[Chicago] Ed Leafe of Dabo in Chicago.

[Robert Ramsdell]

Carl,

I intend to try and make Ed's presentation.  I played with Dabo a little
this week and like what I see.

Robert

On Tue, 2006-10-17 at 15:04 -0500, Carl Karsten wrote:
> Free beer!  (now that I have your attention, read the whole thing for details.)
> 
> Ed Leafe will be speaking about Python and his Python database app framework ( 
> http://dabodev.com ) to the VFP group on Nov 14, 5:30  Monadnock Building at 53 
> W. Jackson in downtown Chicago: Conference Room 826.  I am guessing it will be a 
> long meeting - like till 8ish or more.
> 
> The audience will be VFP developers (VFP = MS's Visual FoxPro, a database engine 
> and GUI application language, OOP, etc.  so we know programming, and it has some 
> similarities to Python: loosely typed, no declarations, human readable...)  but 
> different enough that the talk will be fairly into level, so I doubt much 
> interest to a seasoned Python developer.  OTHO, we are a sharp group, and may 
> rocket into advanced stuff, so take your chances.
> 
> All are welcome, no pay.  we may have pizza and a 12 pack of beer (more is 
> welcome, I run across the street to the 7-11).  We have a similar format to the 
> Chipy meeting, about 10-15 people that show up and our room is much smaller, so 
> if more than 2 or 3 extra people show up, we may have a seating problem.  but 
> that is part of this message: Does someone have access to a bigger room?
> 
> Also, I don't know Ed's travel plans, but if he is here during the day and I can 
> secure a venue, I bet he would give a talk that would be of interest to the hard 
> core Python people.
> 
> Anyone have access to a room near the Loop in the afternoon Nov 14 (1-5ish) to 
> host a http://dabodev.com meeting/presentation/session?  gut says it only needs 
> to accommodate 10 visitors.
> 
> For those of you that I sent this to that are not on the chipy list and have 
> something to offer, I suggest you join:
> 
> Chicago at python.org
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> 
> Jen, can you forward this to Emilia?  (she said her old company might want be 
> able to help.)
> 
> Thanks all,
> 
> Carl K
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