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| 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. | 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. There is no charge to attend the meetings or to be a member of the Winnipeg Python Users Group. |
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| 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, currently in room 2M70, although this may move (with or without notice) to the room across the hall from 2M70. | 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 in Room 3M59. The meetings used to be held in room 2M70 which is unavailable for 2007 - 2008 due to construction. |
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| Room 2M70 at the UW is on the second floor of Manitoba hall. To reach this room, head up the main escalators in Centennial Hall to the 2nd floor, turn right to head east into Manitoba hall, turn left down the hallway and look for the room on your right. | Room 3M59 at the UW is on the third floor of Manitoba hall. To reach this room, head up the main escalators in Centennial Hall to the 3rd floor, turn right to head east into Manitoba hall, turn left down the hallway and look for the room on your left. |
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| || Sep 26, 2007 || UW 2M70 || Python Introduction OR metaclasses and decorators OR planning || TBA || || | || Sep 26, 2007 || UW 3M59 || Python Introduction OR metaclasses and decorators OR planning || TBA || || |
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. There is no charge to attend the meetings or to be a member of the Winnipeg Python Users Group.
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 in Room 3M59. The meetings used to be held in room 2M70 which is unavailable for 2007 - 2008 due to construction.
Room 3M59 at the UW is on the third floor of Manitoba hall. To reach this room, head up the main escalators in Centennial Hall to the 3rd floor, turn right to head east into Manitoba hall, turn left down the hallway and look for the room on your left.
If the schedule below is stale it doesn't mean we're inactive. We've occasionally been 2 months behind updating it, but we're still meeting!
Future Meetings
Date |
Location |
Topic |
Presenter |
Presentation File |
Sep 26, 2007 |
UW 3M59 |
Python Introduction OR metaclasses and decorators OR planning |
TBA |
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Oct 24, 2007 |
UW 2M70 |
TBA |
TBA |
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Nov 28, 2007 |
UW 2M70 |
TBA |
TBA |
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Dec ??, 2007 |
UW 2M70 |
We may skip this meeting |
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Jan 23, 2008 |
UW 2M70 |
TBA |
TBA |
|
Feb 27, 2008 |
UW 2M70 |
TBA |
TBA |
|
Mar 26, 2008 |
UW 2M70 |
TBA |
TBA |
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Apr 23, 2008 |
UW 2M70 |
TBA |
TBA |
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May 28, 2008 |
UW 2M70 |
TBA |
TBA |
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Jun 25, 2008 |
UW 2M70 |
TBA |
TBA |
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Past Meetings
Date |
Topic |
Presenter |
Presentation File |
Dec 13, 2005 |
Organizing |
Stuart Williams |
[http://mail.python.org/pipermail/winnipeg/2005-December/000020.html Rough minutes] |
Jan 17, 2006 |
Teaching Programming with Python |
Stuart Williams |
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Feb 22, 2006 |
Recent Code and List Comprehensions |
Mark Jenkins |
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Mar 22, 2006 |
Database Access |
Sydney Weidman |
[http://wiki.uwinnipeg.ca/index.php/Python_Database_Access Python Database Access] |
Apr 26, 2006 |
Code review of text based game |
Mike Pfaiffer |
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May 24, 2006 |
Object Oriented Python |
Syd Weidman |
[http://wiki.uwinnipeg.ca/index.php/ObjectOrientedPython Presentation] |
Jun 28, 2006 |
Wrapping C Libraries |
Mark Jenkins |
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Jul 26, 2006 |
LdapFS.py sprint |
Scott Balneaves |
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Aug 23, 2006 |
Starlanes2 sprint |
Syd Weidman |
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Sept 27, 2006 |
Iterators and Generators |
Jason Hildebrand |
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Oct 25, 2006 |
Beer |
Various |
|
Nov 22, 2006 |
Python IDEs |
Various |
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Nov 22, 2006 |
Python IDEs |
Various Artists |
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Jan 24, 2007 |
Some Beautiful and Ugly Code |
Stuart Williams |
NA |
Feb 28, 2007 |
GUI Development with Glade |
Scott Balneaves |
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Mar 28, 2007 |
Django Tutorial |
Syd Wiedman |
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Apr 25, 2007 |
Topic Planning |
Group |
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May 23, 2007 |
Python for System Administrators |
Scott Balneaves |
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Jun 27, 2007 |
Batteries Included: A tour of the Python Library |
See presenter list |
Topic Ideas
The following are possible future topics.
- Visual Python
- Zope and Plone
- replacing shell scripts
- scientific computing
- Python for system administrators
- MS-Windows automation with Python
IDE's such as LEO, PyDev (Eclipse), Stani's Python Editor
- quick intro to Python for programmers
Web framework like [http://www.djangoproject.com/ Django] or [http://www.turbogears.org TurboGears]
GUI framework like [http://www.async.com.br/projects/kiwi/ Kiwi]
- Python for Java programmers
- Python bake-off: python vs. other languages head to head
- Python's potential in the enterprise
- Basic tutorial on Python
- Batteries included: A tour of the python libraries
- Distributing python programs using setuptools
- Extending Python with C
- Test-driven design and development with Python
- Python in Ubuntu