One Week, Two Courses, Three Instructors ---------------------------------------- http://www.dabeaz.com/chicago/index.html Practical Python Programming November 15-17, 2010. An intense no-bull Python course for programmers, sysadmins, scientists, and engineers who want to know how to use Python to solve all manner of practical problems. Topics are aimed at tasks that you face on a day-to-day basis. For example, analyzing data files, encoding/decoding various file formats, accessing databases, scraping web pages, automating system tasks, and more. Even if you already know some Python, you will walk away from this course with new insights and ideas on how to write better programs. Jamming with Django : An Introduction November 18-19, 2010. A two-day hands-on course where students will go through the basics to the not-so-basics of putting together a Django web application. Topics include databases and the data-model abstraction layer, processing web requests in the view layer, handling user interaction through forms, reusing pluggable Django applications, the template language, project organization, best practices, and tricks of the trade. ---------------------------------------- These courses are taught by David Beazley, author of the Python Essential Reference and Chicago-area Django developers Chad Glendenin and Rodrigo Guzman, founders of PyBrew. Attendance is strictly limited to 6 students. More information is available here: http://www.dabeaz.com/chicago/index.html Cheers, Dave