Mailman 3 May 2015 - python-uk

Next Cambridge meeting: Tue 2nd June 2015
by Tony Ibbs May 31, 2015

May 31, 2015

From our google group: The next meeting will be Tuesday 2nd June, 2015, 7.30pm at RealVNC (http://goo.gl/maps/ktqpS). We normally stop about 9.30pm, and go on to the pub. Meetings after that will be: • Tuesday 7th July • Tuesday 4th August • Tuesday 1st September Note that PyConUK 2015 is approaching, and membership can now be bought at http://www.pyconuk.org/. This year there don't seem to be EarlyBird memberships as such - instead, a cheaper rate is available for those who volunteer to help. Also beware that conference dinner tickets are being sold separately, after they basically ran out of seats last year. Tibs

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Next London Python Code Dojo
by Nicholas H.Tollervey May 28, 2015

May 28, 2015

Hi Folks, It's that time again! The next dojo will be happening at 6:30 pm on 4th June at the offices of the ever supportive Fry-IT: Unit 6, 36-42 New Inn Yard, London. EC2A 3EY (Google maps: https://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=embed&hl=en&geocode=&q=Unit+6,+36-4…) Full details and tickets can be booked here: https://ldnpydojo.eventwax.com/london-python-code-dojo-season-6-episode-10 See you at the dojo! Nicholas.

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Transifex experiences - did it save enough time to justify the cost?
by Chris Adams May 28, 2015

May 28, 2015

Hi all, I'm looking after a Django site and I'm looking for a less painful way to manage translations of both the content and some parts of the UI that users see in the templates. Is Transifex the main game in town for doing this these days, if you want to manage the workflow without shunting spreadsheets around all day? Best to assume noone else in the organisation has heard of Github, let alone knows what a pull request is. And can anyone on the list share where using it has turned out to be a more difficult experience than they were expecting? >From what I can see on the site it look ideal, almost too good to be true... Thanks, Chris

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opendreamkit project
by Erika Pellegrino May 27, 2015

May 27, 2015

Hi, I'd like to share with all members this interesting project ... mainly involving scientists http://opendreamkit.org/ erika

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Anyone needs a Python/Django backend developer in London?
by a.grandi＠gmail.com May 26, 2015

May 26, 2015

Hi everyone, I am currently looking for a job as Python/Django backend developer in London (I also consider remote working). My main technical skill is using Python/Django (in particular Django Rest Framework) to implement RESTful APIs and to integrate with third party API services. You can find more about my skills and past experiences here http://www.andreagrandi.it/curriculum/ In case anyone is interested, please reply in private. Thank you so much for your attention and I hope I didn't disturb anyone with this message. Cheers. -- Andrea Grandi - Software Engineer Website: http://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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London Python Project Nights
by Alistair Broomhead May 14, 2015

May 14, 2015

Tickets are up for next week's event: https://london-python-project-nights.eventwax.com/london-python-project-nig… More details at http://london-python-project-nights.github.io This is an informal event, bring your own food and drink, but more importantly bring a project, or the desire to find one! This month we'll be at Skimlinks near Old St, on Thursday 21st from 18:45, I hope to see some of you there, Al

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More Information for potential PyCon UK Sponsors
by Zeth May 13, 2015

May 13, 2015

Hello Everyone, Good news! Peter has added more information to the sponsorship page: http://www.pyconuk.org/sponsorship/ Please tell your bosses, marketing and HR departments :) Best Wishes, Zeth

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ATTENTION: PyCon UK returns! Book tickets and propose talks! Do all the things!!!
by Nicholas H.Tollervey May 12, 2015

May 12, 2015

Hello, World! PyCon UK 2015 is open! The conference runs between Friday 18th - Monday 21st September 2015 and will be held in Coventry (http://www.pyconuk.org/venue/). Book your tickets here: http://www.pyconuk.org/register/ The Call for Papers is Open =========================== We can't run a conference without talks, tutorials and workshops. PyCon UK is a community conference, made by people like you! All talks and workshops are given by members of the community, and we'd like to invite you to submit a proposal to present a talk or to run a workshop. Submit your talks here: http://www.pyconuk.org/programme/ Sponsorship =========== Would you or your company like to sponsor PyCon UK? PyCon UK is a hugely popular and oversubscribed conference that attracts the very best of programming talent from across the UK, Europe and elsewhere. Our conference is regularly featured in both the trade and national press. Why? Because PyCon UK is organised by the Python community for the Python community with the support of our sponsors (that's where you come in). Full details can be found here: http://www.pyconuk.org/sponsorship/ Community Tickets and Volunteers ================================ Since the early bird ticket was of no benefit to attendees or conference organisers we've scrapped it. In its place is a reduced rate "Community" ticket. By purchasing one of these limited number of tickets you will be agreeing to contribute to the conference as a volunteer (either as a session chair, stage hand, meeter and greeter or workshop wizard - we'd expect around 2 hours of your time as an appropriate contribution). If your talk is accepted for PyCon UK you will also be offered a "Community" ticket since you are also contributing to the conference. Full details can be found here: http://www.pyconuk.org/volunteer/ Conference Meal =============== The hugely popular conference meal is no longer included in the cost of the conference ticket. You'll need to buy a conference meal ticket separately. We have also had to limited the number of meal places to 150. It's a popular event, so book your place while you can. Education Track =============== Once again we have an education track. But this year it's bigger and better than ever. We will have the usual teacher's training day on Friday 18th and the kids' day on Saturday 19th. This year we'll be collaborating with both the Raspberry Pi Foundation and the Jam Packed "roadshow" to make these as brilliant, fun and, er, explosive as ever. In addition, on Friday 18th we will have a Trans*Code (http://trans-code.org/) hack-day and a Django Girls (http://djangogirls.org/) workshop. Participants in the Trans*Code and Django Girls events are eligable for a full conference ticket including the conference meal should they wish to stay the full weekend. To apply for a Trans*Code or Django Girls place please register your interest via this form: https://docs.google.com/form/d/1uoGFiJAlwg4r0WycpwdvuveaLq_fIdfU3Dq0SdBgdCQ… Science Track ============= From Saturday 19th will by PyCon UK's first ever Science track for, er, scientists who use Python! It will feature tutorials, talks and collaborative coding. The tickets for this event are supported by the Software Sustainability Institute. Full details can be found here: http://www.pyconuk.org/science/ Skeleton Schedule ================= Want to know how the conference is shaping up? Take a look at the skeleton schedule for a heads up on all the stuff happening over a very busy weekend: http://www.pyconuk.org/schedule/ Code of Conduct =============== We have one (http://www.pyconuk.org/codeofconduct/) and we expect you to have read it and follow it whilst engaged with the conference. Discuss PyCon UK ================ If you want to discuss this year's conference please subscribe to the official mailing list: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pyconuk John Pinner =========== On Friday evening we celebrate the life, work and friendship of John Pinner - the founder and chair of the organising committee who tragically lost his fight with cancer in the spring. We will run a bring-your-own buffet with an entrance fee of £5. All proceeds will be donated to Cancer Research UK. See you at PyCon UK! Love and kisses, The PyCon UK Organising Pixies

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Python 3 thread 2015 edition (was Re: UK based Pythonistas as candidates for the PSF board)
by Zeth May 4, 2015

May 4, 2015

On 4 May 2015 at 21:47, Andy Robinson <andy(a)reportlab.com> wrote: > I'd probably have to become an advocate for a move to Python 3, which > would involve fending off bankruptcy while we try to upgrade 15 years > worth of corporate apps without our clients' agreement ;-) If they had known that, after the best part of a decade later, the majority of commercial deployments would be still using Python 2, would they have done it differently? Practicality beats purity - a high level dynamic language never has to break upstream code; it is all interpreted and compiled into byte code anyway, so the interpreter should just accept Python 2 and Python 3 code. I think the PyPy people were talking about this as a possibility at one point. What is the Linus Torvalds saying? Something like "If you decide there is no option but to make changes that break upstream, before you go ahead, first shoot yourself". (Maybe it had swear words in it as I cannot find the exact text now.) If one does not have to support 3.1 and 3.2, and you can just jump to 3.3+, then life is much simpler as they backtracked on some of the most egregious breakages and so it is easy to have code that runs on Python 2 and 3. Python 3 is a marginally nicer language but it is one of those API breakages that doesn't immediately benefit the customer so doesn't get paid for in the short term. At least they don't break the API every version like some famous web frameworks that shall remain nameless. But none of this matters as it will all work out in the end. Your customers will eventually want something that requires a feature which does not get backported to Python 2, then they will have to pay for the code conversion. I switched my head over to Python 3 when asyncio module was added to the standard library. It was a feature compelling enough for me to switch. (Of course, that example works the other way too, since people in the community have backported it to Python 2 anyway.) I personally find adding Python 3 support to code one of those very therapeutic activities (so maybe I should add that to my freelance services I offer :) but it does require the code to be in tip top condition when you begin. If the code already gets no errors in Pylint or PEP8.py, it is fairly straightforward to support Python 3. If it has unit tests, they normally help a lot too, as long as you can easily port them to Python 3 first. Best Wishes, Zeth

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UK based Pythonistas as candidates for the PSF board
by Nicholas H.Tollervey May 4, 2015

May 4, 2015

Hey there! In case you hadn't noticed, the upcoming PSF board election has both Carrie Anne Philbin and Naomi Ceder (both UK based Pythonistas who put a lot of work into our community) as candidates. Yay and best of luck to both Carrie Anne and Naomi. If you have PSF voting rights, please remember to vote (I've just submitted mine - no prizes for guessing who I voted for)..! :-) All the best, Nicholas.

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