[Baypiggies] A mini-decorator workshop

[akleider at sonic.net]

Is there a law against a change in format?

..just asking.


> It's the same exact set of slides everyone has seen. What I want to do
> different is have us in a teaching environment working at our own pace.
>
> So, we can't do it for a talk since we already have -- it'd be a complete
> repeat. What I want to do is a different format than baypiggies general
> meeting.
>
> Glen
>
> El Jul 23, 2010, a las 7:54 PM, akleider at sonic.net escribió:
>
>>
>> May I suggest such a talk might be held at next month's meeting. Jim
>> hasn't found a speaker anyway (is that still true?) and there seemed to
>> be
>> a lot of general interest even though it is a 'newbie' topic. It might
>> not
>> appeal to the pundits but perhaps there are enough who would be
>> interested
>> to justify its being the main talk.
>>
>> ..just a suggestion..
>>
>>
>>> 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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