From marilyn at pythontrainer.com  Thu Apr 15 22:25:46 2010
From: marilyn at pythontrainer.com (Marilyn Davis)
Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2010 13:25:46 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [PyOP] Beginners Class Starts Friday - Santa Clara UCSC Extension
Message-ID: <58694.24.6.142.236.1271363146.squirrel@mail.tigertech.net>

Tomorrow evening we start a beginners' class in Python.  By "beginners" we
mean that the course is intended for people who have never programmed in
any language; or who are weak in programming skills at this point.

It is followed by a "programmers" class.  So, if you like programming, you
can go on to be a "programmer".

I hope to see you there.

Marilyn Davis

http://www.pythontrainer.com

From jim at well.com  Wed Apr 21 20:09:32 2010
From: jim at well.com (jim)
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2010 11:09:32 -0700
Subject: [PyOP] BayPIGgies meeting Thursday, April 22,
	2010: From "Invent with	Python" to Pygame
Message-ID: <1271873372.6469.15.camel@jim-laptop>


BayPIGgies meeting Thursday, March 25, 2010: From "Invent with Python"
to Pygame 

Tonight's talk is 
* From "Invent with Python" to Pygame 
by Al Sweigart 
 

Meetings usually start with a Newbie Nugget, a short discussion 
of an essential Python feature, especially for those new to 
Python. 
Tonight's Newbie Nugget: If time allows, discussion of Python 
features and techniques 
 

LOCATION 
Symantec Corporation
Symantec Vcafe
350 Ellis Street
Mountain View, CA 94043
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

BayPIGgies meeting information is available at 
http://www.baypiggies.net/ 


------------------------ Agenda ------------------------


..... 7:30 PM ...........................
General hubbub, inventory end-of-meeting announcements, any 
first-minute announcements. 


..... 7:35 PM to 7:45 PM ................
Newbie Nugget: deferred until after the end of main talk  


..... 7:45 PM to 8:40 PM (or so) ................
* From "Invent with Python" to Pygame 

I'll talk about the book, which is available in full under a 
Creative Commons license at 
http://inventwithpython.com 
as well as the process of writing it. I'll also go through the 
last chapter, which is a light intro to Pygame, just to show 
off what Pygame can do. 
   (from the web site: ) "Python is the new BASIC", "Invent 
with Python" is designed to teach real programming in Python.


..... 8:50 PM to 9:30 PM  ................
Mapping and Random Access

Mapping is a rapid-fire audience announcement of issues, hiring, 
events, and other topics. 

Random Access follows people immediately to allow follow up on the 
announcements and other interests.