From chityala at gmail.com Tue Sep 5 18:03:13 2017 From: chityala at gmail.com (Ravi Chityala) Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2017 15:03:13 -0700 Subject: [Baypiggies] Python courses at UCSC Extension in Santa Clara and a data science course in Sunnyvale Message-ID: Hello All, Two sections of Python for Programmers are being offered at the UCSC Extension in Santa Clara during the Fall term. Both the courses will cover the most important aspects of Python such as functions, object oriented programming, decorators, generators etc. and will be very hands-on with in-class activities and homework. We will also provide Jupyter notebook that will contain many examples. We are also introducing a new collaborative learning tool. You can choose to take one of the course according to your schedule. The content and material used in the course are identical. The first course starts on Sept 11th 2017 and ends on November 13th 2017 and will be held every Monday from 6:30pm-9:30 pm. The second course starts on Sept 27th 2017 and ends on December 6th 2017 and will be held every Wednesday from 6:30-9:30 pm. To register for either section visit http://www.ucsc-extension.edu/content/python-programmers-0 and by clicking the "Enroll" button for courses CMPR.X416.(1) or CMPR.X416.(2). UCSC Extension is accredited by various bodies through the University of California, Santa Cruz. Hence, many employers will reimburse the cost of the course. Join now to become a Pythonista and program in one of the fastest growing language. Data Science with Pandas and Sklearn: Dr. Sridevi is conducting a week long course on Data science using Pandas and Sklearn. You can learn more about the course from https://www.aziksa.com/home/show-course-details?course_id=data-science-with-pandas-and-sklearn. The course will be held at 940 Stewart Dr #205, Sunnyvale, CA from Monday Oct 23rd to Friday Oct 28th from 9:30 AM - 4:30 PM. The objective of the course is to prepare programmers to learn data science by practice. Basics of Python will also be covered. You can email me at chityala at gmail.com if you have any questions. Thanks, Regards, Ravi Chityala -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From chrisjrn at chrisjrn.com Mon Sep 18 23:25:37 2017 From: chrisjrn at chrisjrn.com (Christopher Neugebauer) Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2017 20:25:37 -0700 Subject: [Baypiggies] [Conference] North Bay Python's CFP closes September 29 Message-ID: Hi there! I'd like to tell you about North Bay Python, a brand-new Python conference that's happening in Downtown Petaluma over the weekend of December 2nd and 3rd. WE'RE LOOKING FOR PRESENTERS... First up, we're looking for people to present at the conference. We're looking to build a diverse lineup of presenters from all around the Bay Area and further afield, covering lots of topics that are useful to Python developers -- professionals, students, and enthusiasts alike. We also welcome new and less experienced speakers to present alongside old hands. If you've never proposed a talk to a conference, we want to help you. Every Wednesday at 7pm and Friday at 3pm we run open feedback sessions on our IRC channel (irc.freenode.net#nbpy), where you can drop in and ask for help on your topics, or help refining your proposal. Talk submissions close on Friday September 29. You can find all the details at northbaypython.org/proposals ... AND SPONSORS Secondly, we're looking for sponsors. If your company or employer uses Python, we'd love to have a chat to see how we can work together: packages start at $2000. Details are at northbaypython.org/sponsors/become-a-sponsor JOIN US! If you're interested in coming along to the conference, we don't have tickets on sale just yet, but we'll be announcing them both on our Twitter (twitter.com/northbaypython) and Facebook (facebook.com/northbaypython) pages. You can also sign up for our low-volume newsletter at northbaypython.org, where we'll announce all the details of how you can attend the conference. Thanks, and I can't wait to see your proposals! --Christopher Neugebauer Chair, North Bay Python -- --Christopher Neugebauer Jabber: chrisjrn at gmail.com -- IRC: chrisjrn on irc.freenode.net -- WWW: http://chrisjrn.com -- Twitter: @chrisjrn From cappy2112 at gmail.com Sat Sep 23 22:44:53 2017 From: cappy2112 at gmail.com (Tony Cappellini) Date: Sat, 23 Sep 2017 19:44:53 -0700 Subject: [Baypiggies] IBM using Jupyter notebooks for Quantum computing Message-ID: This is a an interesting article about IBM using Jupyter notebooks for thei Quantum comping experiments. https://developer.ibm.com/dwblog/2017/quantum-computing- jupyter-notebooks-python/?imm_mid=0f6562&cmp=em-data-na-na-newsltr_20170920 Is anyone on this list working in Quantum computing? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jeffrey.fischer at gmail.com Mon Sep 25 14:49:10 2017 From: jeffrey.fischer at gmail.com (Jeff Fischer) Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2017 11:49:10 -0700 Subject: [Baypiggies] Our monthly BayPiggies talk is this Thursday: The Packaging Gradient Message-ID: *Thursday Sept. 28 7:00 pm* *The Packaging GradientSpeaker: *Mahmoud Hashemi *Location* As with last month, we are in a new, bigger room. It is at 950 W. Maude Ave in Sunnyvale . We are in the Unify meeting room (there will be signs at the visitor entrance). *RSVP* So that we have an idea of expected attendance, please RSVP on meetup.com: https://www.meetup.com/BAyPIGgies/events/242072266/ *Abstract* Deployment is not the last step of development. Experienced engineers know to work backwards from deployment requirements, planning and designing for the reality of production environments. Python packaging sometimes gets a bad reputation, but a lot of this comes from less experienced engineers learning the hard way that implementation language does not dictate their packaging solutions. Packaging is all about target environment and deployment experience. Python was designed to be cross-platform and runs in countless environments. Python's built-in tools can't carry you anywhere you want to go. These days, I can write a mobile app in Python, but obviously people don't use pip to install it. More advanced codebases have to scale their packaging accordingly. This talk moves example by example, presenting shippable code, and the simplest packaging solution appropriate for it. All the examples are in Python, but the lessons are absolutely language agnostic. Learn the packaging gradient and put those deployment doubts to rest once and for all. *Speaker Bio* Mahmoud Hashemi is a backend engineer and architect, open-source library maintainer, and Wikipedian. Newly building services and teams at shopkick, for many years, he built scalable enterprise Python services at PayPal, where he wrote technical essays and presented O'Reilly's Enterprise Software with Python. On the Wikipedia side of things, he's known for Listen to Wikipedia, Wikipedia Social Search, the Weeklypedia newsletter, the Wikipedia IFTTT channel, and much much more. He believes education is more than something you receive, and that every coder should be able to see one, do one, then teach one. *Meeting Schedule:* 7:00 pm Networking and food 7:15 pm Announcements and presentation 8:45 pm Random access 9:00 pm Event ends -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From betsy at python.org Thu Sep 28 17:06:07 2017 From: betsy at python.org (Betsy Waliszewski) Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2017 14:06:07 -0700 Subject: [Baypiggies] PyCon 2018 CFP is Open! Message-ID: Hi, Woohoo! The PyCon 2018 CFP is open! Here is a link to all the information: https://us.pycon.org/2018/speaking/ - Tutorial proposals ? deadline is 24 November 2017 AoE. - Talk, Poster, and Education Summit proposals ? deadline is 3 January 2018 AoE. If you know of a company who might be interested in sponsoring, feel free to share our prospectus: https://us.pycon.org/2018/sponsors/prospectus/. An email intro to me would be wonderful. Cheers, Betsy -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: