Django has been garnering a lot of attention from web developers in recent times due to its simple yet powerful nature. This talk will introduce those familiar to Django to Plone by way of comparing the two and drawing out similarities where possible but also some lessons that each could learn from the other.

1. Plone dev 101
for Djangonauts
Tim Knapp

2. Outline
● How's data stored in Plone/Django
● Creating/modifying data in Plone/Django
● Views in Plone/Django
● Templating in Plone/Django

3. django.db.models.Model

4. invokeFactory(id="my-object-id",
type_name='MyPloneContentType')

5. Products.Archetypes.atapi.registerType(
MyPloneContentType,
PROJECTNAME)

6. getFieldname, setFieldname

7. Additional Learning
● ZCA - utilities, events, adapters,
interfaces
● GenericSetup
● Viewlets
● Theming - Deliverance/XDV
● ZopeSkel
● z3c.form
● Dexterity

8. Additional Learning (cont)
● More Archetypes stuff
● Buildout
● CMF Skins
● Zope 3 Browser resources
● DCWorkflow
● Acquisition

9. For More Information
● http://collective-docs.plone.org
● http://plone.org/documentation

10. References
● http://presentations.webcollective.coop/dj
ango-plone/#(1)
● http://faassen.n--
tree.net/blog/view/weblog/2008/06/20/0
● http://www.martinaspeli.net/plone-book
● http://djangobook.com/en/2.0/