attract even more  
> audience, most likely from colleges of science and engineering.
>
> On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 6:18 AM, Ahmad Al-Ibrahim <ahmad at koutbo6.com>  
> wrote:
> Salam,
>
> I always wanted to write about Pinax, I just didn't want to be talking
> to myself in the mailing list. Thanks for showing interest!
>
> I've been using Pinax since 2008, the name wasn't Pinax at that  
> time, it
> was called django-hotclub, and in EuroDjangoCon '09 I met the core
> developers of Pinax, and joined them in the coding sprints, which was
> the start of my contribution to the project.
>
> Pinax is a great platform to start developing a website in Django, it
> helps you to focus on your core apps and leave the rest to the  
> reusable
> apps available in Pinax, there are multiple projects that you can  
> choose
> to start with Pinax:
>
> Basic project - basic requirement for every site, notification,  
> mailer,
> announcements, email confirmation, local auth, openid, pagination,
> timezones, basic profiles, ajax validation, etc.
>
> Social project - everything in basic project in addition to friends,
> messaging, microblogging, blogging, wiki, avatars, bookmarks, groups,
> photo albums, tagging, etc.
>
> CMS project - content management system
>
> Code project - software project management including tasks, paste,
> and other stuff.
>
> There are other projects as well.
>
> Many people are using Pinax basic project in their new django  
> projects,
> it is really help full to get covered by the basic features of a  
> website
> that everyone needs.
>
> I encourage everyone to give it a try, and if any one needs any help  
> or
>  would like to ask questions, please don't hesitate to drop an email.
>
> I've been thinking of doing seminars to share my experience in rapid  
> web
> development, and enlighten the community with open source technologies
> Python, Django, and Pinax. And the reasons behind dumping PHP after 7
> years of love. If there is interest from OSKW community I will be  
> happy
> to do that.
>
> Regards,
>
> Ahmad Al-Ibrahim
>
> Burhan Khalid wrote:
> > Salaam All:
> >
> >   I know there are a few python fans (including myself) on this  
> list so
> > I thought I would share some information I got while researching the
> > latest in Python Frameworks for web development.
> >
> >   Everyone is familiar with django -- I think one of our members
> > actually attended djangocon. Django is great, I've used it with  
> success
> > on many projects but unfortunately a lot of the functionality that  
> is
> > required in today's market is not built-in. You have to write many  
> apps
> > to get some of the common functionality. Of course, if you package  
> the
> > apps correctly then you can re-use them, but its always nice to use
> > things others have already tested.
> >
> >    If you are a django fan but need something more, then there is
> > pinax[1]. Pinax is a collection of tested django apps, bundled with
> > everything you need (Python-wise) except for PIL (Python Imaging
> > Library). The reason PIL is not included is because PIL needs to be
> > compiled. What you get with pinax on top of what you already get  
> with
> > django:
> >
> >   * openid support
> >   * email verification
> >   * password management
> >   * site announcements
> >   * notification framework
> >   * user-to-user messaging
> >   * friend invitation
> >   * twitter clone
> >   * oembed support ( http://www.oembed.com/ )
> >   * gravatar support
> >   * interest groups
> >   * project management features (tasks & issue management)
> >   * threaded discussions (ie, "forums")
> >   * wikis with markup support
> >   * blogging
> >   * bookmark management
> >   * tagging
> >   * contact import (vCard, Google, Yahoo)
> >   * photo management
> >
> >   All these are packaged apps, pinax just combines them together to
> > create a platform which you can use to create all kinds of  
> websites. So,
> > if you only need photo management, you just use that app in your
> > home-grown django project. The sample site is cloud27.com. If you  
> are
> > wondering if pinax is stable enough for your project, NASA is a  
> big user
> > of pinax.
> >
> > Regards,
> > --
> > Burhan Khalid
> >
> > 1. pinaxproject.com
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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