Catherine Devlin will be sharing on the HTSQL project. Here is a summary.
Moving data from a database to a user's eyeballs in ways that are attractive, flexible, and comprehensible to mere mortals is a common problem with a variety of bad solutions. Most existing data reporting tools are closed-source, expensive, complex, mutually incompatible, and generally evil.
HTSQL changes this. It's a simple web service that serves up data from a relational database in response to readable, logical queries that fit into a REST-style URL. It can be used to produce instant, no-programming reports by virtually anybody who can type. It also integrates with JQuery to power easy, visually striking report pages that rival anything necktie-wearing consultants can deliver.
About Catherine Devlin: A freak accident transformed Catherine Devlin from a wannabe chemical engineer into a database administrator in 1999. Her first brush with Linux brought back fond GNU memories from MIT's Project Athena, and she was smitten. She is an active speaker and organizer in the Python community, helping to organize PyOhio and PyCon. She works for Dell KACE, lives near Dayton, and blogs at catherinedevlin.blogspot.com.
If you would like to meet afterward for food/drinks, plan accordingly.
Also, we are seeking people to present at future meetings. If you are interested, please contact one of the organizers (Keith or Nathan).
We will be meeting at Triune Group, near Wright State University.
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