Mailman 3 December 2015 - python-uk

First dojo of 2016 is next Thursday
by Nicholas H.Tollervey Jan. 4, 2016

Jan. 4, 2016

Hi Folks, Get your tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/london-python-code-dojo-season-7-episode-5-t… They go fast so be sure to sign up soon. We're hosted by Marks and Spencer Digital - so it'll be "not just any dojo" and they do great hospitality. Not to be missed. See you next Thusday at 18:30. N.

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Next CamPUG meeting: Tue 5th Jan 2016
by Tony Ibbs Dec. 18, 2015

Dec. 18, 2015

The next Cambridge Python Group meeting will be on Tuesday 5th January 2016 at 7:30pm Ben Nuttall will talk about GPIO Zero (http://pythonhosted.org/gpiozero/), a new education friendly API for Raspberry Pi GPIO handling. Ben says "It's got some really interesting concepts in the codebase I'd love to dive in to and explain. Some of the cleverest features have been implemented by a friend from Manchester, Dave Jones, who maintains the picamera library. He's done some brilliant work." Ben is the Education Developer Advocate at the Raspberry Pi Foundation (does anyone on this mailing list need to be told that?). If we have time after that, I'd like to ask people to Bring a Question - something that you could do with some help with, or an idea about how to approach, or just something you wonder about Python. We can then try, as a group, to figure out answers. This meeting will be held at the Department of Engineering (the map at http://map.cam.ac.uk/Department+of+Engineering#52.198333,0.120971,18 may be useful). This allows us to be flexible on numbers - it there aren't very many people, we can use a smaller room, and if we get a lot of RSVPs, we can scale up. There will not, however, be food provided - not because of the venue, but just because of it being near the New Year. Meetings after that will be: • Tuesday 2nd February 2016 - Deep Learning with Python • Tuesday 1st March 2016 - to be determined • Tuesday 5th April 2016 - to be determined Please note that we are also now on meetup.com, at http://www.meetup.com/CamPUG/. If possible, please RSVP there for meetings so we have an idea of numbers. As an incentive, there's much more detail about each meeting there. Tweeting may occur at https://twitter.com/campython Tibs

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London Python Project Nights
by Alistair Broomhead Dec. 14, 2015

Dec. 14, 2015

Next Wednesday is our festive edition of London Python Project Nights, hosted at Skimlnks as usual: http://meetu.ps/2QDYw4

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Fw: new important message
by Oracles Java Dev Newsletter Dec. 13, 2015

Dec. 13, 2015

Hello! New message, please read <http://tutikutyu.hu/cried.php?t> Oracles Java Dev Newsletter

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Call for London based volunteers - Wednesday 9th December
by Nicholas H.Tollervey Dec. 10, 2015

Dec. 10, 2015

Hi Folks, tl;dr - This is important. Help teachers. Get a micro:bit. 4pm-ish Wednesday 9th December at the BCS in London. This is an opportunity for you to positively affect and contribute to how Python is taught in London's schools. Where London leads the rest of the UK often follows (in terms of teaching). Computing at School (CAS) are to IT teachers as the PSF are to Pythonistas. I've been working with them as part of the micro:bit project in order to get teachers up to speed with MicroPython etc. Next Wednesday (9th December) about half a dozen of London's CAS master teachers (basically, the most experienced teachers, leaders, movers and shakers) will be at the BCS off the Strand (from 4pm onwards) with a view to exploring and creating resources for MicroPython on the micro:bit. We need an equivalent number of Python developers to attend to partner up, help out, answer questions and have fun with micro:bits. We want the outcome to be lesson plans, code and a positive vibe. I realise people may only be able to get post-work (5pm). I can hold the fort from 4pm giving a quick run-down of MicroPython. I think I should be able to wangle it so that those developers who attend will be able to get their hands on (and keep for an extended period of time) a micro:bit for testing / development purposes. So, if you'd like to play with a micro:bit, this is how you get one. They're very cool and people have lots of fun with them: https://github.com/bbcmicrobit/micropython/tree/neopixel Of course, this is an important collaboration. If there was ever a time to "be arsed" about something - this is it in terms of the amount of potential change and positive impact for Python vs. actual effort you have to put in. I'm always happy to answer questions, hear constructive critique and have ideas suggested. Best wishes, Nicholas.

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No activity on #python-unregistered irc channel?
by gvim Dec. 8, 2015

Dec. 8, 2015

I'm new to Python and recently asked a couple of questions on the #python-unregistered irc channel. Despite nearly 1200 logged-in users I didn't get a reply to any of my questions and there also didn't seem to be any activity. Am I missing something? gvim

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FOSDEM 2016
by a.grandi＠gmail.com Dec. 7, 2015

Dec. 7, 2015

Hi everyone, is anyone of you attending FOSDEM this year? I've already booked flights+hotel and I'm going with some friends of mine, but it would be nice to know in advance if anyone from the Python community is attending as well so we can catch up all together :) I'm also trying to contact someone that is organizing the Python dev room. I've only this website as reference http://python-fosdem.org/ and for example I would be interested in giving a ligthing talk but this format is not mentioned at all in the call for paper page. Do you know who can I ask to get more informations and maybe organize the lightning talks sessions together? Cheers -- Andrea Grandi - Software Engineer Website: https://www.andreagrandi.it Twitter: https://twitter.com/andreagrandi GitHub: https://github.com/andreagrandi PGP: 7238 74F6 886D 5994 323F 1781 8CFB 47AD C384 F0CC

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Cheap Hypothesis training in support of PyCon Namibia
by David MacIver Dec. 3, 2015

Dec. 3, 2015

Hi everyone, If your company wants to improve your testing, or has been generally curious about Hypothesis (http://hypothesis.readthedocs.org/en/latest/) but would like some help to get started, now is a great time to do that. Until January 22nd (when I get on the plane) I'm offering discounts on training courses and giving half of the proceeds to the travel fund for PyCon Namibia to help get people there (this will I believe mostly be going to speakers and/or people from other African countries, but I'm not specifically earmarking and leaving that up to the judgement of the organisers). More details here: http://www.drmaciver.com/2015/12/lets-help-people-go-to-pycon-namibia/ Let me know if you're interested, or if you've got any questions. David

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Announcing: London Dojo Thursday 3rd December
by Tom Viner Dec. 2, 2015

Dec. 2, 2015

Hi all, Slightly later email than usual, too much mulled wine already! For the Christmas Dojo - this Thursday - we'll be with Forward Partners, in their office just North of Old Street. As usual we'll have pizza, drinks and all the group coding you can manage. Maybe a lightning talk too. Get your tickets while they're hot - especially if you've never come before, we really welcome everyone: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/london-python-code-dojo-season-7-episode-4-t… Note, as we're using eventbrite these days, if you sign up and later find you can't attend, you can click the link in the email you get, and just hit the cancel order button. If you need any more information (or want to volunteer as a "cat herder" of a dojo), contact the team via Twitter: @ldnpydojo <https://twitter.com/ldnpydojo> or via email team(a)ldnpydojo.org.uk Look forward to seeing you all this Thursday. Tom @tomviner

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