Django Announces DjangoCon 2008

by Mike Gunderloy - Jul. 14, 2008Comments (0)

The open-source Django web application framework is seeing an uptick in activity as it moves on towards a planned 1.0 release in a couple of months. The latest news: the first-ever DjangoCon has been scheduled for September 6-7 this year. This comes shortly after the anouncement of the Django Foundation. Taken together, this trifecta of moves indicates that Django is ready to be taken seriously by web developers and enterprises alike.

Perhaps the most interesting part of the news is the location of the conference: it's scheduled to be held at Google's Mountain View, California headquarters.It's clear that the support for all things Python at Google isn't lagging.

Admission will be free for those who get in (a strong contrast to the nearly $1000 tab for a RailsConf), but attendance will be limited to about 200 people.