Meeting Location : Vermont Area Group of Unix Enthusiasts (VAGUE)

7:00pm, Tuesday, July 17, 2007

Mini-presentations and General Organizational Meeting

Three short presentations will be given. Two about software development architectural styles and another about writing procedures that are stored in a relational database system. More than likely, the conversation will be taken to downtown Burlington to socialize further over drinks.

MySQL is a powerful, portable, scalable, enterprise-ready database system available as free software that has been a critical backend for successful World Wide Web sites for 10 years. Version 5 was released in 2005 with more advanced features including support for cursors, stored procedures, triggers and views. Andrew Tomczak will introduce using stored procedures to the group.

Representational State Transfer (or REST) is a software practice that adopts the success story of the World Wide Web for developing new architectures. It is both a revolutionary idea for making data available between all systems throughout the globe and a method for writing new software. Josh Sled will explain REST, why it is important, and how to use it.

Django is a Web application framework that "encourages rapid development" and adheres to "the DRY principle" ("Don't repeat yourself"). Django is written in Python and was first released as free software in 2005. Forest Bond will present Django's architecture and its utility in producing Web sites.

Location

Burlington, Vermont

University of Vermont

85 South Prospect Street

Waterman Building

Room 113-T -- "Mac Lab"

Directions and parking

The Waterman Building is on the corner of Prospect and College streets. UVM Visitor parking is located across College Street. The parking attendant's work shift usually ends by late afternoon, so parking fees should be avoidable. Parking, including handicap parking, is also available directly behind and to the north of the building. The lot surrounding the building is employee permit-only parking. It allows other permit passes after 6:00pm. Experience has it that parking tickets aren't issued after this time, but UVM is always looking for fundraising ideas to pay for all the campus construction.

For other directions:

Entering the Waterman Building

The south entrance of the building on College Street has wheelchair access. The building's public elevator is at the center of the building. Take the elevator to the first floor. After exiting the elevator, make a right turn through the double doors. Turn left after the double doors and follow the hallway to room 113, the Waterman Computer Lab. Directions to the "Mac Lab" are below.

Entering from the parking lot and College Street entrances, the first floor is one floor below ground level. Take the stair door on the left after entering. This will lead you directly to the door of the Waterman Computer Lab. Directions to the "Mac Lab" are below.

Doors at the front of the building, facing Prospect Street, enter on to the third floor. The elevator and stairs are to the right of the entrance and are across from one another. Take either two floors down to the ground floor. Go through the double doors and turn left down the hallway to room 113, the Waterman Computer Lab. Directions to the "Mac Lab" are below.

Finding the "Mac Lab"

The "Mac Lab", room 113-T, is in the first floor of the building. It a classroom found off of the larger Waterman Computer Lab. After entering the lab, it is the second door on the left.

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