ChiPy ========================= When: 7 PM Thursday June 10, 2010 Where: ITA Best meeting ever! Topics ------ 1. 7:00 Customizing the Django Admin (Brian Ray) 2. 7:45 Pizza (Imaginary Landscape) 3. 8:00 Using Python for Blender Animations (Christopher Allan Webber) 4. 8:45 Book Giveaway (Carl Karsten) Details ------- 1. Customizing the Django Admin Brian Ray * Registering Models in the Admin * Customizing the filtering, search, general display * Adding Actions * Inlines * Custom Forms * Making Fields Readonly by inheriting * Integrating jQuery * Custom Widgets like Image thumbnails * Changing look and feel I plan on showing a live example and customizing as we go. This will be a pretty mid-level talk and should be interesting to those not familiar, those who know django and considered using the admin, and for djangonuts who want to do some pretty advanced stuff. 2. Pizza Imaginary Landscape Local Python shop wants to make sure we don't pass out from starvation. Select your toppings when you sign up for the meeting. Return the favor by visiting http://chicagopython.com 3. Using Python for Blender Animations Christopher Allan Webber Creating tools with Python and Blender 2.5's bpy API - A walk through using Blender 2.5's new Python API to automate various animation tasks, using examples from the film Patent Absurdity: http://patentabsurdity.com/ http://patentabsurdity.com/fsf_patent_anims.tar.gz has the sources of the animations demonstrated 4. Book Giveaway Carl Karsten Giving a talk, signing up, signing up on time and ordering pizza all increase your chances to win. Location -------- Illinois Technology Association (ITA) 200 S. Wacker Drive 15th Floor Chicago, IL 60606 312.435.2805 http://www.illinoistech.org Metra: exit on Adams St, walk East across the bridge, first door on the right. Show your ID to security. Be on the list or they will be sad. See http://chipy.org/FrontPage#sign-up for details. About the group --------------- ChiPy is made up of people of all levels of programming and Python knowledge. At every meeting we have had both beginning programmers, people who are just starting to use Python, as well as experienced Python programmers. Don't be intimidated about coming to a meeting. Note that ChiPy is not a formal organization. We collect no dues, elect no officers, and keep no roster. Signing up for the mailing list carries no obligation. Nor does showing up at the meetings. Nor, at least so far, does anything else we have done, although we always appreciate it when our presenters show up. (They usually do!) http://chipy.org