Hello Everyone-<br><br>I'd like to announce the tutorials sessions for PyCon 2008 (US). As you may know, this year PyCon is being held in Chicago, Illinois March 14-16 with the Thursday before (the 13th) being "Tutorial Thursday". We are expecting nearly 600 Python enthusiasts to meet up for the conference and have 29 tutorial sessions scheduled on Thursday in three sessions; morning, afternoon, and evening. There is an extra fee to attend a tutorial, but the sessions are 3 hours long (with a break) and are taught by some of the smartest cookies in the Python community. Pop on over to
<a href="http://us.pycon.org/2008/about/">http://us.pycon.org/2008/about/</a> for more information<br><br>Here's a list of the sessions currently offered (we may cancel a session if there are fewer than 10 people registered, but that doesn't happen very often). In particular, note that there are 4 different introduction to Python tutorials aimed at different audiences.
<br><div><p><strong>Morning Session</strong> (9:00am-12:20pm)</p>
<ul class="first last simple"><li><a href="http://us.pycon.org/2008/tutorials/EggsRush/">Eggs and Buildout Deployment in Python</a> (Jeff Rush) </li><li><a href="http://us.pycon.org/2008/tutorials/Python101Holden/">Python 101 for Programmers
</a> (Steve Holden) </li><li><a href="http://us.pycon.org/2008/tutorials/SQLAlechemyIEllis/">Introduction to SQLAlchemy</a> (Jonathan Ellis and and Michael Baye) </li><li><a href="http://us.pycon.org/2008/tutorials/MatLabHunter/">
Python plotting with matplotlib and pylab</a> (John Hunter) </li><li><a href="http://us.pycon.org/2008/tutorials/SwigBeazley/">SWIG Master Class</a> (David Beazley) </li><li><a href="http://us.pycon.org/2008/tutorials/FrameworksHsu/">
Secrets of the Framework Creators</a> (Feihong Hsu) </li><li><a href="http://us.pycon.org/2008/tutorials/NumPyJones/">Introduction to NumPy</a> (Travis Oliphant and Eric Jones) </li><li><a href="http://us.pycon.org/2008/tutorials/SugarFletcher/">
Making Small Software for Small People, Sugar/OLPC Coding by Example</a> (Mike C. Fletcher) </li><li><a href="http://us.pycon.org/2008/tutorials/Python101AHarrington/">Hands-on Python for the Absolute Beginner I</a> (Dr. Andrew Harrington)
</li></ul>
<strong>Afternoon Session</strong> (1:20pm-4:40pm)</div>
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<ul class="first last simple"><li><a href="http://us.pycon.org/2008/tutorials/Python101Williams/">Python 101</a> (Stuart Williams) </li><li><a href="http://us.pycon.org/2008/tutorials/TurboGearsI/">Getting Started with Pylons/TurboGears2 & WSGI: Modern Python Web Development
</a> (Mark Ramm and Ben Bangert) </li><li><a href="http://us.pycon.org/2008/tutorials/SQLAlechemyIIEllis/">Advanced SQLAlchemy</a> (Jonathan Ellis and and Michael Baye) </li><li><a href="http://us.pycon.org/2008/tutorials/DjangoMoss">
Django Tutorial</a> (Jacob Kaplan-Moss) </li><li><a href="http://us.pycon.org/2008/tutorials/wxPythonIGoodger/">wxPython I: Intro to GUI Programming with wxPython and MVC</a> (David Goodger) </li><li><a href="http://us.pycon.org/2008/tutorials/PerformatnceIMuller/">
Faster Python Programs through Optimization and Extensions I</a> (Mike Müller) </li><li><a href="http://us.pycon.org/2008/tutorials/SciComputing/">Tools for Scientific Computing in Python</a> (Travis Oliphant and Eric Jones)
</li><li><a href="http://us.pycon.org/2008/tutorials/Generators/">Generator Tricks for Systems Programmers</a> (David Beazley) </li><li><a href="http://us.pycon.org/2008/tutorials/Python101Martelli/">Basic Python for Java Programmers
</a> (Alex Martelli and Anna Ravenscroft) </li><li><a href="http://us.pycon.org/2008/tutorials/Python101AHarrington/">Hands-on Python for the Absolute Beginner II</a> (Dr. Andrew Harrington) </li></ul><strong>Evening Session
</strong> (6:10pm-9:30pm)</div>
<ul class="first last simple"><li><a href="http://us.pycon.org/2008/tutorials/Python102Williams/">Python 102</a> (Stuart Williams) </li><li><a href="http://us.pycon.org/2008/tutorials/TurboGearsII/">Mastering Pylons and TurboGears 2: Moving Beyond the Basics.
</a> (Mark Ramm, Ben Bangert) </li><li><a href="http://us.pycon.org/2008/tutorials/AgileWebTesing/">Practical Applications of Agile (Web) Testing Tools</a> (C. Titus Brown and Grig Gheorghiu) </li><li><a href="http://us.pycon.org/2008/tutorials/DjangoLab/">
Django Code Lab</a> (Jacob Kaplan-Moss, Adrian Holovaty and James Bennett) </li><li><a href="http://us.pycon.org/2008/tutorials/wxPythonIIGoodger/">wxPython II: Advanced GUI Programming with wxPython and MVC</a> (David Goodger)
</li><li><a href="http://us.pycon.org/2008/tutorials/PerformatnceIIMuller/">Faster Python Programs through Optimization and Extensions II</a> (Mike Müller) </li><li><a href="http://us.pycon.org/2008/tutorials/AutomatingWindows/">
Automating Windows Applications with win32com</a> (Roy H. Han) </li><li><a href="http://us.pycon.org/2008/tutorials/InternetProgamming/">Internet Programming with Python</a> (Wesley J. Chun) </li><li><a href="http://us.pycon.org/2008/tutorials/Plone/">
Tail Wags Fangs: What Python Developers Should Know About Plone</a> (Rob Lineberger) </li><li><a href="http://us.pycon.org/2008/tutorials/PyGame/">Pygame: Modern game development</a> (Noah Kantrowitz and Marc Destefano)
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