July 12, 2012
Come work on Python projects, get programming help, help others, and hang out. Food sponsored by Safari Books Online (http://www.safaribooksonline.com/)!
July brings Julython (http://www.julython.org/), a friendly competition to increase activity in Python projects. Check it out and get your projects going! Bring your own project or work on one of the suggested projects below. Everyone is welcome, all skill levels are encouraged. Tell your friends: http://meetu.ps/fnn1C .
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.
Audience: Everyone! All Python experience levels are welcome, and everything is self-paced.
When: 6:30pm - 9:30pm on Thursday, July 12th.
Location: Microsoft NERD
One Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA 02142
Food: Pizza will be provided by Safari Books Online (http://www.safaribooksonline.com/).
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/) 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 (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/dev/intro/tutorial01/ (https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.3/intro/tutorial01/)
Meetup link: https://www.meetup.com/bostonpython/events/51175972/