From marilyn at pythontrainer.com  Mon Jul 20 20:16:21 2009
From: marilyn at pythontrainer.com (Marilyn Davis)
Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2009 11:16:21 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [PyOP] Python Retreat in Cupertino -- Next week
Message-ID: <35755.24.6.142.236.1248113781.squirrel@mail.tigertech.net>

Hi,

I'm teaching a fast-paced, low-pressure, Python Training retreat July 27-30
at UCSC-Extension in Cupertino, only for people who know how to program in
some other language.

We'll be doing lab exercises to practice the core of Python, including the
very Pythonic decorators, generators, iterators, and context management
facilities.

University credit is given for the course.

Follow the link on this page to register:

http://pythontrainer.com

Also notice that, in the fall, we'll be running an evening course and an
online course for programmers, and an evening course for novices.

Please send students!

Marilyn Davis


From jim at well.com  Tue Jul 21 07:24:56 2009
From: jim at well.com (jim)
Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2009 22:24:56 -0700
Subject: [PyOP] BayPIGgies meeting at OSCON Thursday July 23,
	2009: Semantic Apps	with cubicweb
Message-ID: <1248153896.6642.7.camel@jim-laptop>


BayPIGgies meeting at OSCON Thursday July 23, 2009: 
Semantic Apps with CubicWeb, by Sandrine Ribeau 


Meetings start with a Newbie Nugget, a short discussion of an 
essential Python feature, specially for those new to Python. 

Tonight's Newbie Nugget:  Metaclasses, by Almir Karic 


NOTE: 
The July 23 BayPIGgies meeting is at OSCON, room B2, at 8:00 PM. 
Come at 7:00 PM for Wesley Chun's "What Is Python" talk in room B2. 

You must register to get in: 
Register to attend OSCON (free registration) 
https://en.oreilly.com/oscon2009/public/register 

What's FREE at OSCON? 
http://en.oreilly.com/oscon2009/public/content/free 

The BayPIGgies meeting is part of the Birds of a Feather program: 
http://en.oreilly.com/oscon2009/public/schedule/stype/BoF 

Info about the BayPIGgies July Meeting 
http://en.oreilly.com/oscon2009/public/schedule/detail/10349 

Info about "What Is Python", by Wesley Chun, 7:00 PM Thursday July 23,
Room B2 
http://en.oreilly.com/oscon2009/public/schedule/detail/10214


LOCATION is at OSCON: 
San Jose McEnery Convention Center
150 West San Carlos St.
San Jose, CA 95113 
http://en.oreilly.com/oscon2009/public/content/hotel 


BayPIGgies meeting information is available at 
http://baypiggies.net/new/plone



------------------------ Agenda ------------------------

..... 8:00 PM ...........................
General hubbub, any first-minute announcements. 


..... 8:05 PM to 8:15 PM ................

Newbie Nugget: Metaclasses, by Almir Karic 

An all around look at metaclasses, covering intro, uses 
(good and bad), and alternatives. 



..... 8:15 PM to 9:00 PM ................

Tonight's talk: 
Semantic Apps with CubicWeb 
by Sandrine Ribeau 

The CubicWeb framework makes a construction game of building 
semantic web applications that have both a HTML/Ajax rich 
user interface and a RDF/OWL-based data interface.

This talk introduces the design of CubicWeb, focusing on key 
differences from other frameworks, such as applying views to 
selections of objects implementing the required interface, 
multi-database support, migration and versioning for maintenance 
over several years, and truly reusable components, with examples 
of integration within the Linked Data cloud, with Google Maps, 
and with faceted search.


..... 9:00 PM to 9:30 PM  ................
Mapping and Random Access

Mapping is a rapid-fire audience announcement of topics 
the announcers are interested in. 

Random Access follows immediately to allow follow up 
individually on the announcements and other topics of 
interest.