From jeffh at dundeemt.com Wed Apr 4 05:12:06 2007 From: jeffh at dundeemt.com (Jeff Hinrichs - DM&T) Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2007 22:12:06 -0500 Subject: [omaha] Meeting Location Message-ID: <5aaed53f0704032012o2f55c2dbg16f97e0d3ac31592@mail.gmail.com> I've got a request out for meeting space. Hopefully I'll hear back in the next day or so. If that doesn't turn out then maybe a more public space might work. As a fall back, does anyone have a suggestion for a fall back location for the first meeting? I've got access to an EVDO card and wireless router if we can find an outlet somewhere -- so we can have internet access where ever we meet, now just have to nail down a meeting location. fingers crossed. -- Jeff Hinrichs jeffh at dundeemt.com 402.320.0821 From jeffh at dundeemt.com Thu Apr 5 03:07:35 2007 From: jeffh at dundeemt.com (Jeff Hinrichs - DM&T) Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2007 20:07:35 -0500 Subject: [omaha] Python textbook used in MIT classrooms Message-ID: <5aaed53f0704041807k3525ded1g2203fbaec2a3eb91@mail.gmail.com> I knew that a number of schools had either recently started or were planning on dropping java and c++ for introductory courses. Looks like MIT made the jump a year a go. " After two years of writing course notes, creating exercises, finding solutions to the exercises and developing instructor material, John Zelle finished his book "Python Programming: An Introduction to Computer Science." The computer science professor's book is being used in more than 20 schools in America, including MIT. MIT started using his book a year ago as an alternative to Java for their introductory courses." http://public.wartburg.edu/trumpet/2007/04-03/python.html -- Jeff Hinrichs From jeffh at dundeemt.com Thu Apr 5 03:52:32 2007 From: jeffh at dundeemt.com (Jeff Hinrichs - DM&T) Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2007 20:52:32 -0500 Subject: [omaha] Good News ~ We've got a meeting location! Message-ID: <5aaed53f0704041852t177fd041xa55e7d7a40983d0a@mail.gmail.com> I am pleased to announce that we have a meeting location. Jay Swackhamer of Reboot The User is letting use use the Reboot The User location for our meetings. I am grateful to Jay for his generosity. The meeting is scheduled for the 2nd Thursday of the month, April 12 and will start at 7pm. There are more details up on the wiki, http://www.OmahaPython.org/ I will make the meeting announcement on this list and the other local lists on the 2nd Monday of the month -- stay tuned! -- Jeff Hinrichs From mike at hostetlerhome.com Thu Apr 5 03:17:47 2007 From: mike at hostetlerhome.com (Mike Hostetler) Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2007 20:17:47 -0500 Subject: [omaha] Python textbook used in MIT classrooms In-Reply-To: <5aaed53f0704041807k3525ded1g2203fbaec2a3eb91@mail.gmail.com> References: <5aaed53f0704041807k3525ded1g2203fbaec2a3eb91@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: actually, I think MIT did Smalltalk before -- not Java or C++. This this is still pretty cool On Apr 4, 2007, at 8:07 PM, Jeff Hinrichs - DM&T wrote: > I knew that a number of schools had either recently started or were > planning on dropping java and c++ for introductory courses. Looks > like MIT made the jump a year a go. > > > " After two years of writing course notes, creating exercises, finding > solutions to the exercises and developing instructor material, John > Zelle finished his book "Python Programming: An Introduction to > Computer Science." > > The computer science professor's book is being used in more than 20 > schools in America, including MIT. MIT started using his book a year > ago as an alternative to Java for their introductory courses." > > http://public.wartburg.edu/trumpet/2007/04-03/python.html > > -- > Jeff Hinrichs > _______________________________________________ > Omaha Python Users Group mailing list > Omaha at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/omaha > http://www.OmahaPython.org Mike Hostetler mike at hostetlerhome.com http://mike.hostetlerhome.com From jeffh at dundeemt.com Thu Apr 12 01:00:40 2007 From: jeffh at dundeemt.com (Jeff Hinrichs - DM&T) Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2007 18:00:40 -0500 Subject: [omaha] ANN: Omaha Python Users Group - Meeting April 12, 2007 Message-ID: <5aaed53f0704111600u728dcac2kad21a9b5c24ceab8@mail.gmail.com> Omaha Python Users Group http://www.OmahaPython.org When: April 12, 2007 @ 7:00pm Where: Reboot The User 13416 A Street Omaha, NE 68144 For More Information, please see http://www.omahapython.org/ From jeffh at dundeemt.com Fri Apr 13 15:31:57 2007 From: jeffh at dundeemt.com (Jeff Hinrichs - DM&T) Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2007 08:31:57 -0500 Subject: [omaha] April 12, 2007 Meeting Notes Message-ID: <5aaed53f0704130631j42505fa5i65aebddf2a51afac@mail.gmail.com> First Off, a big thank you to Jay and Reboot The User for allowing us to have our meeting at Reboot The User. It worked out very well - nice seeing your code on a 50" display! Jay also supplied the Internet access too. While the meeting was small, I consider it to be successful. We talked a little bit about PyCon and then moved on to the email2rss project. There was discussion on the two major packages used, libgmail and PyRSS2Gen module. You can see the outcome of the email2rss.py project at http://www.dundeemt.com/rss/omaha-rss.xml Which is a RSS feed of the User Group mail list. Other elements of the project discussed were: * slices * pickle module * option parsing * pylint * editors (Komodo Edit/IDE and SciTE) There was an open discussion about python in the work place. The consensus seemed to be small skunk-work projects were ideal for introducing the language. Python's ability to sling data and ability to integrate with sysadmin type scripts make it ideal for this type of assault. The wiki, mailing list and flyer were shown. Until the need presents itself, we will continue to use the resources provided by the PSF. In fact, there is an effort through the Python Advocacy group to enhance user group resources. Go Advocacy! There was discussion of the rumored Google-Plex / Council Bluffs. It was agreed that this would be a good thing for the metro IT community if it is true. Council Bluffs, IA sits across the Missouri River from Omaha. A number of our members work in Council Bluffs. Pizza and Pop were provided by Dundee Media & Technology. Be sure to mail the list with requests for toppings and flavors for the next meeting, as DM&T will sponsoring the food and beverages for the meetings. For more information on the upcoming meetings and other python related activities please see: http://www.omahapython.org -- Jeff Hinrichs jeffh at dundeemt.com From jeffh at dundeemt.com Tue Apr 17 20:09:40 2007 From: jeffh at dundeemt.com (Jeff Hinrichs - DM&T) Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2007 13:09:40 -0500 Subject: [omaha] Meeting Flyer Message-ID: <5aaed53f0704171109j20ad210al97c8f731aaa61d96@mail.gmail.com> I've uploaded a meeting flyer to the wiki [http://www.omahapython.org ]. Please, print it out and post it, with proper approval of course, at places that might get the attention of past, present and future python users. Colleges, Universities, Computer Stores, etc. This is the first iteration, so feedback is much appreciated. Direct link to pdf: http://wiki.python.org/moin/OmahaPythonUserGroup?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=OmahaPythonUserGroupFlyerWithTearAways.pdf If you do post the flyer be sure and drop a quick message to the list so we can track them. -- Jeff Hinrichs http://www.OmahaPython.org From webmaster at python.org Tue Apr 17 20:02:18 2007 From: webmaster at python.org (python.org Webmaster) Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2007 18:02:18 -0000 Subject: [omaha] [PythonInfo Wiki] Update of "OmahaPythonUserGroup" by JeffHinrichs Message-ID: <20070417180218.21523.93194@ximinez.python.org> Dear Wiki user, You have subscribed to a wiki page or wiki category on "PythonInfo Wiki" for change notification. The following page has been changed by JeffHinrichs: http://wiki.python.org/moin/OmahaPythonUserGroup The comment on the change is: Meeting Flyer ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Pizza and Pop were provided by Dundee Media & Technology. Be sure to mail the list with requests for toppings and flavors for the next meeting, as DM&T will sponsoring the food and beverages for the meeting. + + === Meeting Flyers === + Meeting flyers are a great way to get the word out about the meetings. Please post them (with proper approval) in places that might be frequented by past, present or future Python users. + + attachment:OmahaPythonUserGroupFlyerWithTearAways.pdf + ---- CategoryAdvocacy From jeffh at dundeemt.com Thu Apr 19 18:26:33 2007 From: jeffh at dundeemt.com (Jeff Hinrichs - DM&T) Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 11:26:33 -0500 Subject: [omaha] Python Developers Guide for Google Calendar Message-ID: <5aaed53f0704190926w2b0286e5ua860adc76c402a6a@mail.gmail.com> Google has added official support for Python to the Google Calendar Developers Guide. You can now have fun with Google calendars with Python and the Google gdata-python-client . The announcement is here: http://googledataapis.blogspot.com/2007/04/python-developers-guide-for-google.html I was just googling for examples of updating gcalendar via python and stumbled in to the link. I don't recall it being announced on any of the regular python feeds yet. Has anyone played around with it yet? -Jeff From jeffh at dundeemt.com Mon Apr 23 22:50:51 2007 From: jeffh at dundeemt.com (Jeff Hinrichs - DM&T) Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 15:50:51 -0500 Subject: [omaha] User Group Flyers Message-ID: <5aaed53f0704231350u3ad9ee7eyd06454d4c73b777e@mail.gmail.com> I've got a couple flyers posted up on the bulletin boards in the PKC @ UNO. I am going to get Jay @ Reboot The User a flyer to hang up too. If anyone knows where a good place to post a flyer on Creighton, Metro or IWCC and is willing to do so, I will snail mail you a color flyer(s) for that purpose. Does anyone else have a suggestion for where to put flyers (even if you aren't able to do it your self)? Local Computer stores, etc? -- Jeff Hinrichs From jeffh at dundeemt.com Mon Apr 23 22:45:43 2007 From: jeffh at dundeemt.com (Jeff Hinrichs - DM&T) Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 15:45:43 -0500 Subject: [omaha] We're registered with O'Reilly Message-ID: <5aaed53f0704231345o5fe2656bg9a7de8f73e697c1b@mail.gmail.com> The Omaha Python Users Group is registered with O'Reilly. Nice company -- good support for User Groups too. As a part of being registered you can get 35% off on books. --------------------------------------------------------------- New Releases--Books, Short Cuts, and Rough Cuts ---------------------------------------------------------------- Get 35% off from O'Reilly, No Starch, Paraglyph, PC Publishing, Pragmatic Bookshelf, SitePoint, or YoungJin books you purchase directly from O'Reilly. Just use code when ordering online or by phone 800-998-9938. * Also, they are sending a couple of Python books("Nutshell" and "Programming in...") for door prizes at upcoming meetings. If you are interested in doing a review of an O'Reilly text I can get you a free copy. We don't have a user group website to post the review on, but if you post it to Amazon and mail the list, I'll link to it from the wiki. -- Jeff Hinrichs *Normally commercial solicitations would not be welcome on the list, but because of O'Reilly's support of our group and Open Source in general -- I don't have a problem making an exception for them. From jeffh at dundeemt.com Tue Apr 24 04:29:20 2007 From: jeffh at dundeemt.com (Jeff Hinrichs - DM&T) Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 21:29:20 -0500 Subject: [omaha] IEEE CISE May/June Issue is a single subject issue on Python Message-ID: <5aaed53f0704231929r6d4db33au28c0c3d49dcfa455@mail.gmail.com> May/June: Python: Batteries Included Computing in Science and Engineering (CiSE) magazine is a joint publication of the IEEE Computer Society and the American Institute of Physics. It covers computational science and engineering research for a broad range of technical fields. http://www.computer.org/portal/site/cise/index.jsp Articles like: Python for Scientific Computing Here is a quote from the Guest Editor, Paul F. Dubois,"This issue's special theme is the computer programming language Python and the increasing role it plays in scientific projects. Free and universally available, Python comes with a vast standard library containing support for nearly every area of computer science." Now this is cool -- I know people who are using python for astronomy, bio-informatics and more. Articles like this go along way in introducing Python to a broader audience. *Note: Not all articles in the issue are available electronically to non-members -- Jeff Hinrichs From jay at jays.net Fri Apr 27 13:56:31 2007 From: jay at jays.net (Jay Hannah) Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2007 06:56:31 -0500 Subject: [omaha] User Group Flyers In-Reply-To: <5aaed53f0704231350u3ad9ee7eyd06454d4c73b777e@mail.gmail.com> References: <5aaed53f0704231350u3ad9ee7eyd06454d4c73b777e@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <50E38863-12FD-4E28-9C37-FBA768947667@jays.net> On Apr 23, 2007, at 3:50 PM, Jeff Hinrichs - DM&T wrote: > Does anyone else have a suggestion for where to put flyers (even if > you aren't able to do it your self)? Local Computer stores, etc? FWIW I added you here: http://omaha.pm.org/kwiki/index.cgi?OmahaUserGroups j From jay at jays.net Fri Apr 27 13:45:45 2007 From: jay at jays.net (Jay Hannah) Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2007 06:45:45 -0500 Subject: [omaha] IEEE CISE May/June Issue is a single subject issue on Python In-Reply-To: <5aaed53f0704231929r6d4db33au28c0c3d49dcfa455@mail.gmail.com> References: <5aaed53f0704231929r6d4db33au28c0c3d49dcfa455@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: On Apr 23, 2007, at 9:29 PM, Jeff Hinrichs - DM&T wrote: > Now this is cool -- I know people who are using python for astronomy, > bio-informatics and more. Articles like this go along way in > introducing Python to a broader audience. Are there any Biopythonistas in Omaha? http://biopython.org AFAIK I'm the alpha BioPerl geek in Omaha. :) j http://www.bioperl.org/wiki/User:Jhannah From jeffh at dundeemt.com Fri Apr 27 15:41:35 2007 From: jeffh at dundeemt.com (Jeff Hinrichs - DM&T) Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2007 08:41:35 -0500 Subject: [omaha] IEEE CISE May/June Issue is a single subject issue on Python In-Reply-To: References: <5aaed53f0704231929r6d4db33au28c0c3d49dcfa455@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <5aaed53f0704270641n44847fafx5000cf348d15ddb7@mail.gmail.com> On 4/27/07, Jay Hannah wrote: > On Apr 23, 2007, at 9:29 PM, Jeff Hinrichs - DM&T wrote: > > Now this is cool -- I know people who are using python for astronomy, > > bio-informatics and more. Articles like this go along way in > > introducing Python to a broader audience. > > Are there any Biopythonistas in Omaha? > > http://biopython.org > > AFAIK I'm the alpha BioPerl geek in Omaha. :) > > j > http://www.bioperl.org/wiki/User:Jhannah > > _______________________________________________ > Omaha Python Users Group mailing list > Omaha at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/omaha > http://www.OmahaPython.org > I haven't heard from any yet on the list. However, I met one of the members of ChiPy at PyCon this year who uses python @ a research hospital (don't recall which one) but it's a paying gig and there is a strong chance he is coming to Omaha. He was very involved in getting the ChiPy PyCon 2008 proposal together and accepted. Jay, Are there any other BioPerl types in Omaha besides you? -- Jeff Hinrichs From jeffh at dundeemt.com Fri Apr 27 15:46:11 2007 From: jeffh at dundeemt.com (Jeff Hinrichs - DM&T) Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2007 08:46:11 -0500 Subject: [omaha] User Group Flyers In-Reply-To: <50E38863-12FD-4E28-9C37-FBA768947667@jays.net> References: <5aaed53f0704231350u3ad9ee7eyd06454d4c73b777e@mail.gmail.com> <50E38863-12FD-4E28-9C37-FBA768947667@jays.net> Message-ID: <5aaed53f0704270646k43dbcaf4ga932da7f1e0008b1@mail.gmail.com> On 4/27/07, Jay Hannah wrote: > On Apr 23, 2007, at 3:50 PM, Jeff Hinrichs - DM&T wrote: > > Does anyone else have a suggestion for where to put flyers (even if > > you aren't able to do it your self)? Local Computer stores, etc? > > FWIW I added you here: > > http://omaha.pm.org/kwiki/index.cgi?OmahaUserGroups > Jay, Thanks for the link. We are essentially the same group as the other link on the page. The yahoo group had been inactive for quite a while. So I took the initiative to get things rolling again. Mike is over on the new list and I've dropped notices of the change to the list and meetings on the yahoo group but outside of that, there hasn't been a post on yahoo groups for quite some time. -Jeff From omapython at hostetlerhome.com Fri Apr 27 15:44:49 2007 From: omapython at hostetlerhome.com (Mike on Python) Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2007 09:44:49 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [omaha] User Group Flyers In-Reply-To: <50E38863-12FD-4E28-9C37-FBA768947667@jays.net> References: <5aaed53f0704231350u3ad9ee7eyd06454d4c73b777e@mail.gmail.com> <50E38863-12FD-4E28-9C37-FBA768947667@jays.net> Message-ID: <45665.69.58.248.102.1177681489.squirrel@email.powweb.com> > On Apr 23, 2007, at 3:50 PM, Jeff Hinrichs - DM&T wrote: >> Does anyone else have a suggestion for where to put flyers (even if >> you aren't able to do it your self)? Local Computer stores, etc? > > FWIW I added you here: > > http://omaha.pm.org/kwiki/index.cgi?OmahaUserGroups > You can say that this group replaces the one on Yahoo Groups. Mike (the moderator of the Oma-Python group on Yahoo) From jay at jays.net Sun Apr 29 15:24:57 2007 From: jay at jays.net (Jay Hannah) Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2007 08:24:57 -0500 Subject: [omaha] IEEE CISE May/June Issue is a single subject issue on Python In-Reply-To: <5aaed53f0704270641n44847fafx5000cf348d15ddb7@mail.gmail.com> References: <5aaed53f0704231929r6d4db33au28c0c3d49dcfa455@mail.gmail.com> <5aaed53f0704270641n44847fafx5000cf348d15ddb7@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <51FAC03E-95DB-49BB-9F86-7AF051E336D6@jays.net> On Apr 27, 2007, at 8:41 AM, Jeff Hinrichs - DM&T wrote: > Jay, Are there any other BioPerl types in Omaha besides you? AFAIK Kiran and I are the only people using it in Omaha. But I'm very new to the Bio scene so I might be missing people. Rumor has it UNO is firing up a Bioinformatics program this fall and BioPerl will be involved. j seqlab.net http://www.bioperl.org/wiki/User:Jhannah From jay at jays.net Sun Apr 29 15:26:46 2007 From: jay at jays.net (Jay Hannah) Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2007 08:26:46 -0500 Subject: [omaha] User Group Flyers In-Reply-To: <5aaed53f0704270646k43dbcaf4ga932da7f1e0008b1@mail.gmail.com> References: <5aaed53f0704231350u3ad9ee7eyd06454d4c73b777e@mail.gmail.com> <50E38863-12FD-4E28-9C37-FBA768947667@jays.net> <5aaed53f0704270646k43dbcaf4ga932da7f1e0008b1@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <6FEC8D0F-22FC-458B-BA8C-51F19482F6B3@jays.net> On Apr 27, 2007, at 8:46 AM, Jeff Hinrichs - DM&T wrote: > The yahoo group had been inactive for quite a while. Updated: http://omaha.pm.org/kwiki/index.cgi?OmahaUserGroups Thanks, j From elicriffield at gmail.com Mon Apr 30 21:38:12 2007 From: elicriffield at gmail.com (Eli Criffield) Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2007 14:38:12 -0500 Subject: [omaha] Meeting topics? Twisted anyone? Message-ID: <18e3f33d0704301238h22e2fdf1y6c9c811273324d4a@mail.gmail.com> Hi. I have a request for a future meeting topic. Anyone using twisted, and would be willing to do a spread the knowledge? I'd love to see meetings about web frameworks/Content Managment systems too, like Zope/Plone, Django, or Turbogears from anyone using those. I'd be willing to do a presentation on the libraries i use enough to know pretty well. pyprocps, for displaying getting information about a process. I wrote this. BeutifullSoup, for parsing web pages and extracting information. I use this in my Sipie app for parsing sirius web interface to online streaming and presenting it in a much simpler interface that works on Linux. wxGlade, is an app for making cross platform gui interfaces using the wx library. I've used it for very simple interfaces (like Sipie). If you have no idea how to make a gui, i could give a 20min example of where to start. Any gui writing experts out there want to give a full tutorial on any of the gui libraries? Eli Criffield From omapython at hostetlerhome.com Mon Apr 30 22:12:37 2007 From: omapython at hostetlerhome.com (Mike on Python) Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2007 16:12:37 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [omaha] Meeting topics? Twisted anyone? In-Reply-To: <18e3f33d0704301238h22e2fdf1y6c9c811273324d4a@mail.gmail.com> References: <18e3f33d0704301238h22e2fdf1y6c9c811273324d4a@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <53097.69.58.248.102.1177963957.squirrel@email.powweb.com> > I have a request for a future meeting topic. Anyone using twisted, and > would be willing to do a spread the knowledge? I played with Twisted for a little bit once. It's, uh, Twisted. I hope the docs have gotten better since then. I don't know much about it, though. > I'd love to see meetings about web frameworks/Content Managment > systems too, like Zope/Plone, Django, or Turbogears from anyone using > those. I am on a project now that is using Django and would be happy to show it off, if I could find a Thursday night I am free. It will be better for me starting in June than April or May looks. > pyprocps, for displaying getting information about a process. I wrote > this. That sounds cool. I'd like to see it. > BeutifullSoup, for parsing web pages and extracting information. I use > this in my Sipie app for parsing sirius web interface to online > streaming and presenting it in a much simpler interface that works on > Linux. I *heart* BeautifulSoup. Just dump something that maybe looks like HTML at it and it will figure it out for you. > wxGlade, is an app for making cross platform gui interfaces using the > wx library. I've used it for very simple interfaces (like Sipie). If > you have no idea how to make a gui, i could give a 20min example of > where to start. Any gui writing experts out there want to give a full > tutorial on any of the gui libraries? > I've used wxPython for a while, but I'm a bit rusty. I did a Python and XML presentation for the Dynamic Users that I would happily redo for you. If we wanted a night of lightening talks (not a bad idea!) I'd be happy to show off the path.py module, which combines the os.path, some os, glob, string, and some shutils modules all into one object. It's incrediably good. I'd also show ClientCookie, which reads your Firefox/IE cookies and uses them in urlopen. > Eli Criffield Mike Hostetler http://mike.hostetlerhome.com From jeffh at dundeemt.com Mon Apr 30 23:16:57 2007 From: jeffh at dundeemt.com (Jeff Hinrichs - DM&T) Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2007 16:16:57 -0500 Subject: [omaha] Meeting topics? Twisted anyone? In-Reply-To: <53097.69.58.248.102.1177963957.squirrel@email.powweb.com> References: <18e3f33d0704301238h22e2fdf1y6c9c811273324d4a@mail.gmail.com> <53097.69.58.248.102.1177963957.squirrel@email.powweb.com> Message-ID: <5aaed53f0704301416v54c2b033l892f35c4a1d61720@mail.gmail.com> On 4/30/07, Mike on Python wrote: > > I have a request for a future meeting topic. Anyone using twisted, and > > would be willing to do a spread the knowledge? > > I played with Twisted for a little bit once. It's, uh, Twisted. I hope > the docs have gotten better since then. I don't know much about it, > though. I've got an app that uses twisted to serve web pages. However, I wouldn't view it as being a good introduction to twisted as I only use a very small part of twisted. > > I'd love to see meetings about web frameworks/Content Managment > > systems too, like Zope/Plone, Django, or Turbogears from anyone using > > those. > > I am on a project now that is using Django and would be happy to show it > off, if I could find a Thursday night I am free. It will be better for me > starting in June than April or May looks. That would be great to have someone come in and talk about Django or the other frameworks (TG, Pylons, etc) I've kicked the tires on both TG and Pylons but punted back to mod_python + vampire -- None of the frameworks are small and I didn't have the time. (Speaking of which, it reminds me that Mark Ramm owes me a copy of his TG book. I'm planning on using it as a door prize at an upcoming meeting.) > > pyprocps, for displaying getting information about a process. I wrote > > this. > > That sounds cool. I'd like to see it. Me too. Will you be attending the May meeting? If so, would you like to give a presentation on pyprocps, lightening or otherwise? > > BeutifullSoup, for parsing web pages and extracting information. I use > > this in my Sipie app for parsing sirius web interface to online > > streaming and presenting it in a much simpler interface that works on > > Linux. > > I *heart* BeautifulSoup. Just dump something that maybe looks like HTML at > it and it will figure it out for you. > > > wxGlade, is an app for making cross platform gui interfaces using the > > wx library. I've used it for very simple interfaces (like Sipie). If > > you have no idea how to make a gui, i could give a 20min example of > > where to start. Any gui writing experts out there want to give a full > > tutorial on any of the gui libraries? > > > > I've used wxPython for a while, but I'm a bit rusty. Aaron Grothe has offered to do a PythonCard presentation. However, I haven't heard back from him since then. > I did a Python and XML presentation for the Dynamic Users that I would > happily redo for you. That would be most welcome. > If we wanted a night of lightening talks (not a bad idea!) I'd be happy to > show off the path.py module, which combines the os.path, some os, glob, > string, and some shutils modules all into one object. It's incrediably > good. I'd also show ClientCookie, which reads your Firefox/IE cookies and > uses them in urlopen. Lightening Talks are a great idea -- it's something I wanted to see at the meetings on a regular basis. Python has a rich standard library + an enormous number of other libraries that quite often people don't feel like they are expert enough to take center stage for a "presentation" but lightening talks tend to do away with this phobia because the format requires a brighter light on a more narrow topic. > > Eli Criffield > > Mike Hostetler > http://mike.hostetlerhome.com > > _______________________________________________ > Omaha Python Users Group mailing list > Omaha at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/omaha > http://www.OmahaPython.org > -- Jeff Hinrichs From jeffh at dundeemt.com Mon Apr 30 23:35:29 2007 From: jeffh at dundeemt.com (Jeff Hinrichs - DM&T) Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2007 16:35:29 -0500 Subject: [omaha] Call for Topics: May Meeting Message-ID: <5aaed53f0704301435t3662be71na3ee1a5e2ea4da7c@mail.gmail.com> The time for the May meeting is rapidly approaching and I'd like to start a "Call for Topics" tradition. The ideal would be to trade tit for tat, request a topic and offer up a topic you would be willing to speak on - even in a lightning talk format (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightning_Talk [max 10]) or a full presentation (15-30). Now the ideal is what we strive for and encourage, however if you are new to Python don't let the ideal stop you from requesting a topic. To get the ball rolling, I'll start by offering up two: subprocess - standard library module (lightning format) Testing in Python - using nosetests to implement testing (full) -- Jeff Hinrichs