Django and Rails London Meetup, 5th of September

Just a little reminder – the meetup is still on for the 5th. It’s looking like a good turnout too – the following people have mentioned they may be coming along:

  • Simon Brunning
  • Tom Dyson
  • Matt Biddulph
  • Tom Dunham
  • Matt Mower
  • Sean O’Halpin
  • Tom Ward
  • James Adam
  • xtian
  • Simon Willison
  • Scott Matthewman
  • Will Macdonald
  • Jon Ramsey
  • Ben de Groot
  • Rob M
  • Peter Ferne
  • Peter Cooper
  • Jeremy Keith
  • Tom Armitage
  • Dan Webb
  • Matthew Westcott
  • Neal Todd
  • Helen Bright
  • Victoria Chan
  • Andrew Whitehouse

    …why can’t we all just, get along?

    My post comparing Django and Rails has garnered good response, and has probably set a record for the number of comments left in a single day for this site. What most impressed me (beyond the fact that a few people seemed to like the piece in the first place) is that the comments left didn’t degenerate into a flame war about what was better. That has reinforced what I originally thought – that in the same way Ruby and Python are more similar than disimilar, Django and Rails are more alike than they are different.

    I mentioned at the end of the article that I thought both communities could learn from each other. So, in the spirit of goodwill, I thought it would be nice to have an informal meetup for the local Rails and Django developers in London village. In the style of the successful Python and Java meetups, it’ll involve an evening, a pub, and perhaps some hula hoops.

    I’m interested in all kinds of people coming – those using either Rails or Django commercially or as a hobby, those who think the whole thing sounds like the emperors new framework, those who are open minded and curious, and even those who’ve never coded a line of a dynamic language in their life. Feel free to bring along laptops and give demos. To give people plenty of time (and because there is a bank holiday in the way) I’m suggesting the 5th of September from 7pm, and because I can walk there from work, Smiths of Smithfield (home of many a Java meetup). Please leave a comment if you want to come along!