[Baypiggies] Meetup in SF - This Thu at 6:30

[Marcus Phillips]

Sure thing - I've just uploaded them, so you can find them on
http://www.meetup.com/sfpython/files

Regards,
Marcus


On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 11:14 AM, Daryl Spitzer <daryl.spitzer at gmail.com>wrote:

> Are the slides (or video or any other artifact) from this meeting
> available?
>
> (I'm asking on behalf of a co-worked in Israel who is very interested
> in the subject, but since I couldn't attend and am also interested I
> too am hoping there is.)
>
> --
> Daryl
>
>
> On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 12:48 PM, Marcus Phillips
> <baypiggies at marcusphillips.com> wrote:
> > Woops!  It's this Thursday the 17th at 6:30.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Marcus
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 12:36 PM, Stephen McInerney
> > <spmcinerney at hotmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Marcus - what day and date please? You might like to add to the subject
> >> line.
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Stephen
> >>
> >> ________________________________
> >> From: baypiggies at marcusphillips.com
> >> Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2009 12:18:09 -0700
> >> To: baypiggies at python.org
> >> Subject: [Baypiggies] Meetup in SF
> >>
> >> BayPIGgies,
> >>
> >> Just wanted to inform you of the meetup this week in SF.  Should be a
> good
> >> one, so please drop by if you're up this way.  Details below, and at
> >> meetup.com/sfpython.
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >> Marcus
> >>
> >>
> >> ----
> >> This month, we have Jim Baker from Boulder, CO giving us a talk on
> python
> >> performance optimization.
> >> Speaker Bio:
> >> Jim Baker has 15 years of professional software development experience,
> >> focusing on business intelligence, enterprise system management, and
> >> high-performance web applications. He is a member at the Python Software
> >> Foundation, a committer on Jython, and a frequent speaker at pyCon on
> python
> >> performance / iterators. He holds a Bachelor of Computer Science from
> >> Harvard University and a Masters of Computer Science from Brown
> University
> >> (and an all-but-dissertation PhD candidate).
> >> Abstract:
> >> You have great unit tests. Your Python code is correct, or at least as
> >> much as you can tell with your testing. Now you may want to optimize the
> >> performance of some of that code, so as to improve the user experience,
> >> reduce costs, or enhance scalability. In this talk, we will look at how
> to
> >> apply some proven techniques for optimizing Python performance. First we
> >> will discuss some approaches to profiling, which is what you should do
> >> first. Then we will examine a variety of optimization strategies, from
> small
> >> optimizations, to using better algorithms and more appropriate data
> >> structures, to the impact of using a better fitting (or perhaps more
> >> well-written) library, and more. And we will look at what exactly you
> may
> >> want to optimize, whether that is response time, throughput, or various
> >> other related metrics, and how to appropriately balance. Lastly, as it
> comes
> >> up, we will also discuss some of the differences between the various
> >> implementations, like CPython and Jython.
> >> Agenda-
> >> 6:30p - 7:00p Pizza and Networking
> >> 7:00p - 8:30p Main talk / Q&A
> >> Please RSVP so we know how much food to order ;-)
> >> About Slide's office:
> >> 2.5 blocks from Cal Train
> >> Easy parking along 2nd street and Brannan
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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> >
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much better silent piece. I have been able to say in one minute what Cage
could only say in four minutes and 33 seconds." -Michael Batt
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