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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, December 11th 2007 at 7pm
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 * What: Lightning talks!
   * add yours here!
 * What: December Coders Social! Huge multi-user-group bash with pizza, beverages, fun and games!

=== 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
 * No
n-trivial Doctest usage
 * Go over standard library modules
   * subprocess
 * Unit testing, Doctest, web testing
 * Standard library module roulette!
 * subprocess
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 * Web Frameworks super session
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And:
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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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November 13th 2007:
 * Brett: Converting HTML forms to PDF forms with ReportLab
 * Kirby: Open Source and Health Care / BarCamp Alpha
 * Jeff: Simplicity
 * Chris: Django NewForms
 * Pizza provided by Kavi! Thank you Kavi!

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.


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Next Meeting

  • When: Tuesday, December 11th 2007 at 7pm
  • Where: [http://cubespacepdx.com CubeSpace], SE Grand

  • What: December Coders Social! Huge multi-user-group bash with pizza, beverages, fun and games!

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

Future Topics

  • Web frameworks: Django, Pylons, and more
  • Using and extending Trac
  • Pygments
  • IronPython

  • 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

November 13th 2007:

  • Brett: Converting HTML forms to PDF forms with ReportLab

  • Kirby: Open Source and Health Care / BarCamp Alpha

  • Jeff: Simplicity
  • Chris: Django NewForms

  • Pizza provided by Kavi! Thank you Kavi!

October 9th, 2007:

September 11th, 2007:

August 14th, 2007:

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]


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