From brianhray at gmail.com Tue Dec 6 17:00:57 2011 From: brianhray at gmail.com (Brian Ray) Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2011 10:00:57 -0600 Subject: [ChiPy-announce] ANN: ChiPy at crowdSPRING Thu December 8, 7p Message-ID: ChiPy *noun* \?chi-p?\: Chicago Python User Group When: 7 PM Thursday December 8, 2011 Where: crowdSPRING This will be our Best Meeting Ever! Like Dickens' "A Christmas Carol," ChiPy will have a unique look into crowdSPRING (http://www.crowdspring.com/) The world's #1 marketplace for logos and graphic design. We will have: ghost of crowdSPRING Past, Tal; ghost of crowdSPRING present Chris Detmer, John Yang; and ghost of crowdSPRING future, Adriano Marquez. Creative types welcome, hard core dev's welcome... tis the season. Don't be a scrooge, invite a friend. You will need to RSVP at http://chipy.org/ Quick Links: YES http://chipy.org/meetings/rsvp/42/yes MAYBE http://chipy.org/meetings/rsvp/42/maybe If you have troubles RSVP just send me a note :) Topics ------ 1. 7:00 PyGI/GObject/Vala (Tal Liron) 2. 7:30 Pizza (Paul May) 3. 7:45 Optimizing Django Templates (Chris Detmer, John Yang ) 4. 8:15 Open Monitor and Mentoring Google Code (Adriano Marquez) Details ------- 1. PyGI/GObject/Vala Tal Liron PyGObject is a new approach to designing native libraries for use with Python, and indeed with almost any language under the sun, based on recent innovations in the GObject library. Tal will present the underlying mechanisms and show you, step by step, how to create such a native library in C. We'll then write the same native library in the Vala language, and discuss the implications of this exciting new language. The presentation will include a fair-and-balanced comparison to SWIG: you'll have to come to the talk to find out who wins. 2. Pizza Paul May Free as in free pizza and beer! 3. Optimizing Django Templates Chris Detmer, John Yang Techniques for caching using template includes, Django views, Varnish and JavaScript. 4. Open Monitor and Mentoring Google Summer of Code Adriano Marquez Adriano (crowdSPRING) is a director of the Umit Project, an Open Source organization that develops network administration and monitoring tools. We have one specific project we're working on currently, that have some interesting technical challenges, which is the Open Monitor, which is a real time world wide monitor on internet availability. Adriano has also being a mentor on the Google Summer of Code program since 2007. Location -------- crowdSPRING 1200 W. Lake Street Chicago, IL 60607 Lake and Racine on the second floor West Loop http://maps.google.com/maps?q=1200+W.+Lake+Street&hl=en&ll=41.886464,-87.65708&spn=0.007508,0.015492&sll=41.965853,-87.710073&sspn=0.007499,0.015492&vpsrc=0&hnear=1200+W+Lake+St,+Chicago,+Illinois+60607&t=m&z=16 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 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From brianhray at gmail.com Wed Dec 7 22:05:10 2011 From: brianhray at gmail.com (Brian Ray) Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2011 15:05:10 -0600 Subject: [ChiPy-announce] RSVP for tomorrow Message-ID: Just checked the http://chipy.org site and the current count is 42--which also happens to be the "Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything." Although not required, please remember to RSVP so we know how much food / drink to get. I mean this. This will be the Best Meeting Ever! -- Brian Ray