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We've recently re-formed the Portland Python group thanks to interest built up on the Meetup page and through the efforts of [http://python.meetup.com/183/members/1755741/ Brad Allen]. It's still very early days- please help us spread the word that Portland Python is back! |
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| * When: Tuesday, October 9th 2007 at 7pm | * When: Tuesday, November 13th 2007 at 7pm |
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| * What: Lightning talks! * add yours here! |
* What: A couple lightning talks, small group discussions and beer * Want to do a 5 minute lighning talk? Add it here! === Other Meetings === The [http://code.arlim.org/wiki/ Portland Code Sprints] have been going strong and by some fluke most of the projects have been in Python. The sprints are great hands-on fun for folks at any level. If you're a beginner with little or no Python experience, come and get paired up with an expert; if you're an expert come and expand your knowledge or share your experience. |
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| From the September meeting, roughly in "order": * Trac, Mercurial and version control with Python |
* Web frameworks: Django, Pylons, and more * Using and extending Trac |
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| * SQLAlchemy * Non-trivial Doctest usage * Go over standard library modules * subprocess |
* Unit testing, Doctest, web testing * Standard library module roulette! * subprocess |
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| * Code reviews * Beginning Python * Code sprints (not just python!) * [http://wsgi.org WSGI] * [http://laptop.org OLPC] - One Laptop Per Child * [http://www.openembedded.org OpenEmbedded] * Pylons/TurboGears integration * [http://sqlalchemy.org SQLAlchemy] |
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| October 9th, 2007: * Small group discussions- * Beginning Python, [http://www.reportlab.org ReportLab], Mercurial, web frameworks and unit testing. |
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The Portland Portland Python User Group meets every second Tuesday at [http://cubespacepdx.com CubeSpace] in SE Portland, Oregon.
Table of Contents: TableOfContents ,
Next Meeting
- When: Tuesday, November 13th 2007 at 7pm
Where: [http://cubespacepdx.com CubeSpace], SE Grand
- What: A couple lightning talks, small group discussions and beer
- Want to do a 5 minute lighning talk? Add it here!
Other Meetings
The [http://code.arlim.org/wiki/ Portland Code Sprints] have been going strong and by some fluke most of the projects have been in Python. The sprints are great hands-on fun for folks at any level. If you're a beginner with little or no Python experience, come and get paired up with an expert; if you're an expert come and expand your knowledge or share your experience.
Resources
Mailing list: [http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/portland portland@python.org]
- IRC: #pdxpython on Freenode
We have a [http://python.meetup.com/183/ Meetup] group with a local calendar, feeds and automated event reminders.
Python advocacy mailing list: [http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/advocacy advocacy@python.org]
Future Topics
- Web frameworks: Django, Pylons, and more
- Using and extending Trac
- Pygments
- Unit testing, Doctest, web testing
- Standard library module roulette!
- subprocess
- Reportlab / RML
- doctools / LaTeX output and rendering
- Python on Windows / Windows system admin with Python
- unit testing, unittest nose
- More robots!
- Add anything you want to talk about!
Past Topics
October 9th, 2007:
- Small group discussions-
Beginning Python, [http://www.reportlab.org ReportLab], Mercurial, web frameworks and unit testing.
September 11th, 2007:
- Kevin defects to the Ruby Coding Dojo!
Jason: [http://divmod.org/trac/wiki/DivmodPyflakes PyFlakes]
Kirby: [http://www.python.org/cp4e/ P4E] (Programming for Everyone)
Kirby: [http://www.tuxisalive.com/ Programming the Tux Droid]
Mark: [http://www.pythonware.com/products/pil/ PIL Projects]
August 14th, 2007:
Extending Python with D via [http://www.dsource.org/projects/pyd pyd]
OSCON wrap-up: [http://www.python.org/doc/essays/ppt/pycon2007/Py3k2007PyCon.ppt Python 3000] (.ppt) and [http://python.net/~goodger/projects/pycon/2007/idiomatic/ Code Like a Pythonista]
July 10th, 2007:
- Intro to debugging with PDB
- Web automation with mechanize
- A Python frontend for a microcontroller
SQLAlchemy in 5 (ok, 20) minutes [http://discorporate.us/jek/python/ slides, video]