Rapid Web Development with Mezzanine

The modern world of Python web development is chock-full of choices today - do we use a micro or a monolithic framework? Do we use a CMS or roll our own? Mezzanine is one project that aims to simplify these questions with a compelling offering for developing Python powered websites.

In this talk, Stephen McDonald the creator of Mezzanine will walk through the history of Mezzanine, covering the constraints that have dictated its design, its approach to providing simple yet flexible, rapid web development, through to the software eco-system and community that have developed around it.

Transcript

1. PyCon APAC
   Taiwan, Keynote, May 18, 2014
   By Stephen McDonald
   @stephen_mcd
   

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2. mathspace.co kou.io
   

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3. >
   CMS Site
   

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4. Why another CMS?
   

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6. < >
   

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7. Wordpress?
   

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8. Wordpress?
   

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9. bit.ly/MezzBegins
   

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10. You make different things
    if you focus on constraints
    instead of requirements
    @b6n
    

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11. Who is the architect?
    

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12. Mezzanine is just Django
    @kenbolton
    

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13. Mezzanine is:
    - Constraints
    - Simplicity
    - Just Django
    

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14. bit.ly/MezzLego
    

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15. class RichTextPage(Page):
    pass
    class Form(Page):
    pass
    class Gallery(Page):
    pass
    

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16. class RichTextPage(Page):
    pass
    class Form(Page):
    pass
    class Gallery(Page):
    pass
    > richtextpage.html
    > form.html
    > gallery.html
    

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18. Batteries
    Included
    

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19. Batteries Included:
    - Keywords, ratings, threaded comments
    - User editable settings
    - Search
    - Accounts, registration, profiles
    - Multi-tenancy
    - Image thumbnailing
    - Caching
    - Bootstrap + live editing
    - Deploy tooling
    

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20. Extra Batteries:
    - Ecommerce: cartridge.jupo.org
    - Forum: drum.jupo.org
    - Themes: mezzathe.me
    ~ 70 Packages:
    bit.ly/MezzPackages
    

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21. Mezzanine is:
    - Simple
    - Opinionated
    - Batteries Included
    - Just Django
    

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22. mezzanineCMS.com
    

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