From philip at semanchuk.com  Fri Jul  7 14:34:38 2017
From: philip at semanchuk.com (Philip Semanchuk)
Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2017 14:34:38 -0400
Subject: [TriPython] Python educational material recommendations?
Message-ID: <9E0B9FFB-2A3B-4250-879E-54533B599848@semanchuk.com>

Hi all,
I?m looking for some up-to-date recommendations for Python educational materials.

I?m working with someone who is using Python on the job and wants to get better at it. Her background is in the sciences, not in programming. She has some time to dedicate to learning, but an intensive multi-week course is probably not in the cards. She prefers paper books and online courses (Coursera, Khan Academy, etc.) to online tutorials. She?ll be working in Python 3, natch.

Any recommendations? 

Bonus if those recommendations involve GIS, data cleaning, and data manipulation. No need for any Web-related stuff.

Thanks very much in advance,
Philip

From thedizzle at gmail.com  Fri Jul  7 18:45:24 2017
From: thedizzle at gmail.com (Eric Dill)
Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2017 22:45:24 +0000
Subject: [TriPython] Python educational material recommendations?
In-Reply-To: <9E0B9FFB-2A3B-4250-879E-54533B599848@semanchuk.com>
References: <9E0B9FFB-2A3B-4250-879E-54533B599848@semanchuk.com>
Message-ID: <CANrsn272h3tofSKiuwKDcxpwwUp=qvBNVTaqASW=xpa68Q-eUQ@mail.gmail.com>

Hey Philip,

Check out this book by Katy Huff and Anthony scopatz.

http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920033424.do

Don't be fooled by the title. It's basically a book that Anthony and Katy
wrote to teach their new grad students all of the tools necessary for open
source computing. Git, python, the numpy stack, jupyter, testing, bash
command line tools. I have no idea if this is a useful direction for y'all,
but if it is, top notch book IMO.

Best,

Eric

On Fri, Jul 7, 2017, 4:58 PM Philip Semanchuk <philip at semanchuk.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
> I?m looking for some up-to-date recommendations for Python educational
> materials.
>
> I?m working with someone who is using Python on the job and wants to get
> better at it. Her background is in the sciences, not in programming. She
> has some time to dedicate to learning, but an intensive multi-week course
> is probably not in the cards. She prefers paper books and online courses
> (Coursera, Khan Academy, etc.) to online tutorials. She?ll be working in
> Python 3, natch.
>
> Any recommendations?
>
> Bonus if those recommendations involve GIS, data cleaning, and data
> manipulation. No need for any Web-related stuff.
>
> Thanks very much in advance,
> Philip
> _______________________________________________
> TriZPUG mailing list
> TriZPUG at python.org
> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/trizpug
> http://tripython.org is the Triangle Python Users Group
>
-------------- next part --------------
   Hey Philip,

   Check out this book by Katy Huff and Anthony scopatz.

   [1]http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920033424.do

   Don't be fooled by the title. It's basically a book that Anthony and Katy
   wrote to teach their new grad students all of the tools necessary for open
   source computing. Git, python, the numpy stack, jupyter, testing, bash
   command line tools. I have no idea if this is a useful direction for
   y'all, but if it is, top notch book IMO.

   Best,

   Eric

   On Fri, Jul 7, 2017, 4:58 PM Philip Semanchuk <[2]philip at semanchuk.com>
   wrote:

     Hi all,
     I***m looking for some up-to-date recommendations for Python educational
     materials.

     I***m working with someone who is using Python on the job and wants to
     get better at it. Her background is in the sciences, not in programming.
     She has some time to dedicate to learning, but an intensive multi-week
     course is probably not in the cards. She prefers paper books and online
     courses (Coursera, Khan Academy, etc.) to online tutorials. She***ll be
     working in Python 3, natch.

     Any recommendations?

     Bonus if those recommendations involve GIS, data cleaning, and data
     manipulation. No need for any Web-related stuff.

     Thanks very much in advance,
     Philip
     _______________________________________________
     TriZPUG mailing list
     [3]TriZPUG at python.org
     [4]https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/trizpug
     [5]http://tripython.org is the Triangle Python Users Group

References

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   5. http://tripython.org/

From scott at hallcomm-inc.com  Sat Jul  8 01:36:08 2017
From: scott at hallcomm-inc.com (Scott G. Hall)
Date: Sat, 8 Jul 2017 01:36:08 -0400
Subject: [TriPython] Python educational material recommendations?
In-Reply-To: <9E0B9FFB-2A3B-4250-879E-54533B599848@semanchuk.com>
References: <9E0B9FFB-2A3B-4250-879E-54533B599848@semanchuk.com>
Message-ID: <6a6590a3-d508-4f39-6d7f-09d595447e61@hallcomm-inc.com>

Check Udemy.  They have a a number of Python courses (and associated ebooks),
and right now they are having a $15-per-course special.  You can read the course
reviews, and check the instructors out. 
https://www.udemy.com/courses/search/?q=python&src=ukw

I liked the following:

* "Complete Python Bootcamp: Go from zero to hero in Python", instructor Jose
Portilla

* "Complete Python Masterclass", instr. Tim Buchalka

* "The Python Mega Course: Build 10 Real World Applications", instr. Ardit Sulce

* "Learning Python for Data Analysis and Visualization", instr. Jose Portilla

* "The Python Bible: Everything You Need to Program in Python", instr. Ziyad Yehia

* "Python A-Z?: Python For Data Science With Real Exercises!", instr. Kirill
Eremenko

- sgh

On 07/07/2017 02:34 PM, Philip Semanchuk wrote:
> Hi all,
> I?m looking for some up-to-date recommendations for Python educational materials.
>
> I?m working with someone who is using Python on the job and wants to get better at it. Her background is in the sciences, not in programming. She has some time to dedicate to learning, but an intensive multi-week course is probably not in the cards. She prefers paper books and online courses (Coursera, Khan Academy, etc.) to online tutorials. She?ll be working in Python 3, natch.
>
> Any recommendations? 
>
> Bonus if those recommendations involve GIS, data cleaning, and data manipulation. No need for any Web-related stuff.
>
> Thanks very much in advance,
> Philip

-- 
Scott G. Hall
Raleigh, NC, USA
ph. 919-624-5973
Scott at HallComm-Inc.Com

-------------- next part --------------
   Check Udemy.  They have a a number of Python courses (and associated
   ebooks), and right now they are having a $15-per-course special.  You can
   read the course reviews, and check the instructors out.
   [1]https://www.udemy.com/courses/search/?q=python&src=ukw

   I liked the following:

   * "Complete Python Bootcamp: Go from zero to hero in Python", instructor
   Jose Portilla

   * "Complete Python Masterclass", instr. Tim Buchalka

   * "The Python Mega Course: Build 10 Real World Applications", instr. Ardit
   Sulce

   * "Learning Python for Data Analysis and Visualization", instr. Jose
   Portilla

   * "The Python Bible: Everything You Need to Program in Python", instr.
   Ziyad Yehia

   * "Python A-Z(TM): Python For Data Science With Real Exercises!", instr.
   Kirill Eremenko

   - sgh

   On 07/07/2017 02:34 PM, Philip Semanchuk wrote:

 Hi all,
 I'm looking for some up-to-date recommendations for Python educational materials.

 I'm working with someone who is using Python on the job and wants to get better at it. Her background is in the sciences, not in programming. She has some time to dedicate to learning, but an intensive multi-week course is probably not in the cards. She prefers paper books and online courses (Coursera, Khan Academy, etc.) to online tutorials. She'll be working in Python 3, natch.

 Any recommendations?

 Bonus if those recommendations involve GIS, data cleaning, and data manipulation. No need for any Web-related stuff.

 Thanks very much in advance,
 Philip

 --
 Scott G. Hall
 Raleigh, NC, USA
 ph. 919-624-5973
 [2]Scott at HallComm-Inc.Com

References

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From lionface.lemonface at gmail.com  Sun Jul  9 09:02:10 2017
From: lionface.lemonface at gmail.com (Josh Johnson)
Date: Sun, 9 Jul 2017 09:02:10 -0400
Subject: [TriPython] Python educational material recommendations?
In-Reply-To: <9E0B9FFB-2A3B-4250-879E-54533B599848@semanchuk.com>
References: <9E0B9FFB-2A3B-4250-879E-54533B599848@semanchuk.com>
Message-ID: <91DA417E-783E-453E-8A43-0B6B7BB88B4D@gmail.com>

I?d recommend "Introduction to Computation and Programming Using Python: With Application to Understanding Data? by John Guttag. (ISBN-13: 978-0262529624)

I have the older python 2.7-based book, and it?s awesome. They are complements to the ?Introduction to Computer Science and Programming using Python? courses (MITx online, also highly recommended[1]), but I think the book stands up all by itself really well. The second half of the book (the .2 course) covers data work (statistics, visualization, machine learning, clustering). 

What I particularly like about it is that it is a computer science book first, so you get the right terms and good theory along with some algorithm work. It digs into Python in ways a lot of first books don?t, explaining things like scope and frames. It even touches on practical things like testing and debugging.

It?s a bit brisk, but pretty comprehensive for a first programming book.

Cheers,
JJ

[1] https://www.edx.org/course/introduction-computer-science-mitx-6-00-1x-10

> On Jul 7, 2017, at 2:34 PM, Philip Semanchuk <philip at semanchuk.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> I?m looking for some up-to-date recommendations for Python educational materials.
> 
> I?m working with someone who is using Python on the job and wants to get better at it. Her background is in the sciences, not in programming. She has some time to dedicate to learning, but an intensive multi-week course is probably not in the cards. She prefers paper books and online courses (Coursera, Khan Academy, etc.) to online tutorials. She?ll be working in Python 3, natch.
> 
> Any recommendations? 
> 
> Bonus if those recommendations involve GIS, data cleaning, and data manipulation. No need for any Web-related stuff.
> 
> Thanks very much in advance,
> Philip
> _______________________________________________
> TriZPUG mailing list
> TriZPUG at python.org
> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/trizpug
> http://tripython.org is the Triangle Python Users Group


From cbc at unc.edu  Mon Jul 10 18:37:02 2017
From: cbc at unc.edu (Calloway, Chris)
Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2017 22:37:02 +0000
Subject: [TriPython] Python educational material recommendations?
In-Reply-To: <CANrsn272h3tofSKiuwKDcxpwwUp=qvBNVTaqASW=xpa68Q-eUQ@mail.gmail.com>
References: <9E0B9FFB-2A3B-4250-879E-54533B599848@semanchuk.com>
 <CANrsn272h3tofSKiuwKDcxpwwUp=qvBNVTaqASW=xpa68Q-eUQ@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <1309DBFD-6788-4B00-B1F5-B94456A62C6F@unc.edu>

+1. That book is great. Covers Python and all the things you need to make good use of Python.

-- 
Sincerely,
 
Chris Calloway
Applications Analyst
University of North Carolina
Renaissance Computing Institute
(919) 599-3530
 

On 7/7/17, 6:45 PM, "TriZPUG on behalf of Eric Dill" <trizpug-bounces+cbc=unc.edu at python.org on behalf of thedizzle at gmail.com> wrote:

    Hey Philip,
    
    Check out this book by Katy Huff and Anthony scopatz.
    
    http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920033424.do
    
    Don't be fooled by the title. It's basically a book that Anthony and Katy
    wrote to teach their new grad students all of the tools necessary for open
    source computing. Git, python, the numpy stack, jupyter, testing, bash
    command line tools. I have no idea if this is a useful direction for y'all,
    but if it is, top notch book IMO.
    
    Best,
    
    Eric
    
    On Fri, Jul 7, 2017, 4:58 PM Philip Semanchuk <philip at semanchuk.com> wrote:
    
    > Hi all,
    > I?m looking for some up-to-date recommendations for Python educational
    > materials.
    >
    > I?m working with someone who is using Python on the job and wants to get
    > better at it. Her background is in the sciences, not in programming. She
    > has some time to dedicate to learning, but an intensive multi-week course
    > is probably not in the cards. She prefers paper books and online courses
    > (Coursera, Khan Academy, etc.) to online tutorials. She?ll be working in
    > Python 3, natch.
    >
    > Any recommendations?
    >
    > Bonus if those recommendations involve GIS, data cleaning, and data
    > manipulation. No need for any Web-related stuff.
    >
    > Thanks very much in advance,
    > Philip
    > _______________________________________________
    > TriZPUG mailing list
    > TriZPUG at python.org
    > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/trizpug
    > http://tripython.org is the Triangle Python Users Group
    >
    


From cbc at unc.edu  Wed Jul 12 15:23:45 2017
From: cbc at unc.edu (Calloway, Chris)
Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2017 19:23:45 +0000
Subject: [TriPython] National Day of Civic of Hacking
Message-ID: <42940CD7-747B-4AA4-9EAD-3515DDE3B43A@unc.edu>

This is from Laura on our meetup group.

Hi :) Please help me spread the word about this upcoming Code for Durham event: Civic Spark Day Saturday, August 12, 9:30am ? 3:30pm Caktus Group, 108 Morris St. Suite 2, Durham, NC Join us to create new solutions to challenges in our community. Civic Spark Day is a time for public innovation ? to brainstorm creative solutions to community problems. Our goal is to bring people together, and develop new ideas for future civic tech projects. We?ve done some cool things so far- help us figure out what to work on next. Learn more at www.codefordurham.com. If you are a designer, citizen, web developer, data wrangler, writer, parent, problem-solver... this event is for you. Details and RSVP: https://www.meetup.com/Triangle-Code-for-America/events/241403194/ Many thanks! Laura


--
Sincerely,

Chris Calloway
Applications Analyst
University of North Carolina
Renaissance Computing Institute
(919) 599-3530

-------------- next part --------------
   This is from Laura on our meetup group.



   Hi :) Please help me spread the word about this upcoming Code for Durham
   event: Civic Spark Day Saturday, August 12, 9:30am - 3:30pm Caktus Group,
   108 Morris St. Suite 2, Durham, NC Join us to create new solutions to
   challenges in our community. Civic Spark Day is a time for public
   innovation - to brainstorm creative solutions to community problems. Our
   goal is to bring people together, and develop new ideas for future civic
   tech projects. We've done some cool things so far- help us figure out what
   to work on next. Learn more at www.codefordurham.com. If you are a
   designer, citizen, web developer, data wrangler, writer, parent,
   problem-solver... this event is for you. Details and RSVP:
   [1]https://www.meetup.com/Triangle-Code-for-America/events/241403194/ Many
   thanks! Laura





   --

   Sincerely,



   Chris Calloway

   Applications Analyst

   University of North Carolina

   Renaissance Computing Institute

   (919) 599-3530



References

   Visible links
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	https://www.meetup.com/Triangle-Code-for-America/events/241403194/

From aikimark at aol.com  Wed Jul 12 21:23:54 2017
From: aikimark at aol.com (Mark Hutchinson)
Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2017 21:23:54 -0400
Subject: [TriPython] Intro to Python course
Message-ID: <15d398b8e1d-c0d-1c7@webjasstg-vaa49.srv.aolmail.net>


Since learning Python is a persistent question for our members, especially the new ones:
Intro to Python: Absolute Beginner

Free to study. $99 for a completion certificate.
https://www.edx.org/course/introduction-python-absolute-beginner-microsoft-dev236x?MC=Python&MC=CCPLUS&MC=SQL&MC=R&MC=SecSys



Note: EDX is an educational unit of Microsoft.


Mark
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   Since learning Python is a persistent question for our members, especially
   the new ones:
   Intro to Python: Absolute Beginner
   Free to study. $99 for a completion certificate.
   https://www.edx.org/course/introduction-python-absolute-beginner-microsoft-dev236x?MC=Python&MC=CCPLUS&MC=SQL&MC=R&MC=SecSys
   Note: EDX is an educational unit of Microsoft.
   Mark

From cbc at unc.edu  Wed Jul 12 22:40:17 2017
From: cbc at unc.edu (Calloway, Chris)
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2017 02:40:17 +0000
Subject: [TriPython] Intro to Python course
In-Reply-To: <15d398b8e1d-c0d-1c7@webjasstg-vaa49.srv.aolmail.net>
References: <15d398b8e1d-c0d-1c7@webjasstg-vaa49.srv.aolmail.net>
Message-ID: <E98DC6CB-F1D5-4556-8D0B-DB423B2C019F@unc.edu>

Microsoft is one of 90 edX course contributing organizations. But it is not a unit of Microsoft. It is an open source creation of Harvard and MIT with parts constructed by TriPython?s own Chris Rossi.

-- 
Sincerely,
 
Chris Calloway
Applications Analyst
University of North Carolina
Renaissance Computing Institute
(919) 599-3530
 

On 7/12/17, 9:23 PM, "TriZPUG on behalf of Mark Hutchinson via TriZPUG" <trizpug-bounces+cbc=unc.edu at python.org on behalf of trizpug at python.org> wrote:

    
    Since learning Python is a persistent question for our members, especially the new ones:
    Intro to Python: Absolute Beginner
    
    Free to study. $99 for a completion certificate.
    https://www.edx.org/course/introduction-python-absolute-beginner-microsoft-dev236x?MC=Python&MC=CCPLUS&MC=SQL&MC=R&MC=SecSys
    
    
    
    Note: EDX is an educational unit of Microsoft.
    
    
    Mark
    


From philip at semanchuk.com  Wed Jul 12 22:53:30 2017
From: philip at semanchuk.com (Philip Semanchuk)
Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2017 22:53:30 -0400
Subject: [TriPython] Python educational material recommendations?
In-Reply-To: <CANrsn272h3tofSKiuwKDcxpwwUp=qvBNVTaqASW=xpa68Q-eUQ@mail.gmail.com>
References: <9E0B9FFB-2A3B-4250-879E-54533B599848@semanchuk.com>
 <CANrsn272h3tofSKiuwKDcxpwwUp=qvBNVTaqASW=xpa68Q-eUQ@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <7210AAD5-1573-4647-B3DE-79D73B803D9C@semanchuk.com>

Thanks for all the recommendations, Eric, Scott, John, Chris, and Mark!


> On Jul 7, 2017, at 6:45 PM, Eric Dill <thedizzle at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>   Hey Philip,
> 
>   Check out this book by Katy Huff and Anthony scopatz.
> 
>   [1]http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920033424.do
> 
>   Don't be fooled by the title. It's basically a book that Anthony and Katy
>   wrote to teach their new grad students all of the tools necessary for open
>   source computing. Git, python, the numpy stack, jupyter, testing, bash
>   command line tools. I have no idea if this is a useful direction for
>   y'all, but if it is, top notch book IMO.
> 
>   Best,
> 
>   Eric
> 
>   On Fri, Jul 7, 2017, 4:58 PM Philip Semanchuk <[2]philip at semanchuk.com>
>   wrote:
> 
>     Hi all,
>     I***m looking for some up-to-date recommendations for Python educational
>     materials.
> 
>     I***m working with someone who is using Python on the job and wants to
>     get better at it. Her background is in the sciences, not in programming.
>     She has some time to dedicate to learning, but an intensive multi-week
>     course is probably not in the cards. She prefers paper books and online
>     courses (Coursera, Khan Academy, etc.) to online tutorials. She***ll be
>     working in Python 3, natch.
> 
>     Any recommendations?
> 
>     Bonus if those recommendations involve GIS, data cleaning, and data
>     manipulation. No need for any Web-related stuff.
> 
>     Thanks very much in advance,
>     Philip
>     _______________________________________________
>     TriZPUG mailing list
>     [3]TriZPUG at python.org
>     [4]https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/trizpug
>     [5]http://tripython.org is the Triangle Python Users Group
> 
> References
> 
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>   5. http://tripython.org/
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From jeremyhwllc at gmail.com  Thu Jul 20 14:31:01 2017
From: jeremyhwllc at gmail.com (Jeremy Davis)
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2017 14:31:01 -0400
Subject: [TriPython] Tonight! TriLUG Hack Night - Topic: Solar Eclipse High
 Altitude Balloon Launch (With TriTux onboard)
Message-ID: <CACSroP04KCAF+kgb91A5jGdotv6dJJdVMi5es-CZbe34Wn-rfg@mail.gmail.com>

TriPython is invited if there is anyone interested in sending up a high
altitude balloon during the solar eclipse.

Join us tonight 7-9pm for TriLUG Hack Night! We are meeting at Caktus Group
located Downtown Durham.

Hack Night will be led by Jeremy Davis. Topic is launching TriTux into
nearspace with a high altitude balloon and cameras. It would be very cool
to do this on 21 August to film the solar eclipse. NC Nearspace is willing
to assist as needed with guidance and best practices. They normally use a
Raspberry Pi, HAM radio, and GPS equipment, so anyone with experience or
interest in learning is highly encouraged to attend. There are expenses
involved with this project which means fundraising and PR volunteer
opportunities are available too.

Tonight is basically a litmus test to guage the amount of interest and also
an opportunity to do some initial planning.

For collaboration on this project, I created a shared folder on Google
Drive. Please reference the High Altitude Parts list document (courtesy of
Paul Lowell of NC Nearspace) located in this shared folder located at
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0ByMOV91w0mWRbEY5emNnVFFBYWM


PARKING: Park in the municipal deck on the other side of the Arts Council
across W. Morgan St. The entrance to the Caktus Tech Space is on Morris St.


Jeremy Davis
TriLUG PR
-------------- next part --------------
   TriPython is invited if there is anyone interested in sending up a high
   altitude balloon during the solar eclipse.

   Join us tonight 7-9pm for TriLUG Hack Night! We are meeting at Caktus
   Group located Downtown Durham.

   Hack Night will be led by Jeremy Davis. Topic is launching TriTux into
   nearspace with a high altitude balloon and cameras. It would be very cool
   to do this on 21 August to film the solar eclipse. NC Nearspace is willing
   to assist as needed with guidance and best practices. They normally use a
   Raspberry Pi, HAM radio, and GPS equipment, so anyone with experience or
   interest in learning is highly encouraged to attend. There are expenses
   involved with this project which means fundraising and PR volunteer
   opportunities are available too.

   Tonight is basically a litmus test to guage the amount of interest and
   also an opportunity to do some initial planning.

   For collaboration on this project, I created a shared folder on Google
   Drive. Please reference the High Altitude Parts list document (courtesy of
   Paul Lowell of NC Nearspace) located in this shared folder located at
   [1]https://drive.google.com/open?id=0ByMOV91w0mWRbEY5emNnVFFBYWM

   PARKING: Park in the municipal deck on the other side of the Arts Council
   across W. Morgan St. The entrance to the Caktus Tech Space is on Morris
   St.

   Jeremy Davis
   TriLUG PR

References

   Visible links
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From ginnyghezzo at gmail.com  Fri Jul 21 18:05:25 2017
From: ginnyghezzo at gmail.com (Ginny Ghezzo)
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2017 18:05:25 -0400
Subject: [TriPython] PyData Triangle 3Q Meetup - Don't forget to register
Message-ID: <CAPocBecXqiZUd0TaR5OCBm3yy4J9iLi3Er71NPBfyrcSvgXHAg@mail.gmail.com>

All,
The third quarter PyData Triangle meetup is scheduled for Wednesday August
2 at 6:00pm at Maxpoint in RTP. All are welcome. You can register here -
https://www.meetup.com/PyData-Triangle/events/241051107/

We have a great line up of speakers including details on the 2018 PyData
Durham Conference. As always there will be time for your lightning talks.

I look forward to seeing you at this great local community of developers
and users of open source data tools.

Cheers,
Ginny Ghezzo
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   All,**
   The third quarter PyData Triangle meetup is scheduled for Wednesday August
   2 at 6:00pm at Maxpoint in RTP. All are welcome. You can register here
   -**[1]https://www.meetup.com/PyData-Triangle/events/241051107/**
   We have a great line up of speakers including details on the 2018 PyData
   Durham Conference. As always there will be time for your lightning
   talks.**
   I look forward to seeing you at this great local community of developers
   and users of open source data tools.**
   Cheers,**
   Ginny Ghezzo**

References

   Visible links
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From cbc at unc.edu  Wed Jul 26 11:39:13 2017
From: cbc at unc.edu (Calloway, Chris)
Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2017 15:39:13 +0000
Subject: [TriPython] Reminder: TriPython July 2017 Meeting: Just What Is A
 Quality Engineer?
Message-ID: <83A05768-CC84-40E1-AD5D-A6A882D7B488@unc.edu>

We have another great TriPython meeting lined up for you tomorrow. See you there.

-- 
Sincerely,
 
Chris Calloway
Applications Analyst
University of North Carolina
Renaissance Computing Institute
(919) 599-3530
 

On 6/23/17, 12:47 PM, "TriZPUG on behalf of Calloway, Chris" <trizpug-bounces+cbc=unc.edu at python.org on behalf of cbc at unc.edu> wrote:

    http://tripython.org/Members/cbc/july-17-mtg
    
    When: Thursday, July 27, 7pm
    Where: Renaissance Computing Institute (RENCI)
                   Biltmore Conference Room, 5th Floor
                   100 Europa Drive, Suite 590
                   Chapel Hill
    What: A great plurality of companies today, who deal with the delivery of software or providing software services should have a team responsible for checking the quality of their products before they get into their customers? hands. This team, far too often, is comprised of a single person, usually labeled with the term ?QA?, and is responsible for making sure that all known issues with the product are verified and that some level of testing is performed before it can be ?shipped? to customers. Not everyone really knows what happens during this phase, but it is well-known that someone, somehow, installs, configures and ?tests? all the facets and features of a product before it ?goes out the door?. The stereotype is that somewhere in the building where you work, there is at least one person, ?not suitable? to be a developer, who is relegated to pushing buttons and clicking elements on web ui elements to make sure that things work as advertised. These are the ?button pushers?. If you have some of this species inhabiting your work environment, good for you. But if you really want to deliver quality with your products, then what you need is a Quality Engineer, a rare hybrid species that merges software development, forensics, DEVOPS and creativity skills into a super being. Og Maciel presents. Og is a Senior Manager of Quality Engineering for the Red Hat Satellite team. He has spent the last 5+ years building a team of black belt quality engineers responsible for the automation of complex systems and delivering quality products through the use of continuous delivery of processes. He is also a podcaster, a dad, and an avid reader. Extemporaneous "lightning talks" of 5-10 minute duration are also welcome and don't need to be pre-announced. Lightning talks are for you to "show and tell" something you've learned about Python recently, no matter how small. We all use Python, therefore, we are always learning something new about Python that we can tell others. Plenty of free parking is available in the RENCI parking deck. The meeting will be followed by our usual after-meeting at a nearby tavern for food and beverage. Come join us for a fun and informative evening.
    
    --
    Sincerely,
    
    Chris Calloway
    Applications Analyst
    University of North Carolina
    Renaissance Computing Institute
    (919) 599-3530
    
    


From omaciel at ogmaciel.com  Fri Jul 28 11:13:30 2017
From: omaciel at ogmaciel.com (Og Maciel)
Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2017 11:13:30 -0400
Subject: [TriPython] Slides for last night's talk
Message-ID: <6E3F64CD-9957-4D83-93FC-2796C381B114@ogmaciel.com>

All,

I want to thank everyone who came out last night for my talk, ?Just What is a Quality Engineer?, and for all the great questions! The slides for my talk can be found here:

* https://speakerdeck.com/omaciel/just-what-is-a-quality-engineer

I?m not sure when the video will be made public, but I can share that later on for those who could not make it.

As I mentioned last night feedback is a gift, so if you have any constructive feedback for me, please feel free to reply off the list :)

Wishing everyone a wonderful weekend,
--
Og Maciel - GPG Keys: CD03D583
omaciel at ogmaciel.com
https://omaciel.github.io


From schmittcp at yahoo.com  Mon Jul 31 21:20:53 2017
From: schmittcp at yahoo.com (Charles)
Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2017 21:20:53 -0400
Subject: [TriPython] Python data positions in life science
Message-ID: <265fb4ad-e8c2-e3f4-6718-abeee0a442df@yahoo.com>


Dear Reader,

The National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) is 
looking to recruit two software positions for a newly formed Office of 
Data Science.  Broadly, these positions will help with the development 
and operations of data systems for managing, processing, integrating, 
visualizing, and analyzing of life science data.  The research data 
spans a variety of science domains, including genomics, epigenomics, 
immunology, metabolomics, etc, so the data types are highly variable and 
often very large.  For the most part, the work will be in a linux and 
high performance computing environment.  Python will be the language of 
choice.  Experience with Linux, Python, and relational data bases are 
important.  One of the positions will provide a focus on the backend 
data processing and management tasks, so a greater familiarity with 
databases and a willingness to do some dev/ops work is important.  
Exposure to semantic technologies/ontologies as well as NoSQL 
technologies will be helpful as we grow our capabilities.    The other 
position will focus on providing greater access to data, through 
web-based science apps, APIs, tools for data discovery, and solutions 
for cross-data system queries/computations.  This position will require 
a greater familiarity with web-based programming and collaborative tools 
(such as Jupyter).  Exposure to data analysis and visualization will be 
beneficial, especially in the life sciences.   Experience with Go, or a 
willingness to learn Go, is also of high interest.


The two positions are each one year contracts but with the expectation 
of continuation for good candidates.   Remote candidates will have to be 
extremely good fits to be considered.


Sorry, but the work cannot be performed by companies or through 
subcontracts.


Please send resume to Charles Schmitt at schmittcp at yahoo.com.