Monday night meeting recap

[Francois Dion]

It was nice to meet some new people on Monday night. Welcome to PYPTUG.

News from the Python community:
PyCon2013 - less than 500 tickets left:
https://us.pycon.org/2013/
(btw, anybody on the list going?)

Passing of Aaron Swartz - We talked a little bit about some of his projects, such as:
http://raspberry-python.blogspot.com/2013/01/webpy-aaron-swartz.html

We talked some about the PyHack workshops, and an article tied to that will be published in a new publication to be released at FOSDEM 2013. As soon as the official launch happens, I'll send the link to the magazine and to an english translation of the article.

And speaking of translations, for those who are just starting out with Python, I've begun putting english translations of a series of introductory tutorials I've done in French:

http://raspberry-python.blogspot.com/2013/01/python-on-raspberrypi-01.html

Most everything should work on any operating system, except for the chmod a+x under windows :P

Due to an honest mistake, my lightning talk on Brython turned into an extended talk. The Python with Visual Studio will be rescheduled at a future date. Still, we covered some cool things with Python, such as this:

http://raspberry-python.blogspot.com/2013/01/iphone-app-with-python.html
(works with android too)

You can learn more about Python in your browser here: http://brython.info

In the gallery, you'll find all kinds of interesting demos. For example, this kanban simulator:
http://www.brython.info/gallery/kanban.html

I also want to thank Ryan Twombly, Don Jenkins and Max Polk for some really lively and interesting talks.

And finally, some good news regarding our meeting place, the next PYPTUG meeting will be at WFU. It'll save the 30 minutes setup before / 30 minutes breakdown after, leaving more time to talk Python.

François

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[Francois Dion]

On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 1:30 PM, Francois Dion <franco...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I also want to thank Ryan Twombly, Don Jenkins and Max Polk for some really
> lively and interesting talks.

Yikes! I thought for sure I typed Don Jennings... Sorry Don!

[Don Jennings]

Quite alright!

Speaking of mistakes, I thought the thai-tie which I introduced to the group would be easy to find online if anyone wanted more information. As it turns out, it was difficult to track down. So, here's a link to the original article which I referenced:

https://www.umanitoba.ca/cast_building/assets/downloads/PDFS/Fabric_Formwork/Thai-Tie_PRINT_SMALL.pdf (pdf, 594 KB)

Take care,
Don

[Will Sams]

I apologize for missing my talk on Monday as I got my days mixed up.  Have some stuff going on in my personal life right now that has me topsy turvy.  I'll do the talk at any future meeting if asked to do so.  Again, I apologize to everyone who attended and especially to Francois.