[Canberra-PUG] Happy new year Canberra Python Community!

[Gavin Jackson]

Hi all,

Happy new year! The first Canberra Python Users Group meeting will be held
on Thursday 3 Feb, 6pm at the Peoplebank offices in civic. The first
presentation of the year will be "Learn You a Flask" by Lachlan Blackhall
(details below). I was lucky enough to see this excellent presentation at
pyconau last year and am looking forward to seeing it again! Come and learn
more about this popular python web microframework!

Also, just noticed that the pyconau 2016 dates have been announced - 12-16
August, so make sure you mark it up in your diaries!

Due to changes in the Google+ interface (eg removing the events
functionality), I will be posting events to meetup.com from now on - the G+
community will still be used to share stuff (news, slides, articles etc.).
Please sign up to the following group to receive future meeting invites:

http://www.meetup.com/Canberra-Python-Meetup-Group/

If you are interested in speaking at a CPUG meeting in 2016 please drop me
a line! Speakers receive a $50 gift card from Redhat.

Special thanks to Peoplebank for kindly providing beer, pizza and use of
their boardroom. Don't forget to contact David Smith (cc'd) if you are
interested in learning more about Python contracting opportunities in
Canberra.

Cheers,
Gav

*BIO*

Lachlan is the Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of Reposit Power (
http://repositpower.com/), an energy startup using big data to drive the
deployment of energy storage in the electricity grid. Lachlan is an
experienced Python developer having used Python extensively in both
commercial and personal projects. Lachlan holds a PhD in applied
mathematics and network theory and has a broad professional interest in
big data and predictive analytics.


*Abstract*

Flask is a Python web framework that is both lightweight and powerful. With
an active community, and a diverse and versatile choice of plugins, Flask
allows you to scale from simple single-URL websites through to highly
complex website architectures.



In this talk we will begin by setting up a simple Flask powered website and
get it running on the Heroku PaaS. We will then demonstrate how to
integrate Flask and SQLAlchemy (a powerful ORM) to allow database access
and get this uploaded and working on Heroku as well.



Finally we will discuss some more advanced concepts and review a number of
the Flask plugins to get you started on the path to building great
web-based projects.


Cheers,
Gav

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