August 11, 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) will be here to help beginning Python programmers with language basics and practice.
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Audience: Everyone! We’ll have something for all Python experience levels.
When: 6:00pm - 9:30pm on Thursday, August 11th.
Location: The 1st floor at Microsoft NERD
One Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA 02142
Food: Pizza will be provided.
Things to bring: a wireless-enabled laptop and power cord
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 (http://openhatch.org/wiki/Boston_Python_Workshop) will be here to help work through practice projects from the Workshop, including:
Using the Twitter API to write parts of a Twitter client Graphing and data analysis with the matplotlib (http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/) plotting library Wordplay and the power of regular expressions Programming graphical effects for a ColorWall Practice Python online with bite-sized exercises: http://codingbat.com/python Practice writing code to solve a problem from scratch with the Scrabble challenge (http://openhatch.org/wiki/Scrabble_challenge) 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! Use Python to participate in space exploration: http://spacehack.org Unleash your inner DJ with the Echo Nest (http://code.google.com/p/pyechonest/) and Echo Nest Remix (http://code.google.com/p/echo-nest-remix/) APIs Want to learn a Python web framework? Check out the Django tutorial: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.3/intro/tutorial01/ Have more Project Night suggestions? Add them to the wiki (http://openhatch.org/wiki/July_project_night).
Meetup link: https://www.meetup.com/bostonpython/events/25875041/