Mailman 3 February 2013 - python-uk

hexagonal Django
by Jonathan Hartley Sept. 11, 2014

Sept. 11, 2014

The last few weeks I've been thinking about the architectural pattern known as Clean, Onion, Hexagonal, or Ports'n'Adaptors <http://blog.8thlight.com/uncle-bob/2012/08/13/the-clean-architecture.html> (http://blog.8thlight.com/uncle-bob/2012/08/13/the-clean-architecture.html). I'm curious if many people are applying it in the Django world? I haven't, yet, but I'm thinking of refactoring a vertical slice of our monster Django app into this style, and I'd love to hear if you think it's crazy / brilliant / obvious / old-hat, etc. Jonathan -- Jonathan Hartley tartley(a)tartley.com http://tartley.com Made of meat. +44 7737 062 225 twitter/skype: tartley

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Re: [python-uk] Don't be afraid to commit - a free Python/Django workshop (Cardiff)
by craig astill July 4, 2014

July 4, 2014

I would be interested in this. craig > A hands-on workshop for Python/Django developers who would like to > contribute > more to the projects they use, but need more grounding in some of the tools > required. > > What's in it for you > ==================== > > As well as helping to put you in a position to commit successfully to > collaborative projects, the workshop's emphasis on using virtualenv/pip and > git will help you manage your own work in a more streamlined and efficient > way. > > The automate testing tutorial - the most substantial component of the > workshop > - will help you develop your software faster, better and more easily. > > What we'll cover > ================ > > The workshop will take participants through the complete cycle of > identifying > a simple issue in a Django or Python project, writing a patch with tests > and > documentation, and submitting it. > > The workshop will take you through the use of: > > * virtualenv and pip > * git (and GitHub) > * running and writing tests for Python applications > * writing and building documentation using Sphinx > * submitting a pull request > > A workbook and reference guide will be provided to support the workshop. > > What you need to know > ===================== > > The workshop is open to anyone, but places will be limited. > > Date: a weekday morning or afternoon in February or March 2012 > Venue: Cardiff University > Attendance fee: none > > Let me know if you'd like to attend! > > Daniele >

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Next Cambridge meeting: Tue 5 March 2013
by Tony Ibbs Feb. 28, 2013

Feb. 28, 2013

From our google group: The next meeting will be Tuesday 5th March, 7.30pm at RealVNC (http://tinyurl.com/realvncoffices). We normally stop about 9.30pm, and go on to the pub. This will be a talks meeting. Any talks will thus be very welcome, of whatever length (lightning talks up to a full meeting) Apologies for the short notice (although, well, first Tuesday of the month). Meetings after that should be: • Tuesday 2nd April, a coding/doing stuff meeting • Tuesday 7th May, another talks meeting • Tuesday 4th June, another coding/doing stuff meeting Tibs

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Northants Geeks Meetup this week
by Michael Foord Feb. 25, 2013

Feb. 25, 2013

Hello all, It's Northants Geeks meetup this week. It's the first one for a while so it will be great to see you all again! Thursday evening, 7:30pm onwards, the Malt Shovel pub in Northampton. Michael -- http://www.voidspace.org.uk/ May you do good and not evil May you find forgiveness for yourself and forgive others May you share freely, never taking more than you give. -- the sqlite blessing http://www.sqlite.org/different.html

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Reading Python Dojo, next Tuesday, 26th February
by Daniel Pope Feb. 21, 2013

Feb. 21, 2013

The next Reading Python Dojo will be on Tuesday 26th February at 7pm, at Austin Fraser in Forbury Square, Reading. Please sign up for a free ticket at the link below if you would like to attend. https://rdgpydojo.eventwax.com/reading-python-dojo-february-2013 Dan

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Can you help us build our London team?
by Roger Toor Feb. 20, 2013

Feb. 20, 2013

Hey folks We're building our London team, which will consist of 4-5 developers in the next few weeks. However, being based in Silicon Valley at the moment, I am struggling to find where suitable candidates available now/soon hang out. I'll be flying in this weekend, so would appreciate it if anyone on the list can suggest anyone appropriate that I should speak with? *Here's a quick overview:* 4 of us started the company in London and moved to San Francisco 1 year ago for the AngelPad incubator (0.5% admission rate) and subsequently raised one of the largest seed funding rounds in recent history, our investors include Google's chairman (Eric Schmidt) and 30 others of a similar calibre. They're flooding us with introductions to companies they're invested in as potential clients (Skype, Spotify, Zynga, Pinterest, Square, Palantir etc), now we just need help building out more of the product in addition to a great engineering culture. We have the resources of a much larger company and an unfair advantage that most never get access to, with the pace and openness to change of a startup. We're still only 10 strong and on the cusp of some very aggressive growth, so anyone joining now will shape how big business we become. We're already making money and looking at raising our Series B at the end of this year. Exciting things ahead! *Requirements:* - Mid-Senior developers looking for perm / contract-to-hire in London - Available immediately or in the next few weeks - Strong with Python 2.x - Ideally also strong with Flask, Django is okay too - Google App Engine (NoSQL) - Strong experience building rich web applications We're also looking for frontend skill set, which ideally would sit with the backend guys: - Backbone.JS, CoffeeScript Engineers get the best kit (we can afford ;)) and we're big on continuous integration + automation. All the best, Roger Toor Co-Founder and CTO at RolePoint (415) 323 9340 | skype: rogertoor | www.rolepoint.com

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Python developer for real-time sports data startup
by Michael Mangion Feb. 20, 2013

Feb. 20, 2013

We are a well-funded Internet startup based in central London and have a new requirement for a Python developer to join the team. We are expanding aggressively and require new talent across the business over the coming months. The ideal candidates will have at least a couple of years' experience in Python and love writing clear, test-driven code. You should be familiar with Agile (Scrum, Kanban) and TDD, have a working knowledge of web technologies (HTML, CSS, JS) and love using Git or similar source control tools. Anything else that you bring (Django, Flask, Postgres, Fabric, Celery, RabbitMQ, NoSQL, Amazon AWS, etc.) will be great and we'd expect you to be constantly exploring new technologies for possible inclusion into the stack anyway. This is a great opportunity to join a highly creative company building a great new product whose direction you can influence. Get in touch on jobs(a)crowdscores.co.uk for more details. -- *Michael Mangion* Co-founder CrowdScores Limited Mobile: +44 (0)7726 885498 Skype: michaelmangion Twitter: @crowdscores www.crowdscores.co.uk

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Python Trademark at Risk in Europe
by Tim Golden Feb. 16, 2013

Feb. 16, 2013

For those who don't follow other channels. http://pyfound.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/python-trademark-at-risk-in-europe-we… tl;dr - the PSF, to defend the use of "Python" in Europe, needs testimony and documentation to demonstrate that, for as long as possible, "Python" has meant the Python language in order to contest a commercial trademark application. TJG

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JOB: QA Engineer
by James Tobin Feb. 14, 2013

Feb. 14, 2013

Hello, I'm working with an employer that is looking to hire both experienced and graduate QA Engineers. This would be a permanent position working from home. You should have: 1. An interest in programming as well as open source databases; 2. Test development skills using C++/Java as well as scripting languages like Python, Ruby, Perl. Please email me using jamesbtobin(a)gmail.com to learn more. All the best, James

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Python & Kraftwerk
by Daniele Procida Feb. 11, 2013

Feb. 11, 2013

Hi folks. I'm putting on an event next month: <http://consolationnight.org.uk>. It will feature eight live bands playing Kraftwerk songs. Between the acts I am assembling various videos and other things that will function to provide some entertainments in the interludes. I am also collecting various computer-generated visuals to play while the bands are playing. If you have, or know of, or would even like to create any Python-generated materials that would be suitable for the event, I'd love to use them. It could be anything, pretty much. I found an interesting program for Mac OS X which makes it easier to get it to sing using the built-in voices <http://code.google.com/p/sing/> but I haven't had brilliant results with it and it's in Perl so I have no idea what it's doing. If you can suggest any Python software that might be useful for creating something suitable, or even contributing something (of course everything will be credited, with links to your websites or whatever) I'd be interested to hear about it. Daniele

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