[Chicago] Dec talk: REST-ful Web apps with Django Piston

[Carl Karsten]

On Sun, Nov 29, 2009 at 12:38 PM, Matt Dorn <matt.dorn at gmail.com> wrote:
> Carl Karsten wrote:
>>
>> Can I get a slightly larger (2 or 3 lines) description?
>>
>> 30 min talk, 15 min Q&A enough?
>
> I was originally going to try to give this talk at the upcoming PyCon -- I
> won't be doing it, since there was a very similar proposal that got chosen
> instead.  But below is part of the proposal I sent.  I can make it fit the
> 30 min time frame.
>
> --
>
> Summary:
> A common complaint about Django, the leading Python web application
> framework, is that it doesn't make writing REST APIs easy enough.  In fact
> the paradigm for a typical Django application involves views which map to
> HTML page templates.  With end users increasingly expecting rich interfaces
> with the responsiveness of a desktop application, this paradigm is being
> superseded.   Fortunately a third-party Django application called Piston
> fills the gap.  Django/Piston can be combined with the Ext JS JavaScript
> framework and widget set to create attractive, responsive Web applications,
> and this talk will show you how.
>
> Outline:
> * REST overview
> * Ajax overview
> * Overview of REST options for Django
> * Why Piston over other options
> * Creating a REST interface to your Django models
> * Writing an Ext JS application that consumes your Django app's RESTful API

Very nice.  No need to shorten it.  plan on 45+15.

This will give us 2 great talks which I am sure will fill up the meeting.


-- 
Carl K