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Why Community Shows Rule

A look at the Utah Open Source Conference

On August 21 this year, Royal Pingdom ran a report on Linux popularity around the world, based on Google searches. One of the interesting data points was that Utah had a higher than expected interest in open source. I had a chance to confirm that result a week later when attending the Utah Open Source Conference, held from August 28 through August 30 at the Salt Lake Community College, in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Hacking: The Art of Exploitation, 2nd Edition

Ed Schaefer reviews the newest edition of Hacking: The Art of Exploitation.

Pro JavaScript Design Patterns

Chapter 1: Expressive JavaScript

JavaScript is one of the most popular and widely used languages in the world today. Because it is embedded in all modern browsers, it has an extraordinarily wide distribution. As a language, it is incredibly important in our daily lives, powering the websites that we go to and helping the Web to present a rich interface.

Django Reloaded, Workshop, Part 1

Programming with the Python Django web framework

The screencast is from Douglas Napoleone of the Python Software Foundation, programming with the Django Framework.

Django Reloaded, Workshop, Part 2

Programming with the Python Django web framework

The screencast is from Douglas Napoleone of the Python Software Foundation, programming with the Django Framework.

Django Reloaded, Workshop, Part 3

Programming with the Python Django web framework

The screencast is from Douglas Napoleone of the Python Software Foundation, programming with the Django Framework.

Django Reloaded, Workshop, Part 4

Programming with the Python Django web framework

The screencast is from Douglas Napoleone of the Python Software Foundation, programming with the Django Framework.

Django Reloaded, Workshop, Part 5

Programming with the Python Django web framework

The screencast is from Douglas Napoleone of the Python Software Foundation, programming with the Django Framework.

Django Reloaded, Workshop, Part 6

Programming with the Python Django web framework

The screencast is from Douglas Napoleone of the Python Software Foundation, programming with the Django Framework.

Going Live: "This Week in Django" at DjangoCon

It all starts with a tweet.

For more than 36 episodes over the past 10 months, Trier and Rosner, the co-hosts of TWiD, have been weekly voices of the Django community – discussing big news, tracking trunk releases, covering community notes, and inviting the occasional guest to join the discussion. And this weekend, at the first ever DjangoCon, the TWiD crew gets its chance to broadcast live and uncut in front of all their peers – the community that powers the content driving TWiD each and every week.