May 20, 2011
Come work on Python projects, get programming help, help others, and hang out. Bring your own project or work on one of the suggested projects below. Staff from the Boston Python Workshop (http://openhatch.org/wiki/Boston_Python_workshop_2) will be here to help beginning Python programmers with language basics and practice projects.
Audience: everyone! We’ll have something for all Python experience levels.
When: 5:30pm - 9:30pm on Friday, May 20th
Location: The 11th floor Commons at Microsoft NERD One Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA 02142
Food: We’ll have snacks and drinks but not dinner. You are welcome to bring or order food.
Need some project ideas? How about:
Learning Python
The official Python tutorial: http://docs.python.org/tutorial/ How to Think Like a Computer Scientist: Learning with Python: http://openbookproject.net/thinkcs/python/english2e/ An introduction to Python through writing games: http://inventwithpython.com/chapters/ Learn Python the Hard Way: http://learnpythonthehardway.org (http://learnpythonthehardway.org/) Practicing Python basics
Staff from the Boston Python Workshop will be here to help work through practice projects from the Workshop (http://openhatch.org/wiki/Boston_Python_workshop_2/Saturday_projects), including:
using the Twitter API to write parts of a Twitter client a Jeopardy!-themed introduction to databases and database access with Python graphing and data analysis with the matplotlib (http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/) plotting library text-based games wordplay and the power of regular expressions programming graphical effects for a ColorWall Projects and competitions
Contribute to an open-source project that uses Python. Developers from OpenHatch (http://openhatch.org/), Twisted (http://twistedmatrix.com/), and other projects will be here. If you contribute to an open source project that uses Python and want to help new contributors, let us know in a comment! Want to learn a Python web framework? Check out the Django tutorial: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.3/intro/tutorial01/ Use the DonorsChoose.org data or API to make discoveries and build apps that engage the public and improve education in America: http://www.donorschoose.org/hacking-education Win $35,000 in prizes for using CDC flu data to develop an innovative app, data visualization, tool, or game: http://fluapp.challenge.gov/
Meetup link: https://www.meetup.com/bostonpython/events/17802791/