VAGUE <http://www.uvm.org/vague/>
Vermont Area Group of Unix Enthusiasts
7:00pm, Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Presentations and General Organizational Meeting
Django is a Web application framework that "encourages
rapid development" and adheres to "the DRY principle"
("Don't repeat yourself"). Django is written in Python
and was first released as free software in
2005. Forest Bond will present Django's architecture
and its utility in producing Web sites.
In 2007, the Vermont Department of Taxes released the
source code to their streamlined sales tax software,
the /Gateway/, under the Mozilla Public License. It
was the first time a State of Vermont agency had
released source code under an open-source license. Tom
Cort will explain how it happened, why it was a great
idea, how others in state government can share their
source code, and how ordinary citizens can benefit and
contribute. The mechanics of open sourcing a software
project will be presented step-by-step as they pertain
to state government. This will be followed by a short
demonstration of the software.
Location
Stone Environmental, Inc.
535 Stone Cutters Way
Montpelier, Vermont 05602
For directions see:
* Directions on the Stone Environmental Web site
<http://www.stone-env.com/contact.html>
* Location on Google maps
<http://maps.google.com/maps?q=535+Stone+Cutters+Way+Montpelier+VT>
