Sounds great to me!
> On Mar 14, 2014, at 15:08, Larry Shaffer <lar...@dakotacarto.com> wrote: > > Hi Tim, et al., > > I am currently working on a presentation and workshop for the upcoming > inaugural QGIS user group meeting in DC [0]. The concept is on how to become > a QGIS developer. There is an obvious dearth of developers in the US compared > to around the globe, though most certainly not because there is a lack of > potential developers. > > The focus will be on the many avenues one can gain working knowledge and > apply their ideas to help the project and themselves or their business, > whether it be with writing plugins, standalone apps, documentation or > tutorials, or submitting code pull requests. The goal is to get potential US > developers excited about and involved in the project. > > The presentation/workshop covers taking the first steps from user to > developer and an overview of the project's structure and organization. It > includes an overview of the technologies used and recommends tools and > workflows for working with and managing both QGIS and Python/plugin source > code. It is not about how to specifically write code, but how to gain the > knowledge and set up the development environment to do so, regardless of > platform, and what to do with the working and finished code/plugin/app. > > Additionally, it covers the benefits of becoming a developer, or sponsoring > one as a business. > > I think this would make a good FOSS4G workshop, especially once the > presentation/workshop has been trial-run at the US user meeting. I've done > smaller, similar presentations for the local GIS community here in the past. > > If others agree this would be a good workshop, I'll submit something today. > > [0] http://qgis.us/#meetings > > Regards, > > Larry Shaffer > Dakota Cartography > Black Hills, South Dakota > > >> On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 12:11 PM, Tim Sutton <li...@linfiniti.com> wrote: >> Hi All >> >> I was just wondering if anyone has made submissions to run QGIS workshops at >> the upcoming FOSS4G 2014 event. As I write this it is about 13 hours to the >> closing event. It would be great if those planning to submit workshop >> proposals coordinate a little to avoid duplication. I know Jeffrey Johnson >> is putting in to do a QGIS Analysis workshop. Is anyone planning to offer an >> introductory workshop (or anything else)? >> >> It would be great if the US folks could pool effort - perhaps also giving a >> quick start guide to writing QGIS plugins would be nice! >> >> Regards >> >> Tim >> >> -- >> Tim Sutton - QGIS Project Steering Committee Member >> ============================================== >> Please do not email me off-list with technical >> support questions. Using the lists will gain >> more exposure for your issues and the knowledge >> surrounding your issue will be shared with all. >> >> Irc: timlinux on #qgis at freenode.net >> ============================================== >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Qgis-user mailing list >> Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org >> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user > > _______________________________________________ > Qgis-user mailing list > Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
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