[Chennaipy] Chennaipy Digest, Vol 20, Issue 23

[suresh vv]

I would like to present:
1. Plone - Content Management System for the future2. Py.test - Helps you write better programs
Let me know if there is interest in these topics.

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>    1. An Idea for Lightning talks (Shrikant Giridhar)
>    2. Re: An Idea for Lightning talks (Shrikant Giridhar)
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> From: Shrikant Giridhar <shrikantgiridhar at gmail.com>
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> Subject: [Chennaipy] An Idea for Lightning talks
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> I had an idea for a kind of talks we could encourage people to take up.
> 
> I was recently reading Peter Norvig's solution [1] for an interesting puzzle
> from the NYT where he translates the problem from English to Python to
> 'solve
> it with computer'. The solution was elegant and the way it brought out the
> nuances of our 'common sense' was beautiful.
> 
> I've read Norvig's code for a Sudoku solver [2] before, which is similarly
> beautiful and is (IMO) an exhibit on how to turn 'word problems' from
> English to
> Python.
> 
> With this context, I was wondering if it would be a good idea for
> prospective
> speakers to take up such small snippets of interesting (and suitably
> licensed)
> Python code and present a short walkthrough in one of the lightning talks?
> 
> Usually, I am not a fan of having large chunks of code on slides but I feel
> this could work if handled well i.e. by usefully annotating the trickier
> parts, adding other references and by not getting lost in the specific
> nuances of implementation, rather focusing on the bigger ideas and how they
> map to Pythonic idioms.
> 
> The best part IMO, is that such talks would require no specialized
> knowledge.
> All you need is time and a good Python reference (the docs are a good place
> to
> start) and you're ready to deliver a solid talk.
> 
> One stumbling block I can see at the moment is the lack of a metric to
> judge what
> code is worth presenting. People would (understandably) disagree on what
> they
> deem to be good code and without an objective metric, the whole idea would
> be
> useless.
> 
> Also, it requires a certain amount of experience and 'taste' to pick which
> parts
> of code are the ones with the cool stuff and what is just labor to get work
> done.
> This, obviously, demands much of the speaker and requires good judgment on
> their
> part to not lose sight of the forest for the trees.
> 
> Anyways, I am just throwing an idea into the pot. I'm interested in reading
> what
> others think of this!
> 
> [1] http://nbviewer.ipython.org/url/norvig.com/ipython/Cheryl.ipynb
> [2] http://norvig.com/sudoku.html
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> Shrikant Giridhar
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> Sorry for the unreadable mess.
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> The Gmail mobile app really does screw up the line wrapping.
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