Eric Steele: Plone Community and Development – Things of note (2012-09-07)
First of all, thanks to Alex Clark, Peter Mathis, Érico Andrei, and Elizabeth Leddy for clearing up issues mentioned in the previous update! If you’re looking for a way to get involved, these may be...
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keul: Plone and microdata: adding support to microdata to Plone
My last article was about adding microdata support to Plone event content type.The article also introduced what changes needs to be done to Plone for getting microdata support (in general) and the...
View ArticleEric Steele: "Maintainability is a critical feature of software engineering....
“Maintainability is a critical feature of software engineering. But it becomes paramount in FLOSS. It is not only about source code. It is about people, social relationships and digital etiquette. It...
View ArticleEric Steele: "But there is an even bigger issue here, I think, that concerns...
“But there is an even bigger issue here, I think, that concerns project continuity. Too often in the world of free software, projects depend upon one or two key people, either as leaders or programmers...
View ArticleEric Steele: "You see, Open Source is all about the people. Really, on almost...
“You see, Open Source is all about the people. Really, on almost any project you would want to be a part of, the code comes second. People are what distinguish a project that is a joy to work on from...
View ArticleEric Steele: Plone: The Second Decade
Plone is facing an increasing number of external stressors. The economy is sinking whole companies. People who had previously relied on Plone as a software application platform have begun to opt for...
View ArticleDanilo Dellaquila: Como sobrescribir las traducciones de Plone en 5 minutos
Hace un par de días Giorgio Borelli, plonista italiano, publicó un articulo en el blog de OpenAbstract sobre las traducciones de Plone, un tema que interesa mucho también a los plonistas de habla...
View ArticleDanilo Dellaquila: Como sobrescribir las traducciones de Plone en 5 minutos
Hace un par de días Giorgio Borelli, plonista italiano, publicó un articulo en el blog de OpenAbstract sobre las traducciones de Plone, un tema que interesa mucho también a los plonistas de habla...
View ArticlePlone Conference 2012: Get on that boat
This boat (we still have to come up with a suitable name) is basically a mobile hotel, that can be booked in any city close to water. As soon as we found out we might have a bed shortage we made...
View ArticleMartijn Faassen: Dear Django, please ask others about packaging!
Introduction Dear Django, and any human beings interested in what I have to say too... This blog post is ostensibly about Python packaging. It's responding to Tarek's post. But I'm actually currently...
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Asko Soukka: Speed up your Plone add-on tests on Travis CI with the Unified...
Many thanks for Héctor Verlarde for encouraging us to try out Travis CI for testing our own Plone add-ons. Also, thanks for Godefroid Chapelle for showing me, how to run Selenium tests on a headless...
View ArticlePlone.org: Plone Foundation announces Plone Conference 2013 selection process
Organizing a Plone Conference is very rewarding. It is also a lengthy process. That is why the Plone Foundation has kicked off the process of picking the next conference venue earlier than usual. Based...
View ArticleDavid Glick: Goodbye, Groundwire. Hello, world!
In the summer of 2007 I graduated from college, moved to Seattle, and started working as a web developer for Groundwire, then called ONE/Northwest. This week, five years later, I'm both sad and excited...
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Lennart Regebro: I’m looking for projects!
I have nothing booked from about one week from now, so if anyone has a project they need a developer for, and it has anything to do with Python or Plone, then contact me at regebro@gmail.com. I can...
View ArticlePlone.org: The Plone Community Celebrates its 60th Tune-Up event
The Plone Community is coming together in one of its largest global sprints ever in honor of the 60th Plone Tune-Up - which is scheduled to take place on Friday, September 21st. Ten worldwide...
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Lennart Regebro: Presenting tzlocal: A simple way to get your local timezone...
The Python timezone library pytz has one missing feature. There is no way to get the computers local timezone, unless you know the name of it, and figuring out the name is not always possible on some...
View ArticleCore Software Group: Plone Hello World Tutorial
About a month ago, there was a bit of a ruckus on twitter about the state of Plone and documentation and what not. There was a specific request for a Hello World type tutorial introducing Plone...
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Mikko Ohtamaa: Recommended way for sudo-free installation of Python software...
When installing Python software, sudo easy_install and sudo pip are something you should do very seldom. sudo means you are messing with your operating system files. easy_install means that it is easy...
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Netsight Developers: The next '10 Intranet lessons' event to happen in Reading
We are pleased to announce that Netsight is hosting another Roadshow event '10 lessons learned from building successful corporate intranets and portals'. This event will be held in Reading at The Town...
View ArticleNetsight Developers: Plone Conference - How to convince my boss I should go?
In just over 3 weeks time, Plone Conference 2012 will take part in Arnhem, Netherlands. The Plone Conference is an annual event that takes place in a different city each year and brings together the...
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