[Events] Some feedback from Saturday

[Jessica McKellar]

Thanks for the feedback, Deborah!

Speaking of feedback:

I'd like to get "what you can do next with Python" suggestions out to our
attendees soon (preferably today) while they're still excited about it and
thinking about it. (I'd also like to ask some questions about how to improve
the structure of the event, but that may require some brainstorming that
lasts beyond today)

To that end, I've created a PiratePad for "what you can do next with
Python": http://piratepad.net/JeKLhQ9X08

Please add suggestions.

-Jessica


On Sat, Mar 5, 2011 at 6:03 PM, Deborah Nicholson <deb at seagl.org> wrote:

> Hi all,
> I didn't take notes during the tutorial, just paid attention. I though that
> part was really good!
>
> Here are notes I took during the afternoon part:
>
> Saturday afternoon
> Should probably explain how "cd" "cd.." and and "ls" work, plus
> tab-complete and the syntax for opening a file to read in the text editor
> wouldn't hurt either
>
> "manage.py: A command-line utility that lets you interact with this Django
> project in various ways. You can read all the details about manage.py in
> django-admin.py and manage.py. " there doesn't seem to be a django-admin.py?
>
>
> maybe make commands a different size/font/color eg. run the command python
> manage.py runserver.
>
> line numbers or section numbers next to the section you're reading would
> help attendees help each other, or even color coded would help volunteers
> see from far away  what part folks are on
>
> encourage people to add their own questions and answers to the poll before
> pushing to git
>
> from django.conf.urls.defaults import -- this is the top line in the
> urls.py file not a thing you add
>
> "detail(request=<HttpRequest object>, '23')" should maybe not be in the
> input style box
>
> I didn't have too much idea of what we were trying to do with the views
> section, just pasting the things in wasn't totally working and I didn't
> haven't any idea what parts were for what.
>
> Raising 404, no idea where this stuff is going
>
> CSRF errors, the documentation or code was perhaps not complete? Danny and
> I both had trouble
>
> The vibe of the day was very helpful and positive. I liked working with
> people, participants had a great sort of team spirit approach. Instructors
> never made people feel like they were asking dumb questions or that learners
> had "done it wrong"
>
> In general, the web appp involved alot of cutting and pasting verbatim and
> not much customizing.
> I felt like it was a good intro to the various tools and how they work
> together, but I don't feel like I actually "wrote" much python except when I
> added my own questions to the poll which the tutorial didn't actually
> suggest we do.
>
> Is there an IRC channel for questions going forward? or soem other place?
> Maybe an OpenHatch plug would've been good!
>
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