From marilyn at deliberate.com Fri May 15 02:57:38 2009 From: marilyn at deliberate.com (Marilyn Davis) Date: Thu, 14 May 2009 17:57:38 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [PyOP] Python Retreat in Cupertino May 18 - 21 Message-ID: <56848.24.6.142.236.1242349058.squirrel@mail.tigertech.net> Hi, I'm teaching a fast-paced, low-pressure, Python retreat May 18-21 at UCSC-Extension in Cupertino, only for people who know how to program in some other language. We'll be doing lab exercises to practice the core of Python, including the very Pythonic decorators, generators, iterators, and context management facilities. University credit is given for the course. Please send students! Marilyn Davis Follow this link to register: http://pythontrainer.com From jim at well.com Wed May 27 17:21:09 2009 From: jim at well.com (jim) Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 08:21:09 -0700 Subject: [PyOP] BayPIGgies meeting Thursday May 28, 2009: PyCon Recaps Message-ID: <1243437669.6500.321.camel@jim-laptop> BayPIGgies meeting Thursday May 28, 2009: PyCon Recaps NOTE BayPIGgies meets at the Symantec Vcafe, at Symantec's location at 350 Ellis Street in Mountain View. http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&ie=UTF8&fb=1&split=1&gl=us&ei=w6i_Sfr6MZmQsQOzlv0v&hl=en&t=h&msa=0&msid=116202735295394761637.00046550c09ff3d96bff1&ll=37.397693,-122.053707&spn=0.002902,0.004828&z=18 Tonight's talk is * PyCon Recaps by Wesley Chun, Daryl Spitzer, and Aaron Maxwell Meetings start with a Newbie Nugget, a short discussion of an essential Python feature, specially for those new to Python. Tonight's Newbie Nugget: unknown at this time LOCATION FOR May 28, 2009 Symantec Corporation Symantec Vcafe 350 Ellis Street Mountain View, CA 94043 BayPIGgies meeting information is available at http://baypiggies.net/new/plone ------------------------ Agenda ------------------------ ..... 7:30 PM ........................... General hubbub, inventory end-of-meeting announcements, any first-minute announcements. ..... 7:35 PM to 7:45 PM ................ Newbie Nugget: unknown ..... 7:45 PM to 8:35 PM ................ PyCon Recaps by Wesley Chun, Daryl Spitzer, Aaron Maxwell Topic areas will include Design Patterns, Class Decorators, Coroutines and Concurrency, Testing, and more. ..... 8:35 PM to 9:00 PM ................ Mapping and Random Access Mapping is a rapid-fire audience announcement of topics the announcers are interested in. Random Access follows immediately to allow follow up individually on the announcements and other topics of interest.