Change Your Colors This Fall with Django Bootcamp, September 10-14, 2007

June 21, 2007; 08:04 AM

Big Nerd Ranch, Inc., premier provider of cutting-edge training classes for web developers, programmers, and system administrators, announced today the next Django Bootcamp (http://bignerdranch.com/classes/django.shtml) dates, slated for September 10-14, 2007. Django Bootcamp was designed to address the needs of developers seeking an elegant solution for web application development, web designers striving to increase their marketability with server-side technology skills, and programmers developing Python and XML-based web services. This training class, led by Django instructor Juan Pablo Claude, is a rigorous study of the rising star in the open source, web application development community. Django has achieved global acclaim with its database-driven, Python-based design, its powerful template system and its elegance in code and file structure. By tapping the power of Python for its framework, Django offers developers a simple, efficient, and supercharged alternative to J2EE development.

"Trendy and cutting-edge are not synonymous," commented Big Nerd Ranch founder, Aaron Hillegass. "'Trendy' suggests an end-date in popularity. Django, on the other hand, with its meteoric rise in the web services community, shows no end date to its popularity. It boasts an ease of use, an intelligence in design, and a passionate and forward thinking community that is committed to excellence and furthering Django's usability. Django Bootcamp at the Big Nerd Ranch offers web services professionals the ideal learning environment to leverage this rapidly emerging technology to increase their projects' success."

The Django training class provides an exhaustive overview of this revolutionary framework, from fundamentals to helpful strategies in harnessing the full potential and power of Django. Key subject areas include, but are not limited to:

*Installing Python, an introduction to Django, and database connectivity modules
*Using the database API and creating the database interface and data models
*Mastering the power of Django's template system to generate and update web pages dynamically
*URLS like you've never seen them before
*Utilizing models, views and forms to full advantage in your project
*Start using the newforms library immediately
*Users and authentication and generating emails and PDFs in response to user action
*Integrating Django with XML and AJAX
*Deploying your Django application on an Apache server using mod_python and FastCGI

To register for Django Bootcamp at the Big Nerd Ranch, please visit http://bignerdranch.com/register.php?cid=1027

No prior experience in Python is required (although it is helpful), but students should be familiar with object-oriented programming, HTML, and CSS. Those students seeking to minimize the learning curve prior to class are encouraged to read Mark Lutz's 'Learning Python.'

The Big Nerd Ranch incorporates intensive training classes for Unix and Mac OS X programmers and system administrators in a retreat setting outside Atlanta, GA. Class price of $3500 includes lodging, all meals, original instruction materials, 24-hour lab access, and ground transportation to and from the Atlanta airport. Students are encouraged to bring independent projects to class, allowing for input from classmates and individual instructor attention. For more information, call 678-595-6773 or visit http://bignerdranch.com/.