[PJUG Javamail] Fwd: java @ portland python meeting this tuesday

[Jon Batcheller]

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From: jason kirtland <jek at discorporate.us>
Date: Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 11:59 AM
Subject: java @ portland python meeting this tuesday
To: jonb at pjug.org


Hi Jon,

I thought some folks in PJUG may be interested in the Portland Python
Users Group meeting Tuesday September 9th (tomorrow).  Our topic is
"Django on Jython", presented by Google Summer of Code hacker Leo
Soto. Leo is visiting the USA from Chile and has just presented this
talk at DjangoCon last weekend in Mountain View.

In Leo's own words:

"Django is the most popular Python web framework, and have managed to
go through the hard steps of making a high quality 1.0 release. The
Jython project has awaken on the last years after a dark period, and
is in the road of its 2.5 release. This scenario presents the cool
opportunity of exploring the use of a modern Python web framework on
top of the Java infrastructure.

I will talk on how to use Django under Jython, the common pitfalls on
this setup, and start some discussion about what can take the Python
(and Django) community from the JVM, and what advantages Django
development on top of Jython propose for Java projects."

- Tuesday, September 9th 7PM at CubeSpace

- Maps, RSVP, etc.: http://python.meetup.com/183/

- Leo & Django on Jython:
 http://blog.leosoto.com/
 http://www.djangoproject.com/
 http://www.jython.org/Project/

Cheers,
Jason