[Baypiggies] A mini-decorator workshop

[Brent Tubbs]

I'd be happy to reserve a room at Hacker Dojo to hold this event (I'm
a member there).  Find an open room/time at
http://events.hackerdojo.com/ and
 I can reserve it.

Brent
On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 5:16 PM, Glen Jarvis <glen at glenjarvis.com> wrote:
> Bryce,
>    I shared my WiFi connection last night for situations like this. There
> was a little confusion at first if it was working. But, I later discovered
> it was.
>    I'm glad to see there's interest. I'll respond more off list with
> details.
>
> Glen
>
> On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 4:58 PM, Bryce Verdier <bryceverdier at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> My work schedule  is horrible for stuff like this. ( Currently 3pm-12am,
>> but next week going to 1-9pm). In order for me to attend there needs to be
>> wireless access (this is why I wasn't there last night... Symantec is
>> awesome for hosting, but loses points for no wifi). Regardless I would love
>> to attend this workshop.
>>
>> Bryce
>>
>>
>> On 07/23/2010 04:52 PM, Glen Jarvis wrote:
>>
>> I really had a good time at the talk last night. There were some *good*
>> questions and lots of interests -- that's always fun.
>> I am *very* interested in helping everyone get past this first hurdle.
>> If there is demand, I will hold a 2-3 hour FREE hands-on workshop over the
>> same material (assuming we can all agree on a date, time and location).
>> Please be aware that the scope of what I'm talking about is still within
>> what was presented. Therefore, we won't be going into, for example, the
>> introspection that is used in attrs. It's easy enough, but not the purpose
>> of the talk/workshop. We won't talk about class decorators, etc.
>> This first level idea is "How do I use decorators," -- not how do I write
>> my own or even how these decorators work internally (although we can
>> certainly dip our toes in at the very end of the workshop). We can also
>> expand on how to use decorators before the pie syntax was included in Python
>> - as that's still in the scope of *using* decorators.
>> If we have questions outside this scope, I will plead ignorance (which may
>> actually be true; but maybe not) and move to the next subject.
>> Now that I've firmly set your expectation on scope, if there's interest in
>> doing this, we can put together a small get together one evening after work.
>> Because I already have materials prepared, this won't take any lead-time to
>> set-up.
>> Note that this will give us more time. So, I can ask you to, for example:
>> * Write a function that takes two arguments. The first argument should
>> only be an integer. But, the second argument can either be an integer or a
>> float. Enforce this through assertions. Code should be PEP-8 compliant.
>> * The above, but pick one of the four decorators we discussed to do the
>> same thing, instead. We can then have a discussion on why a person would
>> choose the first (above) or this approach to do the same task. (Or some may
>> argue that we are pre-optimizing and we shouldn't make such restrictions on
>> functions unless absolutely necessary (and I would agree).
>> * (Other similar exercises with some of the other three decorators we have
>> distributed and discussed)
>> * Write a function that takes as its arguments two functions (we'll call
>> f1, and f2). Within the body of the function, call f1 and f2. Demonstrate
>> how we see pass functions around like any object
>> * Create a function that wraps another function
>> * etc.
>> If you can already do all of the above, you'd probably be bored silly and
>> shouldn't attend this workshop. We'll advance to deeper levels over time --
>> just not at this meeting.
>> The format would be in two portions: An introduction (same spiel as last
>> night), and self-paced assignments/workshop. We would take more time to work
>> on the example exercises. And, you would work on the examples while while we
>> wait for questions to help you when you get stuck.
>> Because this is self paced (after my initial spiel), people will finish at
>> different times. I can imagine we'll finish in 3 hours or less -- some much
>> quicker than others.
>> Let me know if you're interested and I'll give you a 10% discount on the
>> already FREE workshop ;)  This offer expires 1 week (i.e., if no one
>> responds by then, I'm moving on to something else)...
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>>
>> Glen
>> --
>> Whatever you can do or imagine, begin it;
>> boldness has beauty, magic, and power in it.
>>
>> -- Goethe
>>
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