UTOSC Update Class #5

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Posted on 29th August 2008 by Krow in Miscellaneous

Google App Engine 101
Jonathan Elli

Google App Engine allows running applications on the Google infrastructure, including BigTable, Google’s non-relational and massibely scalable database.

The tutorial coved the basics of App Engine developement, including development and deployment of a simple application.

Jonathan presented this part very well and he explained what was needed to to do the job such as Django. Even though I could get the impression that Jonathan was not excited or happy to work with Django he would admit that it was the best tool for the project at the moment.

I enjoyed how Jonathan presented his lecture in about 35 mins and then left the rest of the time to build a basic project and ask for his help and assistance. At this point in the presentation though I did not have much battery life on my laptop so I did not get the chance to push my limits with this.

UTOSC Update Keynotes

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Posted on 28th August 2008 by Krow in Miscellaneous

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First Keynote:
How To Leverage Open Source in a For-Profit Business
Mac Newbold – Code Greene

Mac did a great job. He pointed out how Code Greene has used Open Source to their advantage and how it has helped them keep profits as low as possible but yet deliver high end products to the client.

One thing that stuck out most to me was that Mac said “If the program doesn’t do what we want it to, we add to it. Or if we discover a bug, we fix it and submit it back to the community.” This is a great concept.

This was something that I noticed about the people I came across this day. Everyone is there to help eachother and to bounce off new ideas. It was great. Mac did an excellent job. It was straight to the point.

Second Keynote:
Fedora: The Future, First
Paul Frields – Red Hat

Now I don’t know much about Fedora but it seems like a great distro for Linux. And from what I could tell in Paul’s presentation they have made some great movement in pushing it forward.

I couldn’t help but think that Paul was trying to preach to me to push Fedora more, to become an ambassador for them. Paul pushed this over and over. Even when I thought he would be done it seemed like he went back to this. His presentation just seemed to never end really.

UTOSC Update Class #4

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Posted on 28th August 2008 by Krow in Miscellaneous

Drupal: From Blank to Blog in 30 Minutes
Dirk Howard – IDK Software

Things that you will need to get started are:
Server (Ideal environment setup would be Apache, MySQL PHP)
Drupal software
Unpack
Install / Configure (answer the questions)

My first thought of Drupal is that it has a really nice install process. But for my personal likes it is just too much. I am comparing this to my experience with WordPress which took me like 5 mins max. It took me longer to download WP then to install and configure it.

Just when you thought your site was done and Drupal gives you a “Finished” page you still will need to go through the Admin page.

I must admint now. I can not compare Drupal to WordPress because Drupal is trying to be a sites Content Management System (CMS) and WordPress is just a blogging program. Drupal is an extensible CMS that is used for blogs, forums, photo galleries and many other projects.

Installing Drupal on a blank website can be done in as little as 30 minutes (if you read everything in the installation process and really who does that). All you need is a web server that can handle PHP, a MySQL or PostgreSQL database, and either FTP or shell access to the web server.

From there you can be blogging your way on your site that you can customize anyway you want.

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