After every workshop or training event, we collect feedback. Here is what people have been saying.
Keanya Phelps
Software Developer at Caktus Group
I recently attended an incredible Django-HTMX workshop, The session was both engaging and hands-on, offering a perfect blend of theory and practical application. Sheena did a fantastic job breaking down concepts into manageable steps, making HTMX feel accessible and powerful for real-world projects. I walked away with new skills and she also help me to recognize a few bad habits that I didn’t know I had picked up on my coding journey. Seeds were planted and I am very excited to use what I have learned. Thanks so much Sheena
Delphine Galloway
Project Manager at Two Rock Software
My favorite part was definitely being with a group of people of different skill levels learning something new. It was nice to get to talk shop with others. The tutorial was easy to follow and I loved the exercises to challenge myself. The self pacing was very useful to take the stress off of completing it as quickly as possible in order to start on my project; this kept me motivated to play around more with tailwind and htmx and struggle through the side quests.
Arno Angerer
Data Engineer | Python Aficionado | Life-Long Learner
I really liked the self-paced nature (everyone at their own pace), while still maintaining a feeling of community via the regular (optional) Check-Ins and ability to chat and help each other out on Discord. Also just _knowing_ that, if needed, someone is there to help and support makes a big psychological difference. So the workshop provided a powerful and clearly defined container for learning and growth.
Peter Grandstaff
Founder, Two Rock Software | DEFNA President | DjangoCon US Chair
(Speaking about Airflow tutorial) Sheena doesn't just understand what she's teaching, she understands how to teach people. She can see the question behind the question and where the gaps in your understanding are, and she knows how to fill those gaps. I've taken her Airflow tutorial and was able to put what I learned to use relatively easily and saved myself a lot of bother by greatly improving a system that I've been working on for years with much frustration. I've also seen Sheena teach others and appreciated the excitement and progress I saw in her students. If she's teaching something you want to learn, you'll be hard pressed to find a better teacher.
John S., Baltimore MD
Sheena's course was a great balance of exposure to new ideas with the right guidance and direction necessary to make progress. The tech stack was exciting and it was clear how we can use the technologies to solve business problems immediately after taking the class. If you're exhausted from javascript fatigue I strongly encourage you to take Sheena's course!
Erik Lonnroth
Serial tech ed founder
Sheena's 2-day workshop on Django, htmx, Alpine.js and Tailwind crammed my head full of useful knowledge at a rate I could have never managed alone. Each section of her tutorial was carefully crafted to build upon the last, keeping me within the zone of proximal development throughout. My brain kind of hurts now, but in a good way! What I particularly like about this particular stack is that every aspect of it feels lightweight and integrates nicely with Django, rather than being shoehorned in. As a Python developer I don't want to write most of my logic in JavaScript, if only to avoid constant context switching. HTMX and Alpine.js are just what I needed - light and unintrusive. Sheena herself is good-humoured and a great teacher, always there whenever I got stuck on a problem and needed some help. I highly recommend her and would happily buy future courses that she offers.
Gareth Freese
Senior C&I Design Engineer at Lesedi, focusing on energy related EPCM projects
I was very impressed with how Sheena has structured this workshop. I found that the level of complexity ramps up incrementally without making significant untraversable jumps. This kept me consistently engaged and appropriately challenged by expecting me to repeatedly make use of the skills learnt in the previous sections within the latter sections, providing opportunity for practise in every section rather than wrote learning something, using it once, and then moving on to the next item. Being completey green to any full stack or any web development frameworks, I feel like I started the game with a 1DMG dagger in my inventory, but at the end I was swinging a 1000DMG broadsword.
Anonymous feedback
Workshop participant
I loved the TDD approach. This was new to me but made total sense, and I really appreciated the tools provided here - playwright and automatic refresh. Super nice. These tools instantly made me feel more productive and able to finish the tutorial.
Anonymous feedback
Workshop participant
I think your approach to teaching was kind and patient you also didn't do any of the work for me when I asked questions which I think is a mistake a lot of people make so I appreciated that from you. You'd guide me to the right track but not walk it for me.
Anonymous feedback
Workshop participant
I liked the demo in the beginning and the fact that nothing was assumed. For example, we were asked if everyone was familiar with virtual environments. This year I was familiar, but at last year's DjangoCon someone had to walk me through that.