<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Everyone,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">I am excited to announce our next Bay Area Python Interest Group meetup. Please join us on Thursday, June 24 for Brett Slatkin's presentation on how to be more effective with classes in Python.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style><div class="gmail_default" style><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Abstract:</b></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Defining a natural hierarchy of classes in Python can be challenging. Features like multiple inheritance, metaclasses, and classmethods can make such hierarchies significantly more powerful. However, these language features are complex and easy to use incorrectly. This talk will cover the best way to put the capabilities of classes to work so you can write Python programs more effectively.</font></div><div class="gmail_default" style><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>About the Speaker:</b></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Brett Slatkin is the author of <i>Effective Python</i> (Addison-Wesley 2015). He's the engineering lead and co-founder of Google Consumer Surveys. He formerly worked on Google App Engine, the PubSubHubbub protocol, and managing Google's server fleet. </font></div></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Please RSVP at: <a href="http://www.meetup.com/BayPIGgies/events/222968582/">http://www.meetup.com/BayPIGgies/events/222968582/</a>. We do plan to record this talk.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Best,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Peggy</div>
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