[Qgis-developer] [Qgis-user] FOSS4G 2014 Workshop submissions

[Tim Sutton]

Hi all

Thanks everybody for responding - it is nice to see that there will be good
representation of QGIS there, and from what I can see nobody is duplicating
each other's work!

Regards

Tim


On Sat, Mar 15, 2014 at 12:25 AM, Tim Sutton <lists at linfiniti.com> wrote:

> Hi
>
>
> On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 9:08 PM, Larry Shaffer <larrys at dakotacarto.com>wrote:
>
>> Hi Tim, et al.,
>>
>> I am currently working on a presentation and workshop for the upcoming
>> inaugural QGIS user group meeting in DC [0]. The concept is on how to
>> become a QGIS developer. There is an obvious dearth of developers in the US
>> compared to around the globe, though most certainly not because there is a
>> lack of potential developers.
>>
>> The focus will be on the many avenues one can gain working knowledge and
>> apply their ideas to help the project and themselves or their business,
>> whether it be with writing plugins, standalone apps, documentation or
>> tutorials, or submitting code pull requests. The goal is to get potential
>> US developers excited about and involved in the project.
>>
>> The presentation/workshop covers taking the first steps from user to
>> developer and an overview of the project's structure and organization. It
>> includes an overview of the technologies used and recommends tools and
>> workflows for working with and managing both QGIS and Python/plugin source
>> code. It is not about how to specifically write code, but how to gain the
>> knowledge and set up the development environment to do so, regardless of
>> platform, and what to do with the working and finished code/plugin/app.
>>
>> Additionally, it covers the benefits of becoming a developer, or
>> sponsoring one as a business.
>>
>> I think this would make a good FOSS4G workshop, especially once the
>> presentation/workshop has been trial-run at the US user meeting. I've done
>> smaller, similar presentations for the local GIS community here in the past.
>>
>> If others agree this would be a good workshop, I'll submit something
>> today.
>>
>>
> Great  - +1 from me!
>
>
>> [0] http://qgis.us/#meetings
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Larry Shaffer
>> Dakota Cartography
>> Black Hills, South Dakota
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 12:11 PM, Tim Sutton <lists at linfiniti.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi All
>>>
>>> I was just wondering if anyone has made submissions to run QGIS
>>> workshops at the upcoming FOSS4G 2014 event. As I write this it is about 13
>>> hours to the closing event. It would be great if those planning to submit
>>> workshop proposals coordinate a little to avoid duplication. I know Jeffrey
>>> Johnson is putting in to do a QGIS Analysis workshop. Is anyone planning to
>>> offer an introductory workshop (or anything else)?
>>>
>>> It would be great if the US folks could pool effort - perhaps also
>>> giving a quick start guide to writing QGIS plugins would be nice!
>>>
>>> Regards
>>>
>>> Tim
>>>
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