Welcome! We're just getting started so things are in flux. To keep track of developments, join our mailing list (webclub-l@list.cornell.edu).
What We Do
The Cornell Web Club has three main goals, each relating to the concepts and technologies of modern web development:
- to provide a venue for members of the Cornell community to discuss web development on a regular basis
- to provide educational seminars in web development for both group members and for the wider community
- to meet the perceived need in coordinating potential clients in the Cornell community with on-campus developers.
In short, we're all about having a good time.
4/21 Seminar on Source Code Management
Materials now available.
When: Monday 4/21, 7:30-9pm
Where: 301 College Ave (the Information Science building)
Who: Dean Strelau and Cornell Web Club
After a brief discussion of what SCM is and why we should care, Dean will explore the various features of two of the most popular SCM systems, Subversion (SVN) and Git, and speak to why the distributed model of Git is becoming ever more prominent.
We'll also be stepping through common workflows and looking at handling the sometimes tricky issue of conflicts in merging, so feel free to bring a laptop to follow along. Both SVN and Git are freely available and easy to install.
2/11 Seminar on Python
Materials now available.
When: Monday 2/11, 7-9pm
Where: 301 College Ave (the Information Science building)
Who: Jofish Kaye and Cornell Web Club
For those of you who haven't heard, the Cornell Web Club is back - and with exciting new activities! One such activity is the Web Club Seminar: learning opportunities focused on a technology, technique, or other theme making waves in the world of web development and design.
This week, Jofish (a PhD candidate in IS, and a very engaging lecturer) will be leading a seminar on Python. Not only is Python a fast and versatile scripting language of choice for various big name organizations (like Google, NASA, and Maya - you should know Python), it is also the driving force behind popular web frameworks like Django, TurboGears, Zope, and Plone.
In the seminar, expect to see a quick and dirty introduction to syntax and Python resources, watch Jofish write and debug the 'uncopyrightable' program in realtime, learn about text parsing and screen scraping, get a brief introduction to the Python Imaging Library (PIL)... and all this in just two short hours, complete with yummy snacks...
See you there!