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| The Austin Python User Group was restarted in early 2006 on meetup.com. As of September, we're moving to this wiki page and the [http://projects.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/apug scipy-hosted mailing list]. The meetup.com account has been paid through December so that it will keep pointing to this page while people make the transition. | The Austin Python User Group (affectionately, APUG) was restarted in early 2006 on meetup.com. This wiki page was used from parts of 2006-2009, but the meetup.com page is now the primary source for meeting announcements: |
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| Meetings are the second Thursday of each month at the [http://www.enthought.com/company/map.htm Enthought offices] at 7pm. The entrance to the building is on Congress; if the door is locked, you can press the intercom buzzer and tell the security guy that you're here to visit Enthought for the Python meeting. He should let you in and make you sign in. |
[[http://www.meetup.com/austinpython/|APUG meetup.com site]] |
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| Enthought's office is on the 21st floor. Once you enter the front door of the office, if there's no one there, proceed down the hallway to your right and at the very end of the hallway, there will be a conference room, and we will be in there with the pizza and drinks. |
While there's still a [[http://projects.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/apug|scipy-hosted mailing list]], the [[http://www.meetup.com/austinpython/messages/archive/|meetup.com mailing list]] also receives some traffic. |
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| Parking downtown can be tricky, though hopefully someone will post some tips here (particularly the details for parking in Enthought's garage.) | Meetings are generally the second Wednesday of each month and held at the [[http://www.enthought.com/company/map.htm|Enthought offices]] at 7pm. The entrance to the building is on Congress; if the door is locked, you can press the intercom buzzer and tell the security guy that you're here to visit Enthought for the Python meeting. He should let you in and make you sign in. Enthought's office is on the 21st floor. Once you enter the front door of the office, if there's no one there, proceed down the hallway to your right (do make the turns around corners!) and near the very end of the hallway, there will be a conference room, and we will be in there with the pizza and drinks. Parking downtown can be tricky, though metered street spots are free at this time. There are also a number of parking garages around, though I don't know the fee details. 515 Congress does have its own parking garage but usually the security gate is down for the night by the time of the APUG meeting so you can't get in. If you do manage to get in, don't worry about getting out as you can always buzz the security guard to request the raising of the exit gate. |
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| * Jan 18th, 2007 * Topic: Experiences launching an ecommerce site using Django. * Speaker: Stephen Z? * Time: 7pm * Location: Downtown Austin (most likely at Enthought) |
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| === Upcoming Schedule (tentative) === * Feb 8th, 2007 * Mar 8th, 2007 * Apr 12th, 2007 * May 10th, 2007 * Jun 14th, 2007 * Jul 12th, 2007 * Aug 9th, 2007 * Sep 13th, 2007 * Oct 11th, 2007 * Nov 8th, 2007 * Dec 13th, 2007 |
* See the [[http://www.meetup.com/austinpython/|APUG meetup.com site]] |
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* Previous meetings can been seen at the [[http://www.meetup.com/austinpython/|APUG meetup.com site]] * December 7th, 2009 at 7pm (Wednesday): Jon Niles talked about nosetests and unit testing best practices. * Nov 11th, 2009 at 7pm: Sameer Kahn talked about various python remote execution and administration tools. We also discussed a couple of template engines. * Oct 14th, 2009 at 7pm (Wednesday): Sameer Khan talked about class decorators * Aug 12th, 2009 at 7pm (Wednesday): Beer meetup at The Gingerman * July 8th, 2009 at 7pm (Wednesday): topic? * June 10th, 2009 at 7pm (Wednesday): Chris Meuller talked about the CorePy release, a package for developing assembly-level applications for x86, Cell, and PowerPC processors. * May 13th, 2009: Warren Weckesser and Sam Stephens presented HSSILab, a Python-based tool for driving and automating electronic testing of microchips. * April 8th, 2009: Ilan Schnell talked about "Debugging Reference Counts". * March 11th, 2009: Mike Thornton talked about Continuous Integration with Python. Robert Kern presented Whoosh and WhooshDoc. * February 11th, 2009: [[http://www.linkedin.com/in/justintarthur|Justin Arthur]] on Stock/Futures/Options/Forex trading and Python * January 14th, 2009: Presentation about Django, Pinax & related discussion * December 10th, 2008: Matt Ray gave a demonstration of Zenoss and talked about how they use Python in their product * November 12th, 2008: Discussion about AI, neural networks, etc. * September 10th, 2008: [[http://www.optaros.com/|Optaros]] presents The High School Sports Network: ''Inside of a high-load publishing application written in Python and Django'' * August 13th, 2008: How to Contribute to the Austin Django Sprint, and iPython Widgetry (presenter names?). * July 9th, 2008: Dave Peterson's presentation on setuptools and eggs * June 11th, 2008: IDE show-and-tell. A roundtable discussion about what environments and tools people are using to develop their Python projects. Some of the tools mentioned were: * [[http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/|Eclipse Classic]] with [[http://pydev.sourceforge.net/|PyDev]] plugin. * Vim with Python scripts. (I found [[http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=30|this]] and [[http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=790|this]], but don't recall if either of these were specifically mentioned in the discussion.) See also [[http://www.vex.net/~x/python_and_vim.html|useful Vim settings for Python]]. * Emacs and ???. * May 14, 2008: Special guest speaker [[http://pyre.third-bit.com/blog/greg-wilson|Greg Wilson]] talked about "Beautiful Code" and other topics. Great turnout! * April 16, 2008: ''Big'' turnout this month. Discussed Google App Engine and other topics. * Mar 12, 2008: Held at PyCon 2008 * Feb 13, 2008: CNC machine controls using Python * Oct 10th, 2007: Using Python for teaching languages in Indonesia * Aug 8th, 2007: Multitouch table, hacking Tivo * Jul 11th, 2007: Web scraping Travis County tax data, analyzing Prosper.com data * May 16th, 2007: Sudoku sprint * March 7th, 2007: Exciting topics from PyCon 2007. * February 8th, 2007: Web Development discussions (mostly around Django) * [[apug meeting 01-18-2007|January 18th, 2007]] Topic: My first Django Site (that I got paid for) |
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| * [:apug_meeting_10-12-2006:October 12th, 2006]. No one volunteered to give a presentation so it was just a social. Here is a [:apug_meeting_10-12-2006:page] describing the meeting. | * [[apug meeting 10-12-2006|October 12th, 2006]]. No one volunteered to give a presentation so it was just a social. Here is a [[apug meeting 10-12-2006|page]] describing the meeting. |
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| '''Topic suggestions:'''[[BR]] * What's new in Python 2.5 |
'''Topic suggestions:'''<<BR>> * Intro to Twisted * What's new in Python 3000 |
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| * Building apps with PyGTK (and Glade) | * Building GUI apps |
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| * Profiling tools for Python | * Profiling and debugging tools * Growing the APUG community * Web Development with Google App Engine |
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| '''Topics you're willing to speak about (with speaker identified):'''[[BR]] * ? |
'''Topics you're willing to speak about (with speaker identified):'''<<BR>> * CorePy - ChrisMueller * Pyparsing - PaulMcGuire (cannot attend 12/12) * Python Game Development - MichaelLubker * Python and XML - EricLarson * Zenoss, Python-powered Open Source Systems Management - MattRay ---- CategoryUsergroups |
The Austin Python User Group (affectionately, APUG) was restarted in early 2006 on meetup.com. This wiki page was used from parts of 2006-2009, but the meetup.com page is now the primary source for meeting announcements:
While there's still a scipy-hosted mailing list, the meetup.com mailing list also receives some traffic.
Meetings are generally the second Wednesday of each month and held at the Enthought offices at 7pm. The entrance to the building is on Congress; if the door is locked, you can press the intercom buzzer and tell the security guy that you're here to visit Enthought for the Python meeting. He should let you in and make you sign in.
Enthought's office is on the 21st floor. Once you enter the front door of the office, if there's no one there, proceed down the hallway to your right (do make the turns around corners!) and near the very end of the hallway, there will be a conference room, and we will be in there with the pizza and drinks.
Parking downtown can be tricky, though metered street spots are free at this time. There are also a number of parking garages around, though I don't know the fee details. 515 Congress does have its own parking garage but usually the security gate is down for the night by the time of the APUG meeting so you can't get in. If you do manage to get in, don't worry about getting out as you can always buzz the security guard to request the raising of the exit gate.
Table of Contents:
Next Meeting
See the APUG meetup.com site
Previous meetings
Previous meetings can been seen at the APUG meetup.com site
- December 7th, 2009 at 7pm (Wednesday): Jon Niles talked about nosetests and unit testing best practices.
- Nov 11th, 2009 at 7pm: Sameer Kahn talked about various python remote execution and administration tools. We also discussed a couple of template engines.
- Oct 14th, 2009 at 7pm (Wednesday): Sameer Khan talked about class decorators
- Aug 12th, 2009 at 7pm (Wednesday): Beer meetup at The Gingerman
- July 8th, 2009 at 7pm (Wednesday): topic?
June 10th, 2009 at 7pm (Wednesday): Chris Meuller talked about the CorePy release, a package for developing assembly-level applications for x86, Cell, and PowerPC processors.
- May 13th, 2009: Warren Weckesser and Sam Stephens presented HSSILab, a Python-based tool for driving and automating electronic testing of microchips.
- April 8th, 2009: Ilan Schnell talked about "Debugging Reference Counts".
March 11th, 2009: Mike Thornton talked about Continuous Integration with Python. Robert Kern presented Whoosh and WhooshDoc.
February 11th, 2009: Justin Arthur on Stock/Futures/Options/Forex trading and Python
January 14th, 2009: Presentation about Django, Pinax & related discussion
- December 10th, 2008: Matt Ray gave a demonstration of Zenoss and talked about how they use Python in their product
- November 12th, 2008: Discussion about AI, neural networks, etc.
September 10th, 2008: Optaros presents The High School Sports Network: Inside of a high-load publishing application written in Python and Django
- August 13th, 2008: How to Contribute to the Austin Django Sprint, and iPython Widgetry (presenter names?).
- July 9th, 2008: Dave Peterson's presentation on setuptools and eggs
- June 11th, 2008: IDE show-and-tell. A roundtable discussion about what environments and tools people are using to develop their Python projects. Some of the tools mentioned were:
Eclipse Classic with PyDev plugin.
Vim with Python scripts. (I found this and this, but don't recall if either of these were specifically mentioned in the discussion.) See also useful Vim settings for Python.
- Emacs and ???.
May 14, 2008: Special guest speaker Greg Wilson talked about "Beautiful Code" and other topics. Great turnout!
April 16, 2008: Big turnout this month. Discussed Google App Engine and other topics.
Mar 12, 2008: Held at PyCon 2008
- Feb 13, 2008: CNC machine controls using Python
- Oct 10th, 2007: Using Python for teaching languages in Indonesia
- Aug 8th, 2007: Multitouch table, hacking Tivo
- Jul 11th, 2007: Web scraping Travis County tax data, analyzing Prosper.com data
- May 16th, 2007: Sudoku sprint
March 7th, 2007: Exciting topics from PyCon 2007.
- February 8th, 2007: Web Development discussions (mostly around Django)
January 18th, 2007 Topic: My first Django Site (that I got paid for)
- December 7th, 2006. Topic: How Pyro is used at NetworkIP (Eugene Oden)
October 12th, 2006. No one volunteered to give a presentation so it was just a social. Here is a page describing the meeting.
Topic ideas for future events
Topic suggestions:
- Intro to Twisted
- What's new in Python 3000
- Python Testing Tools (doctest, unitest, etc..)
- Python performance (tips, tricks, etc...)
- Building GUI apps
Web Development with Python (Django, TurboGears, Zope, Plone, etc.)
- Profiling and debugging tools
- Growing the APUG community
- Web Development with Google App Engine
Topics you're willing to speak about (with speaker identified):
Pyparsing - PaulMcGuire (cannot attend 12/12)
Python Game Development - MichaelLubker
Python and XML - EricLarson
Zenoss, Python-powered Open Source Systems Management - MattRay