Python for beginners

[Seón]

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Hi all,

We're now running a Python night every Monday 8-10 for the the
foreseeable future. if you'd like come down and learn Python with us
that'd be great.

If you're a total beginner and don't know where to start, then let us
know and we can probably put together a quick start guide/talk for you.

- -Shane


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[Michael O Connor]

Fantastic. More or less complete beginner here.

[Seón]

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On 22/10/12 21:30, Michael O Connor wrote:

> Fantastic. More or less complete beginner here.
>
> On 22 October 2012 21:14, Seón <se...@091labs.com> wrote:
>
>>
> Hi all,
>
> We're now running a Python night every Monday 8-10 for the the
> foreseeable future. if you'd like come down and learn Python with us
> that'd be great.
>
> If you're a total beginner and don't know where to start, then let us
> know and we can probably put together a quick start guide/talk for you.
>

> -Shane
>
>
>>
>>
>

Hi all,

Just a reminder Python classes will be going on this Monday 8-10, please let me know if you're planning on coming and what your experience is so I can have the necessary material ready if needed.

Depending on the numbers (e.g. if they're low), I'll also be putting a blog post up on the website letting people know the about the classes, cost, etc.

I'd also be interesting in knowing what people actually want to learn from coming to these classes. (Do you want to make scripts, tools, pygame, websites, etc?)

- -Shane
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[Gerard Ryan]

I'll be there! :) I'm relatively confident with Python, so I shouldn't
need much educatin'. Let me know if there's anything I can do to help!

I know some people who I think are interested in learning Python, so
I'll let them know too.

--
Gerard Ryan :: http://blog.grdryn.me :: @grdryn

[Seón]

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On 31/10/12 23:25, Gerard Ryan wrote:

> On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 10:57:35PM +0000, Seón wrote:
>>
> On 22/10/12 21:30, Michael O Connor wrote:
> >>> Fantastic. More or less complete beginner here.
> >>>
> >>> On 22 October 2012 21:14, Seón <se...@091labs.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>>
> >>> Hi all,
> >>>
> >>> We're now running a Python night every Monday 8-10 for the the
> >>> foreseeable future. if you'd like come down and learn Python with us
> >>> that'd be great.
> >>>
> >>> If you're a total beginner and don't know where to start, then let us
> >>> know and we can probably put together a quick start guide/talk for you.
> >>>
> >>> -Shane
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>
>
> Hi all,
>
> Just a reminder Python classes will be going on this Monday 8-10, please
> let me know if you're planning on coming and what your experience is so
> I can have the necessary material ready if needed.
>
> Depending on the numbers (e.g. if they're low), I'll also be putting a
> blog post up on the website letting people know the about the classes,
> cost, etc.
>
> I'd also be interesting in knowing what people actually want to learn
> from coming to these classes. (Do you want to make scripts, tools,
> pygame, websites, etc?)
>

> -Shane

>>
>
> I'll be there! :) I'm relatively confident with Python, so I shouldn't
> need much educatin'. Let me know if there's anything I can do to help!
>
> I know some people who I think are interested in learning Python, so
> I'll let them know too.
>

That's good. For people who know Python I think the best thing to do is either project Euler questions with the group, help beginners out, or work out a project they'd like to get started on. I've suggested things like a url shorteren or a pastebin using Flask, which would be a good starting point for someone feeling comfortable with Python I think.

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[Thomas Geraghty]

I should be there too, also quite confident in Python. I'd be
interested in doing some functional programming (Not pure, but using
lambda,map,reduce,recursion to create tighter algorithms for stuff
like euler problems)

[Seón]

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That's cool, people were doing Euler questions the last time so that
should be fine.

By the way anyone who's a beginner don't be frightened off because two
people are confident with Python, it just means more people that can
help you with issues that you may run into.

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