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| Welcome. We are Python users in and around Winnipeg, Manitoba. | Welcome! We are [http://www.python.org Python] users in and around Winnipeg, Manitoba. |
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| We meet monthly. | We meet monthly, typically to listen to a presentation and learn from each other's experience programming in Python. We have members at all levels of experience from expert to novice, and our discussions aren't tied to any particular operating system or platform - so all are welcome. |
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| Meetings are held the fourth Wednesday of the month from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Note the March meeting location has changed: http://mail.python.org/pipermail/winnipeg/2006-March/000071.html They are currently held at the University of Winnipeg in room 5C02 on the fifth floor of the library. To find this room, head up the main escalators in Centennial Hall to the 4th (not 5th) floor, then about-face to your right and proceed into the library. After passing the circulation desk on the left and going through the second doorway, turn right to the spiral staircase, go up to the 5th floor (past the mezzanine), and follow the curved wall around to your left. |
Meetings are held the fourth Wednesday of the month from 7:30 p.m. to 9:00 or 9:30 p.m. They are held at the University of Winnipeg with the specific room location to be announced shortly (as of March 23rd). |
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The Winnipeg Python Users Group
Welcome! We are [http://www.python.org Python] users in and around Winnipeg, Manitoba.
We meet monthly, typically to listen to a presentation and learn from each other's experience programming in Python. We have members at all levels of experience from expert to novice, and our discussions aren't tied to any particular operating system or platform - so all are welcome.
Feel free to [http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/winnipeg join] our mailing list or view the [http://mail.python.org/pipermail/winnipeg/ archives].
Meeting Times and Location
Meetings are held the fourth Wednesday of the month from 7:30 p.m. to 9:00 or 9:30 p.m. They are held at the University of Winnipeg with the specific room location to be announced shortly (as of March 23rd).
Meeting Schedule
Meeting Date |
Topic |
Presenter |
Presentation File |
December 13th, 2005 |
Organizing |
Stuart Williams |
[http://mail.python.org/pipermail/winnipeg/2005-December/000020.html Rough minutes] |
January 17th, 2006 |
Teaching Programming with Python |
Stuart Williams |
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February 22nd, 2006 |
Recent Code and List Comprehensions |
Mark Jenkins |
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March 22nd, 2006 |
Database Access |
Sydney Weidman |
[http://wiki.uwinnipeg.ca/index.php/Python_Database_Access Python Database Access] |
April 26th, 2006 |
Code review of text based game |
Mike Pfaiffer |
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May 24th, 2006 |
TBA |
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Topic Ideas
The following topics have been suggested.
- Visual Python
- Zope and Plone
- replacing shell scripts
- scientific computing
- Python enhanced shells like ipython and emacs python mode
- IDE's
- Object-Oriented features
- quick intro to Python for programmers
- iterators and generators