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2008 IRE Conference June 5-8, 2008
GENERAL INFO REGISTRATION SCHEDULE HOTEL INFO


Web Frameworks Advanced Boot Camp

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You've heard all the hype around web frameworks like Ruby on Rails and Django. Now see why. In this new advanced boot camp, we'll take you from the basics to a fully functioning data-driven application in Django, the web framework that drives award-winning projects like EveryBlock, PolitiFact, and The Washington Post's congressional votes databases. Editors and producers know this work is hot. You know it’s the next step for your CAR skills. Now learn how in these hands-on sequential classes.

Because it’s an advanced sequence, please plan to attend all of the mini-boot camp classes. And please make sure you meet the following prerequisites before signing up:

  • Fluent in SQL
  • Skill in SQL Server, MySQL or another database program beyond Access
  • Familiar with relational concepts

Please note that the track is designed to build skills sequentially so you must attend all sessions. Only 15 seats are available. Pre-registrations are accepted on a first-come, first-served basis. (IRE may request more information about your experience wtih the required skill set.)

If you have not yet registered for the 2008 IRE Conference, you can choose the Web Frameworks Advanced Boot Camp Option on the main registration form.

If you have already signed up but wish to add this option, click here: online Web Frameworks Boot Camp request.

After you submit your request, IRE will verify your conference registration and check availability. You will receive a confirmation note about your registration status. If you have questions about the Web Frameworks training or the prerequisite skills, please contact David Donald, ddonald@ire.org.


THURSDAY
Time
Panel
Room

9-10 a.m.
Intro to Django and frameworks: What a framework does, what happens when a user makes a request and why all this matters to journalism.
  • Aron Pilhofer, NewYorkTimes.com
    • Cambridge
    (all sessions)
    10:10-11:10 a.m.
    Dive right in: Making your first model, view, url and template, the complete basics of a very simple application.
  • Matt Waite, St. Petersburg Times
    • 11:20 a.m.-
    12:20 p.m.
    More advanced models: Making powerful relationships that improve your app and save you time.
  • Chase Davis, Houston Chronicle
    • 2:30-3:30 p.m.
    URLs and more advanced views: Returning the data that the user asked for, and reaching across databases.
  • Matt Waite, St. Petersburg Times
    • 3:40-4:40 p.m.
    Putting it all together: Returning data to your users with templates.
  • Chase Davis, Houston Chronicle
    • 4:50-5:50 p.m.
    Next steps: Tips to help you learn more, and a demo of some tricks you can do with a framework.
  • Jeremy Milarsky, IRE and NICAR
  • Matt Waite, St. Petersburg Times

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