Bulletpoints from OSCON

Posted on July 27, 2006 by agentrickard

In between sessions, just a few quick notes for later.

1. The Django framework for Python has stirred up interest since the project went Open-Source last year. Tim O'Reilly mentioned Django in the same context as Ruby on Rails in terms of a rapid development platform. I spent last night with the Django guys, who are rightfully excited.
2. Sat for the Haxe walkthrough. Haxe is code ties together JavaScript, Flash, and Niko (a server script written in C) through one language. Haxe then compiles the necessary files in the language you need. It's an interesting idea and worth playing around with.
3. Everyone's favorite, Google, is about to announce some big OSS web framework. Possibly open search? The Google guys I met wouldn't say.
4. Plagger is a feed aggregator on steroids. Written in Perl and run from the command-line, it rips (and creates) RSS/XML/ATOM/OPML with infinite variety. There are some real obvious uses for it.

I'm gonna run now so I can be sure to get a seat at the Google presentation.