Hi all Thanks everybody for responding - it is nice to see that there will be good representation of QGIS there, and from what I can see nobody is duplicating each other's work!
Regards Tim On Sat, Mar 15, 2014 at 12:25 AM, Tim Sutton <li...@linfiniti.com> wrote: > Hi > > > On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 9:08 PM, 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. >> >> > Great - +1 from me! > > >> [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 >>> >> >> > > > -- > 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 > ============================================== > -- 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 ==============================================
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