[lug] CLUE North Meeting, Thurs 21 Nov

[Crawford Rainwater]

Folks,

On Thursday, 21 November, the CLUE North group will be having
Matt Gushee speaking on Web Programming with Python (talk description
below) at 7:00PM at Regis University's Mountain View Conference room
in the Adult Learning Center.  For directions and more details,
please visit the CLUE website for more details.  Hope to see you
there.

--- Crawford

Presentation Description:
  The Python language offers a wealth of tools for web development.
  In addition to the standard libraries, which include simple HTTP
  client and server support, there are a number of third-party     
  packages available. This presentation will compare three web 
  application toolkits, each representing a very different approach:

  * Zope
	 The Zope application server provides a powerful object framework and 
    a simple web-based management interface, allowing developers to     
    rapidly assemble complex applications from a variety of custom and 
    pre-built components. 
    
  * 4Suite
    4Suite is a Swiss army knife for XML developers, offering a 
    portable data repository and advanced support for XSLT, RDF, and 
    other XML-related standards.
    
  * Quixote
    While perhaps less ambitious than the other two products, Quixote 
    may be a good choice for developers who just want to get some work  
    done. It uses a Python-based template language to generate pages.

  We will then examine a useful application developed with one of these 
  toolkits.


  About the presenter

  Matt Gushee is an XML and Web Services consultant. He has been     
  working with Python for four years and has been a member of the
  4Suite development team. He lives with his wife, Taeko, and son, 
  Kazuki, in the pleasantly bland suburb of Englewood.