From marilyn at pythontrainer.com Thu Dec 1 06:35:12 2011 From: marilyn at pythontrainer.com (Marilyn Davis) Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2011 21:35:12 -0800 (PST) Subject: [PyOP] Last class at UCSC for 2011 Message-ID: <49887.67.169.189.143.1322717712.squirrel@mail.tigertech.net> Hi, 9-5 Mon-Thurs Dec 5 - 8, we're offering a Python class for seasoned programmers at UCSC-Extension in Santa Clara, right across 101 from the Great America sign. http://course.ucsc-extension.edu/modules/shop/index.html?action=section&OfferingID=1531625&SectionID=5204668 The class will low-pressure, but fast-paced, where students learn and practice core concepts and Pythonic thinking. University credit is given for the course. Bring your laptop, or use our spiffy machines. This lab course is hands-on. After each short lecture, students are given lab time and exercises that provide practice with the new concepts. Next, a new material set is distributed which contains solutions to the lab exercises and notes for the next short lecture, and the next set of lab exercises. Questions are always welcome; discussion and pair-programming are encouraged. http:www.pythontrainer.com Please come, and send students! Marilyn Davis, Ph.D. From jim at systemateka.com Tue Dec 13 09:13:37 2011 From: jim at systemateka.com (jim) Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2011 00:13:37 -0800 Subject: [PyOP] December BayPIGgies meeting: Thursday, December 15, 2011: What Is Pythonic? Message-ID: <1323764017.1725.157.camel@jim-LAPTOP> December BayPIGgies meeting: Thursday, December 15, 2011:What Is Pythonic? Speaker Marilyn Davis Abstract: Marilyn will give a clear, succinct, and hopefully, thought-provoking, definition for the word "pythonic". She'll explain a few concepts that help you to produce pythonic code. And, using her definition, she will give code examples and pythonic ratings, from 0 to 10, for various snippets of code. We'll leave time for others to share their snippets of code. So bring any code or thoughts that you consider to be particular pythonic, or un-pythonic, or that just leave you curious. We'll try to work together to pythonisize any code example, and put a rating on it. Bio: Marilyn Davis earned a Ph.D. in Radio Astronomy from UCSD, and Master's degrees in Applied Physics from UCSD, and in Mathematics from Denver University. Computer programming and teaching captured her imagination and she has made significant contributions in scientific, environmental, statistical, operations research, test-development, and electronic democracy applications. After teaching C Programming at UCSC-Extension for many years, she met Python and immediately recognized it as a big boon to software engineering. Marilyn currently conducts Python training classes in various companies through PythonTrainer.Com, and at UCSC-Extension in Santa Clara. http://pythontrainer.com ......................................... 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 8:25 PM (or so) ................ The talk: What Is Pythonic? ..... 8:25 PM to 8:55 PM (or so) ................ Questions and Answers ..... 8:55 PM to 9:30 PM (or so) ................ 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. From jim at well.com Tue Dec 13 09:17:30 2011 From: jim at well.com (jim) Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2011 00:17:30 -0800 Subject: [PyOP] December BayPIGgies meeting: Thursday, December 15, 2011: What Is Pythonic? Message-ID: <1323764250.1725.168.camel@jim-LAPTOP> December BayPIGgies meeting: Thursday, December 15, 2011: What Is Pythonic? Speaker Marilyn Davis Abstract: Marilyn will give a clear, succinct, and hopefully, thought-provoking, definition for the word "pythonic". She'll explain a few concepts that help you to produce pythonic code. And, using her definition, she will give code examples and pythonic ratings, from 0 to 10, for various snippets of code. We'll leave time for others to share their snippets of code. So bring any code or thoughts that you consider to be particular pythonic, or un-pythonic, or that just leave you curious. We'll try to work together to pythonisize any code example, and put a rating on it. Bio: Marilyn Davis earned a Ph.D. in Radio Astronomy from UCSD, and Master's degrees in Applied Physics from UCSD, and in Mathematics from Denver University. Computer programming and teaching captured her imagination and she has made significant contributions in scientific, environmental, statistical, operations research, test-development, and electronic democracy applications. After teaching C Programming at UCSC-Extension for many years, she met Python and immediately recognized it as a big boon to software engineering. Marilyn currently conducts Python training classes in various companies through PythonTrainer.Com, and at UCSC-Extension in Santa Clara. http://pythontrainer.com ......................................... 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 8:25 PM (or so) ................ The talk: What Is Pythonic? ..... 8:25 PM to 8:55 PM (or so) ................ Questions and Answers ..... 8:55 PM to 9:30 PM (or so) ................ 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.