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JOB: Python/Plone Development Job Opportunity in Virginia

Burke, Kelly — 2008-11-25T17:22:13

Aquilent is currently looking for a Web Developer to join our team in Reston, VA. This is a short-term contract position. The ideal candidate will have 3-5 years of software/web development experience with the ability to come up to absorb domain knowledge quickly and work semi-independently. Responsibilities include developing and maintaining a collaborative portal using Python. Participate in rapid development and making changes to existing web portals. Additionally, the ability to communicate and work with customer to define requirements, design, and develop custom applications play a major part in this multitasking role. Requirements: * Experience with requirements gathering * Experience in development using Python * Experience with Plone and Zope Required/Desired Skills: * HTML/DHTML/XHTML/DTML/XML * Javascript, VBScript, Python, JSP, PHP * Visual Basic/VBA * mod_python/PSP * PostgreSQL 8.1 * MySQL * Photoshop * Dreamweaver/Macromedi

Django 1.0 or trunk

Michael Hans — 2008-11-08T03:32:29

I've stepped away from Django for a couple weeks and now returning with an odd question. Before 1.0 to me it was almost assumed that trunk was the way to go, has that perception changed now? Starting a new project can developers now rely that 1.0 is safe/stable creature for baselining or should i stick with trunk? Thanks Michael

We're back! November 2008 gathering of ZPUGDC and Python meetup

Alex Clark — 2008-11-03T17:55:48

Hi all, Last month we entertained the Plone community, see: http://www.flickr.com/photos/aclark4life/2945734866/sizes/l/in/set-72157608069818789/ This month, back to the Science Club for some good'ol fashioned Python chat and other informal ramblings: - Around the room: "What is your favorite 'hot' Python technology and/or cool thing you or doing with Python?" - Matt and Alex discuss the conference. - BACON-PIG redux. A new nearby Python group had their first meeting, find out what they discussed! - Your topic? What are you doing with Python and/or related technologies? Come tell us! Hope to see you < at > the Science Club < at > 7:00PM! Alex

informal python/web technology meetings?

Hans Lellelid — 2008-10-08T14:11:45

Hi folks, I've come to Python very recently from years of work (both professional and open-source) in the PHP world. I have worked with WSGI frameworks, ORM layers (esp. SQLAlchemy), and the Twisted framework. Python is a vastly superior language to PHP (I think few in PHP camp would argue with that) and the quality of these open-source projects in the Python is extremely impressive. What I'd like to learn more about is the Python community in the DC area. Obviously I'm a member of this mailing list, and I'm aware of the periodic group meetings (but sadly have not yet been able to attend). I wanted to know, though, whether there are other less formal events. One thing that the PHP group does monthly is have an informal beverage (er, beer) subgroup meeting; I think that has provided great opportunities to share ideas about what folks in the field are doing. I wonder whether there is something similar in the local Python world or, if not, whether there is interest in creating such an "event". On a sli

Plone Hosting Question

David Diskin — 2008-10-07T20:36:01

hi everyone, Can anyone recommend a good hosting provider that, for example, uses buildout for plone/zope installation? My current provider has so far refused to use it. Thanks much. David Diskin

PyCon 2009 (Chicago) Call for Proposals

A.M. Kuchling — 2008-10-03T02:39:40

Call for proposals -- PyCon 2009 -- =============================================================== Want to share your experience and expertise? PyCon 2009 is looking for proposals to fill the formal presentation tracks. The PyCon conference days will be March 27-29, 2009 in Chicago, Illinois, preceded by the tutorial days (March 25-26), and followed by four days of development sprints (March 30-April 2). Previous PyCon conferences have had a broad range of presentations, from reports on academic and commercial projects to tutorials and case studies. We hope to continue that tradition this year. Online proposal submission will open on September 29, 2008. Proposals will be accepted through November 03, with acceptance notifications coming out on December 15. For the detailed call for proposals, please see: We look forward to seeing you in Chicago! Andrew M. Kuchling amk-aocYmm8HAk4< at >public.gmane.org Registration Manager, Py

Call for projectors

Alex Clark — 2008-09-25T11:52:58

Hi all, I need to borrow 2 more projectors for Plone Conference 2008. I'll need them for the entire length of the training, conference and sprint (probably), i.e. October 6-12. I promise to return them in good condition. Can anyone help? If so please feel free to reply to the list or contact me directly at aclark-pzuzLh+EMZR0QpJUvnrPoA< at >public.gmane.org Thanks, Alex

Base Properties Question

Rashedul Chowdhury — 2008-09-18T16:15:32

Hi, Is there a way, without the use of "SiteRoot" to force sub-portals/folders of a Plone site to use it's own 'base_properties'? For example, I want to have a root 'plonesite'. Underneath, I have a folder called 'foo' – which will be a portal, with different colors for the buttons and a different logo/banner. I can't use the 'SiteRoot' as I don't want the URLs to be anchored to that portal. I'm sure there is a simple way to invoke this. We also would like to dynamically reference values of our banner image's "alt" and "title" properties from the base_properties. Any ideas? Thanks in advance! Rashid Chowdhury

Plone 3 join_form bug

Xueying Ni — 2008-09-12T16:03:30

Hi, list, do any of you encounter this problem on Plone 3.14 or 3.15? When you go to yoursite.com/join_form, and register a user without sign in. It immidiately sends you to /acl_users/credentials_cookie_auth/require_login?came_from=http%3A//www.yoursite.com/join_form So the users can't register themselves unless you login as site manager to do it. I wonder if there is any place in ZMI that should be configurated for annoymous registration? I am looking all over and couldn't figure out. This is different than how it used to be on Plone 2. If you know how to fix it, let me know. Many thanks, Xueying

New Python job!

Alex Clark — 2008-09-08T10:53:32

http://zpugdc.org/Members/aclark/principal-software-engineer

Short-term office desk

Malthe Borch — 2008-09-07T17:17:43

Hey list, –– I'll be in Washington for the next one and a half months and I'd like to inquire if any of you have a desk available in your office/department that I could occupy (with due compensation of course). Any location within the metropolitan area would be great. \malthe

OT: beer

Dustin J. Mitchell — 2008-09-06T19:18:43

Well, I suppose that beer, in and of itself, is rather *on*-topic for this group. But my request is not. *Twice* I have attended a ZPUGDC meeting, and *twice* I have discussed homebrewing with Ian, but *zero* times have I learned any means to contact him. So: a 22oz Octoberfest for anyone who can put us in touch. Ian, you're eligible for the prize, too :) Dustin

Looking for a developer

Brian Wolf — 2008-09-05T18:47:00

My firm is looking for a seasoned Plone developer for a short-term assignment as a consultant. Please contact me if interested. Thanks. Brian

repoze.bfg tonight FTW!

Alex Clark — 2008-09-02T16:42:51

Hi all, Tonight, Chris McDonough: ex-Zope Corporation Luminary unveils his BFG (Big ****ing Gun) which: (excerpt from http://static.repoze.org/bfgdocs/index.html) - is a Python web application framework. - is inspired by Zope’s publisher, though it is less ambitious in scope. - relies heavily on Zope libraries and WSGI. Woo Hoo! My favorite thing about repoze.bfg is: (excerpt from from http://static.repoze.org/bfgdocs/narr/introduction.html#why) - Familiarity: As web developers, we’ve become accustomed to working in very particular ways (primarily using Zope 2) over the years. This framework is a canonization of practices that “fit our brains”. We are also celebrating approximately 1 month left until _Plone Conference 2008_ at the Ronald Reagan Building in DC (and sprint at Arlington Career Center in VA). See you tonight! http://zpugdc.org/meetings/mtg67

Looking for python/django developers

David Adewumi — 2008-08-29T18:42:58

HI all, My name is David Adewumi, founder of a startup called Heekya. We were part of the LaunchboxDigital program. (based in DC) We're currently looking for python/django developers -- let me know if you're interested. Cheers,

Labor Day Weekend Visit

Chris Calloway — 2008-08-28T18:33:22

Hi ZPUGDC, I'm going to be visiting DC this weekend to meet up with aclark, Matt B., Jeff E. et al, for some Plone Conference planning exercises. I'd like to meet ZPUGDC people (and see TriZPUG boot camp alumni again) while in town, particularly around dinner time on Saturday and Sunday. I think I'll be going out with some ZPUGDC and Plone Conference planning people. We'll try to keep this list and #zpugdc posted as to times and places. But my cell number is below. You can call and I should know more of the plan later in the day each day. See you this weekend.

Transition Advice

David Diskin — 2008-08-18T22:40:05

hi everyone, I have not yet had the opportunity to do any work with Plone 3.x. However, I would like to upgrade a site now running 2.1 to 3.x sometime this fall and also am about to start a new project soon - it's a very simple site (at least to start) and may take a crack at 3.x then. My questions are: * Are there any books or good documentation that smooth the transition from the 2.1 or 2.5 (have done some sites with 2.5) to 3.x? Is there the equivalent to McKay's "The Definitive Guide to Plone"? It would be fantastic if he or someone else would update that book! * Any advice about how to learn 3.x? * This is for Joel - sorry I missed the bootcamp in July. Any other such courses planned? Is there a course specifically for someone who is not new to plone but wants to learn 3.x? * How bad is the migration from 2.5? from 2.1? Thanks much. David

Slides area returns to zpugdc.org. Buildbot slides available!

Alex Clark — 2008-08-08T01:09:16

Hi all, After two years, I finally got annoyed enough to secure shell into zpugdc.org and investigate the problem with adding content of type 'File' in Plone. The result: Slides from last meetings presentation on Buildbot, by Dustin J. Mitchell: http://zpugdc.org/meetings/slides/continuous_integrationwithbuildbot.pdf Enjoy! (For those that are curious, http://paste.plone.org/23048 fixed by just creating an application.png in the cmf skin layer path...)

Buildbot meeting tonight!

Alex Clark — 2008-08-05T18:29:41

Hi all, Eric Coffman and Matt Bowen will be your hosts tonight for Dustin J. Mitchell's talk on buildbot at TNC: http://zpugdc.org/meetings/mtg66 The Agenda, as per usual, will be: 7:00PM Introduction 7:05PM Around the room Python Chat - Tell us your current favorite Python-related technology. 7:30PM Buildbot talk by Dustin Mitchell. 8:30PM Other stuff - Lightning talks, etc. 9:00PM Rio Grande. I am unable to attend tonight, but I'll be back next month, which will be just one month shy of Plone Conference 2008! (Sessions were just announced, by the way: http://tinyurl.com/5cfs7n)

Django sprint in MD this Friday

Matt Bowen — 2008-07-28T13:34:54

Hi All, In case any of you haven't seen it, there's going to be a django sprint at the University of Maryland, College Park, this Friday: http://code.djangoproject.com/wiki/SprintDCAugust2008 I'll be there with a couple of my colleagues from strat< at >comm, and I see some familiar names on the list. It seems like a great opportunity to get involved in a neat project, and I'd love to see some zpugsters there. ~Matt

Bootcamps social outing

JoAnna Springsteen — 2008-07-16T16:49:58

Hey Bootcampers and ZPUGDC! Let's go do some research for the conference and find some Plone worthy hangouts! We'll start out at Urbana for dinner: http://www.urbanadc.com/ Please let Katie or I know if you can attend and we'll take care of reservations. (I've copied Katie on this so you have her email as well.) After dinner,let's pop into a few other places and check them out. (don't worry, we won't make it a wild and crazy night...unless you really want to.) I'm thinking one drink at each place or something like that. Join us if you can! If you haven't attended a Plone social thing before, you're missing out on the best part of the community! This is how we network, share information, hear about jobs, learn plone history, find out about bleeding edge stuff, and ponder the mystery that is Limi's hair. See you there! JoAnna (jluvsu2)