On Sun, Mar 8, 2009 at 11:51 PM, Kenneth Gonsalves <law...@thenilgiris.com>wrote:
> > Hi, > > I work with a Government department with a mandate to spread FOSS/OSS in > both > formal and non-formal education sector. We are planning to introduce a web > deployment certification. A person may be a specialist in say RDBMS or > design, > but if he is able to deploy his applications (especially open source) - he > stands a much better chance of being recruited or getting work. I had > proposed > testing in a hands on session the ability to: > > 1. Set up virtual host with apache/nginx/lighty > 2. Set up and RDBMS > 3. Use a 'P' language for business logic > 4. Build a front end CSS/HTML/JS > 5. Store the code in a repository > 6. Set up a bugtracking system > 7. Demonstrate basic knowledge of the HTTP protocol > > Programming ability per se will not be tested. I am getting a lot of flak > saying: 'this is not what industry wants'. I would appreciate any feedback > from django-users (we are also, in the next phase, contemplating a django > certification). I know this is somewhat OT, but after all it *is* in the > cause > of promoting Open Source so please forgive me. > > -- > regards > kg > http://lawgon.livejournal.com > > > > I'm unclear on what exactly it is that the certificate is supposed to say about me, and I feel it may be a little too broad. A specific concern would be I don't think it's a particularly good thing to mix concerns about design vs. development, they really draw on entirely seperate skills even if the tools are a little similar. Alex -- "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." --Voltaire "The people's good is the highest law."--Cicero --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
