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<header> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href=""
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<p>Last Saturday the PyLadies and the LA Django meetup group held an
introductory Django Workshop, with generous amounts of support by
<a class="reference external" href="http://mahalo.com">Mahalo</a> and <a class="reference external" href="http://cars.com">Cars.com</a>
Guided by Sandy and Katharine, two of the PyLadies' Djangologists
extraordinaires, the <a class="reference external" href="http://bit.ly/qMcEAT">morning tutorial</a> covered
the basics of setting up a Django web application, from database
configuration to navigating the built-in admin interface.</p>
<p><img alt="image0" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-jwfDhFCirdw/Tix8O3YN4bI/AAAAAAAAAJc/x-BaLQXdDW0/s400/IMG_1722.JPG" /></p>
<p>As you can see, mentors circulated the room throughout the workshop;
Michael of Cars.com brought party hats for us to wear so that people
knew who to ask for help as they set up their first Django web app. To
maintain the party-like atmosphere we also had slides of Python-trivia
questions, and threw candy at participants who got answered them
correctly! Do YOU know what BDFL stands for?</p>
<p><img alt="image1" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-Wl5FHhRp2oQ/Tix8dxlglOI/AAAAAAAAAJc/ZiprFKY2Kl0/s400/IMG_2599.JPG" /></p>
<p>For lunch we dined on pizza donated by Cars.com, while soaking in some
much-needed vitamin D, and spent some time getting to know our fellow
hackers a bit better.</p>
<p><img alt="image2" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-nLB8fJkkAZs/Tix8e8CfjTI/AAAAAAAAAJc/fEK_Uri-75A/s400/IMG_2600.JPG" /></p>
<p>Introducing ourselves, we discovered that we came from a wide range of
backgrounds, from meditation experts to bioengineers, united by our
eagerness to learn this awesome Python-based framework, and our
willingness to spend a whole Saturday doing so!</p>
<p><img alt="image3" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-iwv_8Lg5IpY/Tix8XemK_KI/AAAAAAAAAJc/bD_XsnAWiVk/s400/IMG_2580.JPG" /></p>
<p>These folks came all the way from Texas!!!</p>
<p>In the afternoon, most attendees chose to push on through the Django
tutorial with Sandy, where they delved deeper into Django views and
templating. Others hacked away happily on their own Python projects, and
later we all learned how to set deploy our apps on
<a class="reference external" href="http://djangozoom.com">DjangoZoom</a>, for which the DjangoZoom folks
were generous enough to give us trial accounts.
There was, of course, time for a short outdoor break (PyLadies are all
about promoting well-rounded, healthy hacking habits!), led by Python
dev/capoeira enthusiast PyDanny.</p>
<p>The hackday finished with another fine set of lightning talks:</p>
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<li><a class="reference external" href="http://twitter.com/kjam">Katharine</a> gave an awesome talk on <a class="reference external" href="http://kjamistan.tumblr.com/post/7985900943/how-to-keep-up-with-the-pyladies">how
to keep up with the
PyLadies</a></li>
<li><a class="reference external" href="http://twitter.com/rdegges">Randall</a> gave a presentation on <a class="reference external" href="http://www.slideshare.net/rdegges/intro-to-telephony-in-django">the
awesome Django-Twilio
API</a>,
for adding telephony features to web apps</li>
<li>Michael gave <a class="reference external" href="http://prezi.com/s82pxzuuvpsa/how-to-get-hired-as-a-new-developer/">tips on applying for programming
jobs</a>,
aimed at n00bs but containing good advice for any job-seeker.</li>
<li>Laura showed us how to use the <a class="reference external" href="http://www.slideshare.net/rogueveda/whats-in-a-tweet?from=share_email_login3">Python wrapper for the Twitter
API</a>
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<li>The indomitable <a class="reference external" href="http://twitter.com/sandymahalo">Sandy</a> found it in
her to give another talk, this time on <a class="reference external" href="https://docs.google.com/present/edit?id=0AVthC0Z3iw8DZGRrdnFzeGdfMmNxd2d3emd2&hl=en_US">Django
testing </a></li>
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<p>Since no PyLadies event is complete without a social hour, we walked
over to Warszawa for a round of drinking and relaxation (i.e., we began
formulating plans for tattoos, future PyLadies events, continued world
domination, etc).</p>
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<p>Thanks again to our wonderful hosts at Mahalo, particularly CTO Jeff;
and also to the crew of Cars.com, most notably Michael, who helped out
enormously with every aspect of the event, from tweaking the tutorial to
handing out candy for trivia. Also, the hats!</p>
<p>Finally, and as always, thanks to the <a class="reference external" href="http://python.org/psf">PSF</a> for
their continued support. We were able to fit twice as many people into
our hack space using the tables and chairs they paid for. We'll also be
thanking them in the near future when we announce a few other exciting
new developments...</p>
<p>Stay on our mailing list to hear more! Or, if that's not enough PyLadies
for you, <a class="reference external" href="http://kjamistan.tumblr.com/post/7985900943/how-to-keep-up-with-the-pyladies">you know where else to find
us</a>!</p>
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