From carl at personnelware.com Mon Nov 8 19:07:07 2010 From: carl at personnelware.com (Carl Karsten) Date: Mon, 08 Nov 2010 18:07:07 -0000 Subject: [ChiPy-announce] ANN: ChiPy at ITA Thu November 11, 7p Message-ID: <20101108180707.3997.88261@localhost6.localdomain6> ChiPy ========================= When: 7 PM Thursday November 11, 2010 Where: ITA This will be our Best Meeting Ever! Topics ------ 1. 7:00 Mako and Cherrypy (Michael Mileusnich) 2. 7:45 Pizza (Imaginary Landscape) 3. 8:00 Tox (Kumar McMillan) Details ------- 1. Mako and Cherrypy Michael Mileusnich using Mako combined with Cherrypy to create a Python web server, passing data back and forth, and some javascript issues with certain browsers. 2. Pizza Imaginary Landscape We currently have a programmer position open, and as always are interested in freelancers. http://www.imagescape.com 5121 N Ravenswood Avenue ? Chicago, IL 60640 3. Tox Kumar McMillan http://codespeak.net/tox/ It's a great new open source tool that helps you support all versions of python with your existing automated tests. It's not a test runner, it's a super test runner runner! Or something. There is no easy way to describe it which is why the front page of the website is sort of confusing, IMO. We use tox on the Nose project to make sure each code change doesn't break the tests in Python 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 2.7, 3.0 or Jython. Not everybody targets so many environments but if you want to maintain a widely used module then you probably will want to use tox someday. Here's our Hudson matrix setup w/ tox: http://hudson.testrun.org/job/nose-unstable/ (we just set this up recently which is why most builds were broken in one or two envs) I can also spend some time going over how we are currently maintaining a test suite that runs in both 2.x and 3.x simultaneously Location -------- Illinois Technology Association (ITA) 200 S. Wacker Drive 15th Floor Chicago, IL 60606 312.435.2805 http://www.illinoistech.org Metra: exit on Adams St, walk East across the bridge, first door on the right. Show your ID to security. Be on the list or they will be sad. http://chipy.org/FrontPage#sign-up About the group --------------- ChiPy is made up of people of all levels of programming and Python knowledge. At every meeting we have had both beginning programmers, people who are just starting to use Python, as well as experienced Python programmers. Don't be intimidated about coming to a meeting. Note that ChiPy is not a formal organization. We collect no dues, elect no officers, and keep no roster. Signing up for the mailing list carries no obligation. Nor does showing up at the meetings. Nor, at least so far, does anything else we have done, although we always appreciate it when our presenters show up. (They usually do!) http://chipy.org From brianhray at gmail.com Tue Nov 16 21:21:14 2010 From: brianhray at gmail.com (Brian Ray) Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2010 14:21:14 -0600 Subject: [ChiPy-announce] [ANN] ChiPy NORTH November FIRST EVER Monthly Meeting this Thursday Message-ID: First ever, best ever, Chicago Python User Group **North** meeting this Thursday! You asked for it, now it is here. All are welcome for the first ever Monthly meeting (3rd Thursday) dedicated to those who work or live up North. Those from elsewhere are welcome to attend. We will have food and drink kindly provided by Paul May & Associates. When: 7 PM Thursday Nov. 18, 2010 Where:: Praxis Management International? 100 North Field Drive, Suite 150 Lake Forest, IL 60045 (847) 295-7160 On the south side of the building on the first floor. If you come in the side door (closest to the parking lot) follow the hallway past the lobby and their suite is on the left. If you come in through the front of the building, proceed through the lobby, turn right down the main hallway and the suite is on the left. The doors are unlocked from 7:00 am - 7:00 pm. If you arrive after 7:00 PM, someone will have to go down to the doors to let you in. There are no security personnel on site and they don't need a list of people prior to the meeting. However, if you want food pls RSVP below. Topics: * Introductions and a warm welcome * Daniel Griffin: Follow up talk on couchdb http://couchdb.apache.org last time http://blip.tv/file/2345425 * Brian Ray: How do debug Python with Komodo, pdb, and ipython demonstration. * lightening talks Kindly RSVP if you get a chance so we know how much food to order: https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dHVLOTNTU3oxTzJKYjB3RmV4eVZkMEE6MA See you there! You have my 100% money back guarantee this will be the best ChiPy North meeting ever! About the group --------------- ChiPy is made up of people of all levels of programming and Python knowledge. At every meeting we have had both beginning programmers, people who are just starting to use Python, as well as experienced Python programmers. Don't be intimidated about coming to a meeting. Note that ChiPy is not a formal organization. We collect no dues, elect no officers, and keep no roster. Signing up for the mailing list carries no obligation. Nor does showing up at the meetings. Nor, at least so far, does anything else we have done, although we always appreciate it when our presenters show up. (They usually do!) http://chipy.org