State of Pinax

Brian Rosner

Inspiration - Ole Kirk Christianson

Legos

  • blocks
  • sets
  • themes

Lego sets - Starter projects

Pinax is NOT just for social networks

  • zero project = directory layout, static files, deployment
  • static project = zero project + static serve
  • account project = zero project + account + mailer + uniform
  • company project = zero project + blog
  • basic project = account project + profiles + notification + announcements
  • private beta project = account project + restricted access + waiting list + signup codes
  • intranet project = basic project + restricted access + top level content apps (wiki, attachments, tasks, etc)
  • code project = basic project + projects + group-based content apps (wiki, attachments, tasks, etc)
  • friends project = basic project + friends + invitations
  • social project = friends project, blogs, microblogging, usert-to-user messages + LOTS

The Trade off

  • How much to fix
  • how much to make configurable

Pinax IS Django

  • Django doesn’t hide python and Pinax doesn’t hide Django.
  • Pinax is even more opinionated about Django

Questions

  • tested on zc.buildout?
  • Pinax Project site refactor?
  • IE5 CSS corrections
  • Pointing new users to Python, Django