[WebPub] FW: REMINDER - Tomorrow, Nov. 9th! - Raman Prasad - Django in the Office

[Figueiredo, Jason M]

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Subject: [abcd-www] REMINDER - Tomorrow, Nov. 9th! - Raman Prasad - Django in the Office

Hello Harvard WWW,

Announcing the presenter & topic for this month's WWW meeting! (Nov.)
We have the privilege of hearing from Raman Prasad, Senior Web Application Developer/Architect, in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences department of Molecular & Cellular Biology

The talk is on "Django in the Office: Get Your Admin for Nothing and Your SQL for Free" and here are the details:
Raman Prasad
Django in the Office
Lamont Library, Forum Room
November 9th, 2011 @ 3:30 - 5:00 PM

NOTE: Attendees without a Harvard ID card need to RSVP (reply to jason_figueiredo at harvard.edu<mailto:jason_figueiredo at harvard.edu>) as soon a possible for entry to the library.

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Abstract:
Creating custom data models (similar to "content types" in Drupal) can quickly become complicated.   Data that looks like it will fit into 1 database table might actually need 4 tables--or 34.  Django, a python based web framework, excels as a method of creating relational database tables, providing comprehensive administrative pages for users, and pulling the data out again in a variety of formats.

Django may be used for large systems, but it's also suitable for small projects.   This presentation will cover very basic Django models in the context of moving office data from spreadsheets to online databases.
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