Mailman 3 September 2015 - PSF-Community

Sponsored Tickets to PyCon JP - Any locals interested?
by Betsy Waliszewski Sept. 30, 2015

Sept. 30, 2015

Hi all, We realize that this is last minute, but the PSF has 3 free conference tickets (including the after party) to give away to PyCon JP in Tokyo. The event is October 10-11. The deadline is today so please let me know if you're interested and I'll send you the details. https://pycon.jp/2015/ja/ Cheers, Betsy -- Betsy Waliszewski Python Software Foundation Event Coordinator / Administrator @betswaliszewski

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PSF Hosted Projects at SF Python Project Night October 21
by Betsy Waliszewski Sept. 28, 2015

Sept. 28, 2015

Hi, The PSF is hoping to host a collaborative event with the San Francisco User Group October 21. We are looking for PSF members in the bay area who are willing to be at the meet up on October 21st at 6pm to host a python related project. If you are interested, please contact me by September 29th and I'll give you the details. Cheers, Betsy -- Betsy Waliszewski Python Software Foundation Event Coordinator / Administrator @betswaliszewski

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by Huguest E. Ayittey Sept. 27, 2015

Sept. 27, 2015

I was thinking if there could be a bigger chart room where members can teach each other and sharer their experiences with others.I wish we had video chats and instant messages,not always introductions.I have signed up for python,downloaded it but I have found out it is the most difficult programmer for beginner who are learning on their own.I have been on python for about a month now and I still don't understand anything,and can't do anything with it.Please I think you have to develop python with video chat and video lessons where beginners can see and know what they have to do.It has to be interactive and meet the needs of the user not having the program just staring into your face like that,with out any use,wasting memory space. Please try to work on my view, thank you.

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Python meetup group in the island of Malta
by Pavel Savshenko - Izzy Software Sept. 26, 2015

Sept. 26, 2015

Hi everyone, I’m wondering if there is anyone living in Malta here? I’ve been slowly trying to start a Malta based community, but am having difficulty finding other users. If you are from Malta, please drop me a message if you want to participate in local meetups/talks/events. I see a lot of people who helped organize communities world wide. Any tips on initiating contact with local developers? How did you guys do it? Best regards, Pavel Savchenko Best regards, Pavel Savchenko

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Re: [PSF-Community] Introductions
by Brian Jimenez Sept. 24, 2015

Sept. 24, 2015

Hello there, This is Brian Jimenez, from Barcelona, Spain. It is nice to read about all of you and I'm glad to be subscribed to this list. I am a software engineer enrolled in a scientific PhD (bioinformatics, mainly protein simulations). I've been using Python since 2005 when I started developing in Zope/Plone. Currently I'd like to consider myself a Pythonista. I'm a user of several numeric and scientific libraries such as numpy, scipy, biopython and many others and I'm really interested in building quality into scientific software, which I've found many times lacking enough testing, robustness or reproducibility. Thank you all for your time and effort. Best wishes, Brian El 21/09/15 a las 20:38, psf-community-request(a)python.org escribió: > Send PSF-Community mailing list submissions to > psf-community(a)python.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/psf-community > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > psf-community-request(a)python.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > psf-community-owner(a)python.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of PSF-Community digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Introductions (John DeRosa) > 2. Intro from UK (Matt Corbett) > 3. Re: Introductions (Kirk Strauser) > 4. Re: No more me (Christian Tismer) > 5. Re: No more me (Ewa Jodlowska) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2015 10:27:06 -0700 > From: John DeRosa <johnderosa(a)me.com> > To: psf-community(a)python.org > Subject: Re: [PSF-Community] Introductions > Message-ID: <CFFD7417-FF82-4DAC-A6B9-340361087B28(a)me.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > Howdy - > > I?m John DeRosa from Seattle, WA. I?ve been working almost exclusively in Python and Django since 2005. Currently working on OpenStack stuff for Solinea. > > John > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2015 18:36:59 +0100 > From: Matt Corbett <mcorbett(a)gmx.co.uk> > To: psf-community(a)python.org > Subject: [PSF-Community] Intro from UK > Message-ID: <5600403B.8070900(a)gmx.co.uk> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed > > Hi All, I am a Software Engineer and Database Administrator from > Cambridge, UK. I work for a European Science agency involved in > Bioinformatics. I use Python for any programming projects I am given and > a keen Pythonista as a hobbyist as well as a professional. I am learning > django, which is a great add on in it's own right, cheers, matt > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2015 10:40:37 -0700 > From: Kirk Strauser <kirk(a)strauser.com> > To: PSF-Community(a)python.org > Subject: Re: [PSF-Community] Introductions > Message-ID: <539E5DF3-F158-4BB9-87CC-4F445088111F(a)strauser.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Hello, gang! I?m Kirk Strauser from San Francisco. I?ve been using Python since 1999 or so, currently with a cozy startup. I also mentor its use among teens in Hacker Scouts^W^WCuriosity Hacked to help hatch the next generation of Pythonistas. > > I?ve missed the last couple of PyCons, but I will be in Portland if I have to hitchhike. >

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Telegram group
by Mehrdad Dadvand Sept. 23, 2015

Sept. 23, 2015

Hi all What's your vote to create telegram groups For example a group socially for django or twisted or PIL or socket and so more

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Search engines
by Mehrdad Dadvand Sept. 22, 2015

Sept. 22, 2015

When I subscribed psf there was one option on registration page that said do you want to make search engines able to index your profile and make your profile public? I choose yes. And now after 2 weeks I search my name in Google and there is no sign of python and psf Menas search engines dont find me in psf and show people my biology that I have written in my psf profile

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Introduction
by John Gill Sept. 22, 2015

Sept. 22, 2015

First, it has been good to see some familiar names on this list and some fascinating stories. I started using python in 2000. I'd kept seeing people suggesting "scripting it with python" too many times not to take a look and see what this python thing was. It was pretty much love at first sight. Lucky enough to attend several pycon's over the years and found many wonderful people along the way. I am currently living in Bermuda and have spent much of the last year working with others to develop free software and python community here. There are lots of pockets of python (and other free software) activity on this small island: * teachers using it to teach programming * robotics with raspberry pi's and arduino's * individuals running summer schools for young people * data analysis and risk modelling in finance companies * weather and environmental research * hackathons It is an exciting time. Lots of individual initiatives, with people just starting to discover what others are doing. I am hopeful we will be organising a mini conference some time soon -- will post details here as and when. In the meanwhile, would love to hear from any pythonistas visiting the island. Johnny Gill

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Re: [PSF-Community] Introductions
by VanL Sept. 22, 2015

Sept. 22, 2015

To those asking about what is next, or not wanting to worry about introductions: Introductions are a fine way to start things out. Let's make sure that we welcome those who are sharing so that we can maintain this list as a nice place to be. As to what is next, that is a good question. It's isn't for us to dictate. Generally, what is on topic here are things that fellow Pythonistas will find interesting and useful. Community events, calls for papers, discussions of Python, of libraries, and of interesting articles. Aren't sure something that someone else posted is on topic? We should give each other the benefit of the doubt before criticizing or using inflammatory language. But let's try to keep this focused on things that are useful to the community. Thanks, Van PSF Chair _________________________________ Van Lindberg van.lindberg(a)gmail.com m: 214.364.7985

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[ PSF community ] my introduction
by iLoveTux - Sept. 22, 2015

Sept. 22, 2015

Hello, World: I, too, have been lurking in the background trying to see what the general consensus was around these introductions. As most people seem in favor of them, I've decided to add mine. Online I go by the pseudonym iLoveTux, although my real name is Cliff. I started programming in the '97 with QBasic (that's what was taught in my high school's intro to computer programming class) and moved on to Pascal, but I stuck with QBasic for my hobbyist adventures (I credit this to an online publication called "The QuickBasic Fanzine" which kept my interest). Around this time I got very interested in the move to object oriented programming, and started in on C++ (and subsequently C), but life got in the way of pursuing my career as a software developer. In 2003, I was arrested for three counts of armed robbery and spent 5+ years in prison. I was then released on parole in 2008 and pursued any employment I could find. I worked at McDonald's for about 4 years (I made it to manager after 6 months which is about the time I met my loving wife), then I learned how to make hand tossed New York style pizza, which earned me more money than McDonald's. This is about the time that I had my first child, a boy, and I soon became manager of the pizza shop. I then got a job offer, my uncle who I would talk to on the phone about random computer stuff (I never lost my interest in computer programming) had an opening for a developer and wanted me to learn Python, so I hopped on codeacademy and started to learn. A few months later (I still had to work), I was ready to move on and start this new job. It is around this time that I had my second son. Well, my new job was to develop a tool to help manage multiple IBM DataPower appliances. After three rewrites, I have a pretty cool architecture, although right now there is a big cleanup effort going on because I just learned about what are probably the two best, and underutilized tools for working on large applications in Python, setuptools entry_points (for a ready-made plug-in system), and (while not strictly a Python tool) git submodules. Also, I have incorporated the Anaconda/MiniConda Python Distributions to serve the same purpose as the (new in Python 3.5) embedded distribution of Python. So three new things added to our product caused a major need for some major cleanup, but it's going well especially for a product that has taught me (through trial and error) so much about real-world programming. Also, recently I became enamored with the (new to me) concept of Test Driven Development (remember I had dropped out of the scene from 2003-2013). To start with this concept I created a project called data.store which acts as a primitive database whose syntax is inspired by MongoDB. You can check this out at https://github.com/ilovetux/datastore or just "pip install data.store" Anyway, that's the abbridged version. With an eye to the future I'm pursuing a udacity nano-degree in full stack development and otherwise trying to keep busy. I have also just added my third child, a daughter, to our family. I hope everyone on this list is having as much fun in life as I am! If anyone needs any help our just want to talk shop, you can email me at me(a)ilovetux.com, and if you want to check out my (not quite abandoned) blog you can find it at www.ilovetux.com. My other interests in addition to Python: Open Source Software Linux (usually Fedora or CentOS) ksh Docker Splunk XML/XSLT/XPath JQuery HTML/CSS/JavaScript Pandas SQL Regular Expressions And a few others I can't think of right now

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