Snakes and Rubies

nospam@example.com (Thomas) — Sun, 08 Jan 2006 14:53:34 +0100

Adrian Holovaty, one of the creators of the Django framework for Python, and David Heinemeier Hansson, the creator of Ruby on Rails framework, answered questions about their work and the future of Web-application development at the DePaul University in Chicago.
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Django looks awesome. Adrian Holovaty has a strong background with web developing for newspapers. His presentations shows you the simplicity of creating a weblog, cms, news-systems and many other apps with Django. The admin framework of Django is stunning. I guess non coder loves this presentation too.

David Heinemeier Hansson did not a "Ruby on Rails" introduction because most people already know it. His presentation was more about the "beauty in ruby on rails code". A lot of code snippet durings his talk but at the end an awesome video about an upcoming application called fluxiom. Direct link to the fluxiom video. "Fluxiom is a web-based knowledge management tool. It is an easy and elegant way for small to medium sized teams to manage digital assets and share them with clients, partners and co-workers." It's made with ruby on rails.
If you look for ruby on rails introduction then check out screencasts. Web developers and even non-coders will be very impressed

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Snakes and Rubies