[Python Edinburgh] Talks!

[Alisdair Tullo]

Hi,

I agree, this seems like the best option.

Cheers,

Alisdair

On Tue, September 2, 2014 5:05 pm, James Doig wrote:
> I vote: Keep pub meetup as is and run talks separately on a different
> day.
>
>
> On 2 September 2014 16:58, Mark Smith <mark.smith at practicalpoetry.co.uk>
> wrote:
>
>
>> Hi everybody,
>>
>>
>> In the past when I've asked around, there's been a general feeling that
>>  we'd like to keep the pub meetups as they are and run talks
>> separately. Before Toms unilaterally changes the format of our main
>> function can anybody who has an opinion reply to this thread stating
>> their preference.
>>
>> I think the options are:
>>
>>
>> * Keep pub meetups as they are and run talks separately on a different
>> day. * Start each meetup in a suitable venue (probably a local Python
>> shop's office) with a short talk, followed by a move to the pub * Hold
>> each meetup in suitable venue (see above) with a short talk and
>> (possibly free) beer and pizza.
>>
>>
>> If anyone has any other suggestions, please also feel free to post
>> them.
>>
>> --Mark
>>
>>
>>
>> On 2 September 2014 11:12, Toms <toms.baugis at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Hello again, this is the third and final email from me today :)
>>>
>>>
>>> I ran a quick survey last time and was extremely happy to see that as
>>>  well as there are people who have been coding in python for 5+
>>> years, there were also plenty who had just started or even are
>>> considering learning python as their first programming language! Apart
>>> from that, there was not a single person using the same stack - there
>>> was so much diversity between 20 people, that there is enough fuel for
>>> talks for a decade :)
>>>
>>> As such, I would like to tilt the format of the meetups by blending
>>> in talks as the first part of the meetup. Not just every now and then,
>>> but rather *each* time we meet. Ideally we should be looking for 5-15
>>> minute long talks, where no topic is too big or too small. And they
>>> will be exciting as for the beginners, so for the experts that might
>>> find a gap in their knowledge
>>>
>>> I'll give a few examples that i hope will spark your imagination as
>>> to what kind of talk could you give:
>>>
>>> * lists, dicts, sets, tuples, namedtuples, frozensets - when to pick
>>> tuple and when to pick list? * decorators - how to write one and how
>>> and when to use one * packing it up and shipping to PyPI with
>>> setuptools * virtualenv, virtualenvwrapper, workon and other handy
>>> bits to make managing python dependencies a breeze * flask and writing
>>> a web app in 30 lines
>>>
>>> These are talks anyone experienced a bit in python could give - and
>>> there are tons of others. I'm quite certain that it would spark
>>> discussions beyond what any of us could imagine.
>>>
>>> During the last meetup I also asked a few of you as to what talk
>>> could you give if they would be given these 5-15 minutes, here are
>>> some of results:
>>>
>>>
>>> * Thomas wrote a quizz web app in python and has open sourced it and
>>> it has picked up - so it's most certainly worth checking it out * John
>>> - interprocess communication
>>> * Alistair - conda
>>> * The gentleman who's name is now escaping me (sorry!) - how the new
>>> buzzy Go compares to python * Manuel - "plone" - turns out that despite
>>> the rumors, plone is still very much alive * Ross - a full stack trace
>>> of a request - from browser down to where it all began (some ruby
>>> might be involved)
>>>
>>> Here are few i can think myself from the top of the head, i could be
>>> willing to present: * docopt - the awesome self-documenting CLI lib
>>> * adding autocomplete to your application in linux
>>> * writing a desktop application in 100 lines on linux with GTK3
>>> * automating deployment with fab
>>> * forget httplib/urrlib and embrace requests
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> What's your stack like?
>>> What's your favourite or most often used feature, library or framework
>>>  is? What makes your head hurt and what excites you every time you get
>>> to use it?
>>>
>>> Mail me privately with your talk ideas at toms.baugis at gmail.com!
>>>
>>>
>>> Toms
>>>
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