Mailman 3 March 2014 - 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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Abilisoft is hiring
by Floris Bruynooghe March 31, 2014

March 31, 2014

Hello all, Abilisoft is a small ISV specialising in server and application availability monitoring as well as event collection and to a lesser degree event management. We have been around since about 2005 and are a small team looking to add a few new Python developers. The problems we deal with range from building a cross platform Python application interacting with low-level system libraries to a wide array of systems, network, database and even web development to some degree. To give a flavour of the sort of things we do here a list of the main third party libraries and tools we use in no particular order: cx_Oracle, psycopg2, freetds/python-sybase, sqlite3 pymongo, redis eventlet, dpkt, requests, pysnmp django, pyramid, waitress lxml psi py.test, Hudson svn, hg Likely soon this will also include zeromq and msgpack. This list looks more database-heavy then it really is in day-to-day work. And obviously experience with these is not required as we expect you to be able to pick up new things. The platforms we support are the common Linux variants, Solaris, AIX, OSX and Windows where we build the entire Python toolchain from scratch for each. The roles would include the full range of development activities: designing and implementing new features, maintaining and extending existing products, build required testing infrastructure, documenting new work, etc. Our offices are based in Bedfordshire and currently everyone works from the office most of the time. However we might be open to remote working, here we envisage all employees visiting the office the first week of our 3-month development cycle. The first few months we'd likely expect more time in the office as well. If you are interested please do not hesitate to contact me at floris(a)abilisoft.com (or a simple reply will make it as well). Regards, Floris -- Debian GNU/Linux -- The Power of Freedom www.debian.org | www.gnu.org | www.kernel.org

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Next Cambridge meeting: Tuesday 1st April 2014
by Tony Ibbs March 27, 2014

March 27, 2014

From our google group: The next meeting will be Tuesday 1st April, 7.30pm at RealVNC (http://goo.gl/maps/ktqpS). We normally stop about 9.30pm, and go on to the pub. This will be a doing stuff meeting. Meetings after that will be: • Tuesday 6th May, a talks meeting • Tuesday 3rd June, a doing stuff meeting • Tuesday 1st July, another talks meeting Again, any of those might be shifted or replaced if they clash with a meeting of Ben's proposed new OpenTechSchool. Tibs

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DjangoCon Europe 2014
by Daniele Procida March 27, 2014

March 27, 2014

Djangonauts! This year's DjangoCon Europe is taking place in mid-May, on its very own island off the coast of the French riviera. If you're planning to come and don't yet have your ticket, you should act swiftly, because ticket sales must close on the 20th April. If you haven't yet decided whether to attend, here are some reasons why you (or your partner/boss/employer) should consider it: A DjangoCon is a wonderful opportunity to develop your skills and knowledge, not just through the three days of talks, but also through the conversations and meetings you'll have with a great congregation of other Django users. Whatever your level of skill or experience, you're going to leave having learned new skills, discovered new tools and made new friends. That's especially true this year, because as well as the talks <http://2014.djangocon.eu/talks/>, we are running a number of substantial tutorials <http://2014.djangocon.eu/tutorials/>, all aimed at improving your Django skills. The tutorials are all free. If one of the tutorials fills an important hole in your skill-set, you may find that it's worth the conference fee all on its own. If you or your company are looking for new collaborators or new people for your team, you'll meet Django developers from all over the world here. Similarly, if you're looking for new opportunities, this is where emplyers come to offer them. This year the conference fee - 670 Euros - covers *everything*: the conference itself, all your meals for three days, your accommodation for two nights - even the ferry to get to the island. You can also purchase tickets separately for extra nights, if that helps with your travel plans, and to stay on for the sprints. You can even bring a companion with you, because an island with vineyards, a nature reserve and beautiful beaches is too special not to share. There's information on the site about how to get to the island <http://2014.djangocon.eu/venue/>, but just ask - here, or via our website <http://2014.djangocon.eu/> if you need to know any more. If you're travelling from the UK, an ideal way to do it is to get the Eurostar to Paris on the Monday morning, a superfast TGV to Toulon, and then a bus to the port to be there for early evening. On the way back, the night train from Toulon to Paris, and the Eurostar to London early the next morning. Hope to see you there! Daniele, on behalf of the organising committee

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Re: [python-uk] Lightning talks at the dojo...
by Nicholas H.Tollervey March 27, 2014

March 27, 2014

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi Konrad, Sorry, I made a mistake when configuring EventWax. It should just work (tm) and try again. N. On 27/03/14 12:11, Konrad Korżel wrote: > Are the tickets gone already? I can't buy any. > > Konrad > > > On 27 March 2014 12:03, Nicholas H.Tollervey <ntoll(a)ntoll.org > <mailto:ntoll@ntoll.org>> wrote: > > I forgot to mention, if you'd like to give a 5 minute lightning > talk on something before we start coding please contact me. > > N. _______________________________________________ python-uk > mailing list python-uk(a)python.org <mailto:python-uk@python.org> > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJTNBaMAAoJEP0qBPaYQbb6uLYIAKdJuJHl0+U6Ip8VfVoC2C4h 3tYh0EIBYMqYHOEGjB8opsAwuu0m9OZ0rBNhCmFMGrWFPd1gRAjhpCp0Lb3KBe7l MRBrOYSImgPhW1O5nd1xFmasSlo9z95WLHzCLDGg+QZRlnT2wJyEqexog5Rz3x1B xlA/U5y1C2kE3WEiiwdi5ddqzfBLG1WWnVV1g6KIhYX6/CKlymVKUspIKxV42rnj V4GGkEFrU8StRSTg8WjSYwOxy0/+yp9JD5+Wfg+yzg+Do1wBozA/AprcL9+LDlM4 pH0sHVFTKih6z03DBnyBWHJaCoXDKbHfYZsuqeKkxVNqYOWATdoXd0UiM5AaqLE= =1Xw6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Lightning talks at the dojo...
by Nicholas H.Tollervey March 27, 2014

March 27, 2014

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I forgot to mention, if you'd like to give a 5 minute lightning talk on something before we start coding please contact me. N. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJTNBODAAoJEP0qBPaYQbb6QCwH/jfOjyJyIO0DT0sizISlJEJ6 8m6XRRJvOrraZpjozeu2fVkgc+uJXh3WakYvJuqwgxHSuGtk/mnSx0sGciPQsNj9 bGUQ8Cn+g06DnqpOPzPeXAcne+gMA0+bj5traW4qXepzqVWtYp6BL7K5umgKfQ7A nR8yk2ixuaRPmc1rySk5lBvYkW3fyy2urERMoltJMmuxVuQzfibzoX8lIjTGBZ5g PhLZ7fFLzEAFcXuhAKo/pol8WL4OfF5l5jqL00HKRF/iT0HlbwXJApiJ/iw6hY2z woFPmr3VgO0aesvrh6vs7XIx+6sgFpj6Vh6l1RkGe0K9yNnCFgNfxQHC1FiI5yo= =H+ah -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Get yer tickets for the next London Python Code Dojo
by Nicholas H.Tollervey March 27, 2014

March 27, 2014

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi Folks, https://ldnpydojo.eventwax.com/london-python-code-dojo-season-5-episode-7-2 Next Thursday 3rd April at 6:30pm at Fry-IT's NEW OFFICES IN SHOREDITCH. Unit 6, 36-42 New Inn Yard, London. EC2A 3EY Get 'em while they're hot. These things tend to sell out quickly. O'Reilly are providing rather a good Python book for us to randomly give away. See you there! Nicholas. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJTNBG1AAoJEP0qBPaYQbb6qgEH/1+CFpIWvRgxJncwvaTYE5Aj 7v4dTCUJ7Rw8CDfSquB6F9BSvP0y+H/BM++hO95Hnu+N+ohXxBClPGEsW/za/LiV CPh6EiSfLgZke9lGcM/tF2QuvuT25FlHc6IbF7TkHhKM1xMRck7VvS5BSJwlCVyu qt03Po1Uxn/AR1oHScUTLI1jHHx7Ux0T3wULtWZFmng1SLW3RBQjTQlCW8gaA2ho eqMEhJLvUwMo65gSZfnVh7Ftf2/grh4c0Xfgo+RDpPgAIALz/6eBZt9sk6EmZqos zhnLrKgjTfBJI+2Wqxb0bAA2xLhdP7B7HDJRRgIOQFrejlV7Dyr6TeUdxGVJsX0= =/CCm -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Northants Geek Meetup: Thursday 27th March
by Michael Foord March 25, 2014

March 25, 2014

Hey folks, It's been a while since I've done a Northants Geek announcement here. This Thursday, 27th March, at 8pm we're meeting at the Malt Shovel pub in Northampton. There are usually a few Python geeks, but geeks of all flavours and description welcome. It's an informal group meeting for drinks and geeky conversation. Hopefully see you there! http://maltshoveltavern.com/ <ShamelessAdvert> Now that I've got my Ubuntu box up and running my Mac Pro is up for sale on ebay (UK). It's a beast of a machine, 2x quad core 2.8Ghz Xeon processors with 10GB of RAM. There's also a selection of Mac Pro graphics cards and an iPhone 4S 64GB (unlocked and with warranty). http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/voidspace/m.html?item=151261540905&ssPageName=STR… </ShamelessAdvert> All the best, Michael Foord -- 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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Shoreditch school looking for "Real-life Pythonistas" to come in and tell us about their work
by Tim Diggins March 19, 2014

March 19, 2014

Hi list I'm working with a technology-focused secondary school (actually a "University Technical College" for 14-18 year olds) in Shoreditch and they have been learning python. To make this less academic and put it into a vocational context, we had an idea that they might be interested in finding out about what people who use python for their work actually do (as well as fun stuff of course). Is anyone near the City interested in coming in to the school and giving a brief chat about what you do for work and then doing some Q&A. It would be good to get a range of different organizations (startup, small business, corporate ...) and applications (web, testing, finance/algorithmic, scripting...)? We're calling this series "Real-life pythonistas!" and we might (with your permission) want to video the talk (they're also studying video production...). Contact me tim(a)red56.co.uk or Sam Wheeler at the school ( swheeler(a)hackneyutc.co.uk) off-list for more info. We can work around your schedule, but it needs to be during the school day (9 - 5) More info about the school if you're interested http://www.hackneyutc.co.uk all best Tim

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