[H-ANNOUNCE] Talk for meeting 15/07/2006

Scott Wilson siridar at gmail.com
Wed Jul 5 00:00:39 EDT 2006


 Folks,
Next meeting we have Ian Connor from ProjectLounge giving us a talk about
the development of their applications, written using a variety of open
source/free software tools. Currently the talk is scheduled for 6pm. Press
release below:

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A free online collaboration tool was launched  by ProjectLounge,
www.projectlounge.com, the online collaboration specialists. ProjectLounge
Lite, will enhance collaboration within project teams and enable anybody to
securely share large files, ending the frustration of being unable to send
large attachments by email.

ProjectLounge Lite has been developed to allow users to instantly create an
online portal where they can securely and easily upload any type of file
that their email system might refuse to send. Project documentation can be
stored securely for access by members of project teams. Users are given a
username and password to access the portal and download the file using their
internet browser. In addition, ProjectLounge Lite provides simple task
management and calendaring capabilities that will allow users to collaborate
on projects.

ProjectLounge Lite was developed by a team lead by CTO, Ian Connor. To keep
the cost of further development low and ensure that Lite can be offered free
to users into the future, the code has been released to the open source
community. Ian commented on this decision: "Releasing ProjectLounge Lite
under open source will allow other developers to extend and contribute,
making the software better than it could be by being developed in a purely
propriety manner. We really believe in the open source movement and
releasing the code to the general public will do nothing but strengthen
Lite's development."

This talk at Humbug will focus on the building of ProjectLounge Lite in Ruby
on Rails, the Rails Framework and how to get started putting together such
an application using totally open source technology (Linux OS, Apache Web
Server, FastCGI, MySql and Ruby on Rails). There has also been a group of
Ruby programmers wanting to get together and this will make an excellent
opportunity for these folks to meet while learning from an existing project.
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