Thanks Ronald -- These are fantastic ideas! I'll try to incorporate some of them into the class, and I think it would also be very cool to do some screencasts based on these topic ideas.
--Mark On 12/20/05, Ronald Jaramillo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Mark, > First, congratulations with the book deal! > > Regarding the 'internet class': > IMO. Python (and by extension TG) biggest advantage in the web- > framework arena, is that there is so much quality Python code around > which > can do pretty much anything you want. > If you want to 'webalize' some of the existing code base TG is great > because it stays out of your way. > The overhead added by TG is very low, so you can focus on your > application's problem domain. > One good way to teach TG could be to go trough projects that use/ > integrate existing components. > Some examples (shoots from the hip) could be: > > --- A widget: > Creating a 'plot' widget using Matplotlib (http:// > matplotlib.sourceforge.net/). > The project should use setup tools to handle the dependencies to > Matplotlib. > Want a scatter plot? just add your plotWidget to your kid file, pass > the type and the data/functions to it and > tada: > http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/screenshots/scatter_demo2_small.png > > -- An app: > Document management app. List directories, preview files, upload/ > download. The os module make this a breeze. > To make it really useful integrate pylucene (http:// > pylucene.osafoundation.org/) , to automatically index all documents > and provide > high quality search. > Add tagging capabilities by using Tasty (http://tasty.python- > hosting.com/) just to show how easy is to incorporate existing code. > > -- A ToolBox tool > Use Pil to create a tool where the users can define a 'style' for a > text heading. They can upload fonts, set the foreground and > background colours > (or background image), set the padding and margin, the font weight > and font size. They can preview all changes in real time. > Once they save their style, they can refer to it on their kid > templates to automagically generate image text for their headings. > <h1 class="Zapfino16pxOnAGreenBackground">This text will be render as > an image</h1> > > ---- > Other projects could show how to cannibalise on Python platform > specific integration (This is something really difficult from Java) > - import structure and data from an uploaded excel file (using win32 > or pyExcelerator ( http://sourceforge.net/projects/pyexcelerator) ) > - automagically migrate MS Access applications to TG using win32 to > read the table definition, create the corresponding SQLObject models, > import data, and let the user use TG's CRUD support to interact > with the app (or CatWalk). > - create a monitoring app with TG and pyObjectC to manage OSX > machines on a lab. > - use ctypes (http://starship.python.net/crew/theller/ctypes/) from > TG to webify a legacy application (maybe for house automation) > > There are ton of great apps that can be created with TG with minimal > effort by combining existing projects, and this goes > along TG's spirit of using best of breed components. > > I'm looking forward to the book and classes. If I can be of any help, > let me know. > > Cheers > Ronald > > On Dec 19, 2005, at 10:16 PM, Mark Ramm wrote: > > > > > On 12/19/05, Kevin Dangoor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >> After a month of discussions with two different publishers (both of > >> which sounded quite excited about the project), Mark Ramm and I have > >> agreed to write a TurboGears book for Prentice Hall. > > > > <Snip> > > > >> (Please wait a few months for delivery :) > > > > Actually there are a couple of ways that you can get involved sooner > > than that! ;) > > > > I plan to test out a lot of the material for the book with a class > > physically located in Ann Arbor, but available to others on the > > Internet "somehow." > > > > I'm also going to try to put together a series of monthly "code-walk > > through" screencasts to highlight open-source TurboGears projects from > > the community. I am convinced that one of the keys to a framework's > > success is the ability to help developers get up to speed quickly. > > People have a lot of choices, and the one that makes learning to do > > cool new things easiest is going to win a lot of hearts and minds! > > > > If you have ideas or experience running an "Internet available" class, > > or want to participate in the class, please let me know. As soon as > > more details are available, I will post them to the list, and on my > > blog (http://compoundthinking.blogspot.com) > > ________________________________ > Ronald Jaramillo > mail: ronald AT checkandshare DOT com > blog: http://www.checkandshare.com/blog > > > >
