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| Sometimes this wiki is not as up-to-date as our Google Group. ---- <<TableOfContents(1)>> = Next Meeting (DATE NOT YET FIRMED UP)= Please see our [[http://groups.google.com/group/TuPLEgroup/|our Google Group ]], but the following is probably correct. * When: DAY OF WEEK, DATE, TIME (after 8pm we might move to a place that caters to those of our members who like beer) * Where: NOT YET FIRMED UP /* Sorry, this method of getting formatted text is kind of ugly, but tables were uglier yet: {{{ NEW LOCATION Espresso Art 944 E University Blvd Tucson, AZ 85719 (520) 624-4126 }}} [[http://www.google.com/url?sa=D&q=http://maps.google.com/maps%3Fq%3Dmap%2B944%2BE%2BUniversity%2BBlvd%2BTucson%2BAZ%26ie%3DUTF8%26hq%3D%26hnear%3D944%2BE%2BUniversity%2BBlvd,%2BTucson,%2BPima,%2BArizona%2B85719%26gl%3Dus%26ei%3Drw2MS9PbHI2IswOMha2GAw%26ved%3D0CAwQ8gEwAA%26z%3D16&usg=AFQjCNG7Wfal9d557uw_fK85sHGGlpIpPg|Map]] */ [[http://groups.google.com/group/TuPLEgroup/|PLEASE SEE TuPLE Google Group FOR LATEST INFO]]. * What: Undecided as yet, but our members are pretty good at finding stuff to do and/or talk about. * Parking Advice IF MEETING AT ESPRESSO ART: There's curbside parking after 5pm on residential streets west of Euclid, such as University. Be careful to check for signs reserving some parking for residents only. = Resources = * Website : [[http://tuplegroup.appspot.com/|TuPLEgroup on Appspot]] * Mailing list: [[http://groups.google.com/group/TuPLEgroup|TuPLEgroup]] = Future Topics for 2009 = * [[http://groups.google.com/group/TuPLEgroup/web/future-topics-2009|In process, available in group]] = Some Past Meetings = ---- == May 10th 2010 == Description to be added == April 12th 2010 == Claude showed a system that social scientists can use to test hypotheses against data, which he implemented in Python. He solicited code review comments with some success. == March 8th 2010 == We started off with people who'd been to Pycon 2010 talking about it. After that we tended to break up into multiple groups conversing about what interested them most. Finally, we went to a restaurant that has beer. == February 8th 2010 == [[http://groups.google.com/group/TuPLEgroup/browse_thread/thread/9e4c0ad5feb0f522#|Meeting summary (link)]] == January 20th 2010 == * Lightning talks: extended dance mix (We let people run longer than 5 minutes if they wanted.) * Generating PDFs in Python - Chris Niswander * focusing on [CENSORED BY WIKI] Toolkit (aka Report Lab PDF Library) * S5: A Simple Standards-Based Slide Show System - Chris Merle * slideshows in a web browser * "The Case Against ORMs" - Scott Schanel * SQL is good; ORMs, a mixed blessing. * How to Generate RSS Feeds from Django - Lucas Taylor * Django syndication * iftd and raVen - Jude Nelson (?) * flexible, automatically adapting file transfer for the Internet of the future For more information, see the [[http://groups.google.com/group/TuPLEgroup/browse_thread/thread/38cbc59426ee0e25|meeting's recap thread on Google Groups]]. == December 14th 2009 == * profiling in Python, using * cProfile (http://docs.python.org/library/profile.html) * timeit (http://docs.python.org/library/timeit.html) * kcachegrind (http://kcachegrind.sourceforge.net/html/Home.html) * a simple client library for accessing Collecta (http://www.collecta.com/) feeds. Shows a basic strategy for implementing a client web library using Twisted web APIs. * discussion of possible Hack Day project ideas. == November 9th 2009 == * Dictionaries in Python 3.0 * Optimizing pysqlite databases and queries, Part II == October 12th 2009 == * "Optimizing pysqlite databases and queries" * "The Django Model class as an example of metaclass programming" == September 14th 2009 == * Buildout -- a Python project management tool * Complex Software Systems in Legacy and Modern Environments -- A Case Study of the PicklingTools == August 17th 2009: CANCELED == == July 20th 2009 == * IronPython == June 15th 2009 == * SQLAlchemy * Combinatorial calculations in C vs Python == May 18th 2009 == * Rich Saunders brought his massive library of Python books and gave a good overview of what was available. Good discussion from attendees over the books. * Andrew Lenards gave us a great overview of [[http://sphinx.pocoo.org/|Sphinx]] Python Documentation Generator and a demonstration of how it worked. == April 20th 2009 == * Pycon recap - Rich Saunders & Chris Merle * General discussion * doctest * use of the _ char in the interactive interpreter and as a throw-away var when unpacking a sequence == March 24th 2009 == * Django intro - Ben Reynwar * Twisted intro - Lucas Taylor * Intro to Twisted: the Reactor, Deferreds, Protocols & Factories * Flash and Python (pyAMF, amfast) - Dave Thompson * Slides available on [[http://limscoder.blogspot.com/|Dave's Blog]] == February 23rd 2009 == * Chris Merle gave us an overview of [[http://plone.org/|Plone]] and two products that help to inspect and interrogate the underlying python structures: [[http://www.zope.org/Members/shh/DocFinderTab|DocFinderTab]] and [[http://plone.org/products/clouseau|Clouseau]] * Held at the [[http://www.library.pima.gov/locations/woods/|Woods Memorial Library]] == January 19th 2009 == * Initial meeting, what do we want to do, when, etc. |
We usually meet on the 2nd Monday of the month, but see the Google Group for specifics. |
TuPLE meets monthly in Tucson, AZ.
For the freshest info, please see our our Google Group!
We usually meet on the 2nd Monday of the month, but see the Google Group for specifics.