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= Next talk =

=== Scrambled Eggs: Digesting Python Packaging ===

Kevin Teague, Jan 6 2009

There are currently many ways to manage Python-based projects. This talk is a high-level overview of some of the tools present in this space (Distutils, Setuptools, Buildout, VirtualEnv, Py2App, PyPI, Package Indexes) and will attempt to explain the different use-cases that each tool is attempting to solve.

= Future talks =

...

= Past talks =

=== The once and Import ===

Brett Cannon: March 4, 2008

The once and future Import: How import works
in Python 2.6 and beyond, and what it means for you

=== Other languages from a Pythonic point of view: Haskell, Ruby, Erlang, Processing ===

Paul Prescod, Dethe Elza, and Brett Cannon: December 4, 2007

=== Experiences with Django, Turbogears and Twisted/Nevow ===

Ian Caven and Vlad Orlenko: November 6, 2007

=== Python and SWIG at Safe Software ===

Tom Weir: October 2, 2007

=== Python 3000 ===

Brett Cannon: September 4, 2007

Under development in the mind of Guido for years, Python 3.0 is finally becoming a reality with a planned alpha in August. While great strides are being taken to not change the feel of the language, Python 3.0 does break backwards-compatibility and introduce many new features to the language (while removing other features to make room for the new one). This talk will be a basic overview of what Python 3.0 is trying to accomplish and how it is accomplishing it.

Brett is working towards his Ph.D. in computer science at the University of British Columbia while being one of the core developers of Python.

=== Stock trading with Python ===

April 3, 2007

An Automated Trading System (ATS) is used to find profitable trading strategies and electronically execute these strategies across in realtime.

We examine how the ATS retrieves data using TCP/IP sockets and stores large datasets in a HDF5 database. The trading platform uses this data to backtest trading strategies and manage executions across hundreds of stocks. Finally, we review how electronic stock trades can be made using a broker API... all using Python.

=== The Django Web Framework ===

Adrian Holovaty: February 6, 2007

Adrian offered some thoughts about its unique features and answer questions from the audience. Adrian Holovaty is the lead developer of the Django Web Framework. Adrian and his peers invented Django while working at World Online, a highly-renowned news Web operation in Lawrence, Kansas. His team's pioneering work on interactive journalism won numerous awards and was described in [[http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/26/business/yourmoney/26kansas.html|The New York Times]], [[http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4597203|NPR]] and [[http://www.itconversations.com/shows/detail550.html|IT Conversations]]. Currently, Adrian is editor of editorial innovations at Washingtonpost. Newsweek Interactive (washingtonpost.com). His job involves coming up with ideas for site improvements and special projects, and implementing them.

Vancouver Python and Zope User Group

Welcome to the home page of the VanPyZ, the Vancouver Python and Zope User Group.

Mailing List

Join the VanPyZ mailing list to keep up to date with the happenings of the group.

Next talk

Scrambled Eggs: Digesting Python Packaging

Kevin Teague, Jan 6 2009

There are currently many ways to manage Python-based projects. This talk is a high-level overview of some of the tools present in this space (Distutils, Setuptools, Buildout, VirtualEnv, Py2App, PyPI, Package Indexes) and will attempt to explain the different use-cases that each tool is attempting to solve.

Future talks

...

Past talks

The once and Import

Brett Cannon: March 4, 2008

The once and future Import: How import works in Python 2.6 and beyond, and what it means for you

Other languages from a Pythonic point of view: Haskell, Ruby, Erlang, Processing

Paul Prescod, Dethe Elza, and Brett Cannon: December 4, 2007

Experiences with Django, Turbogears and Twisted/Nevow

Ian Caven and Vlad Orlenko: November 6, 2007

Python and SWIG at Safe Software

Tom Weir: October 2, 2007

Python 3000

Brett Cannon: September 4, 2007

Under development in the mind of Guido for years, Python 3.0 is finally becoming a reality with a planned alpha in August. While great strides are being taken to not change the feel of the language, Python 3.0 does break backwards-compatibility and introduce many new features to the language (while removing other features to make room for the new one). This talk will be a basic overview of what Python 3.0 is trying to accomplish and how it is accomplishing it.

Brett is working towards his Ph.D. in computer science at the University of British Columbia while being one of the core developers of Python.

Stock trading with Python

April 3, 2007

An Automated Trading System (ATS) is used to find profitable trading strategies and electronically execute these strategies across in realtime.

We examine how the ATS retrieves data using TCP/IP sockets and stores large datasets in a HDF5 database. The trading platform uses this data to backtest trading strategies and manage executions across hundreds of stocks. Finally, we review how electronic stock trades can be made using a broker API... all using Python.

The Django Web Framework

Adrian Holovaty: February 6, 2007

Adrian offered some thoughts about its unique features and answer questions from the audience. Adrian Holovaty is the lead developer of the Django Web Framework. Adrian and his peers invented Django while working at World Online, a highly-renowned news Web operation in Lawrence, Kansas. His team's pioneering work on interactive journalism won numerous awards and was described in The New York Times, NPR and IT Conversations. Currently, Adrian is editor of editorial innovations at Washingtonpost. Newsweek Interactive (washingtonpost.com). His job involves coming up with ideas for site improvements and special projects, and implementing them.


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