Mailman 3 February 2016 - python-uk

Special London Python Code Dojo this Thursday!
by Gautier HAYOUN Feb. 29, 2016

Feb. 29, 2016

Hi all, Apologies for the late announcement, we were busy *packing* this month's dojo with cool stuff! Damien George will come to show us his work on MicroPython for the ESP8266, we are returning to Marks and Spencer Digital with a "Franglais" theme food and drinks and we have a cool book from O'Reilly to give away. This is all happening this Thursday the 3rd of March from 6:30 onwards. Check out all the exciting details and register at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/london-python-code-dojo-season-7-episode-7-tick… All programming abilities welcome, we have diverse attendants ranging from beginners to core Python contributors! The event address : M&S Digital 10 Eastbourne Terrace, London W2 6LG See you at the Dojo! Gautier

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by info＠whywouldwe.com Feb. 27, 2016

Feb. 27, 2016

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Next Cambridge Python meeting: Tue 1st Mar 2016
by Tony Ibbs Feb. 24, 2016

Feb. 24, 2016

As it says on our Google group: Anvil (www.anvil.works) is an IDE designed to make it easier for novice programmers to build web apps. You can design pages with a drag-n-drop GUI builder, and write your app logic in Python (server and client-side). Anvil comes with straightforward bindings for services like Google Sheets, Google Drive and Stripe - the goal is to be able to put together a working app, easily and quickly. Meredydd Luff, one of the authors, will lead an informal workshop. He will also be around to discuss programming usability, API design and how he implemented continuations in the Skulpt Python-to-Javascript compiler. Bring your laptop, and let's see what we can build in an evening! This meeting will be held at the Department of Engineering (that should link to a map), in room LR4, which is just off the foyer - it's the same room we used in January. Meetings after that will be: • Tuesday 5th April 2016 - Compiling B with Python (http://www.meetup.com/CamPUG/events/227894378/) • Tuesday 3rd May - to be determined • Tuesday 7th June - 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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Tomorrow's London micro:bit / teacher mentoring
by Nicholas H.Tollervey Feb. 24, 2016

Feb. 24, 2016

Hi Folks, I arrived back from California yesterday and I'm slowly getting through my emails and I've prodded the CAS people. The quick take away is that the session scheduled for tomorrow doesn't require developers. It's turned into a bunch of teachers working out what they'd like to learn about the micro:bit. The upshot is that there will be several mentoring opportunities over the spring but the London crowd are organising themselves. I've been quite overwhelmed with the response - both in terms of the volume of emails I've had and the awesomeness of the UK's Python community. Rest assured, I'm on it and I'll ping out emails for the different centres as soon as I have more details. Best wishes, Nicholas.

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Fwd: URGENT: Volunteers for teacher collaboration please... :-) Manchester: 23rd March
by Leona So Feb. 22, 2016

Feb. 22, 2016

Dear Sir/Madam, I have seen the CAS email from Python user group (Manchester) and thought I may be able to get involved. I am a college tutor at The Manchester College, volunteer for the IET Manchester (and currently the chair for the Young Professionals Network) and also the organiser of Django Girls Manchester <https://djangogirls.org/manchester/>. I have an interest in Python programming and attend Python Northwest user group regularly. I would be happy to get involved depending on the skills needed for the workshop, along with others from the user group who also expressed an interest in our last meet up group. What is required and level of skills needed to support the workshop? It would also be a good opportunity to let the teachers aware of Django Girls Manchester and also Code Up Manchester which I am supporting regularly. Thanks and I look forward to hear from you soon. Regards, Leona

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Fw: new important message
by Oracles Java Dev Newsletter Feb. 21, 2016

Feb. 21, 2016

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URGENT: Volunteers for teacher collaboration please... :-)
by Nicholas H.Tollervey Feb. 17, 2016

Feb. 17, 2016

Hi Folks, I realise I must sound like a stuck record about this sort of thing - please accept my sincere apologies. TL;DR: I need volunteers from around the country to support a twilight meetup of teachers happening in various parts of the UK. It's not difficult and likely to be a lot of fun and will only take a few hours of your time in the early evening of a single day. I may be able to cover travel expenses. Please get in touch. More detail below... Computing at School (see: http://www.computingatschool.org.uk/), a grass roots movement of computing teachers in the UK would like to run a series of training courses for "Master Teachers" in MicroPython on the BBC micro:bit during March. These teachers would go on to act as the seed / catalyst for other teachers who require Python training during a series of training events over the summer. Put simply, this is an exercise in Python evangelism for teachers. Master teachers are those who have demonstrated a combination of deep subject knowledge and teaching skill. Put simply, they're the most senior teachers you can get. They're also the leaders in the field and what they say or do influences many hundreds of their colleagues. The idea is for the master teachers to get together with Python developers (that'd be *you*) for a few hours to work through MicroPython related educational resources. These events would happen at university based hubs around the country. As a Python developer you'll *get a BBC micro:bit* and be expected to offer advice, answer questions and demonstrate Python as needed. Honestly, it's not an onerous task and will only last a few hours in a "twilight" session (i.e. after work). The locations and proposed dates are as follows: London: 25th February Birmingham: 9th March Nottingham: 15th March Lancaster: 16th March Newcastle: 17th March Hertfordshire: 21st March Manchester: 23rd March Southampton: 23rd March It's easy for UK Python to be very London-centric. This is an opportunity for Pythonistas throughout the UK to step up and get involved. Why should you volunteer a few hours of your time to help teachers? Need you ask? Your help and influence will ultimately contribute to the education of the next generation of programmers - your future colleagues. It's a way to give back to the community by fostering the next generation of Pythonistas with the help of the CAS Master Teachers. It's also, from a moral point of view, simply a selfless and unambiguously good thing to do. If you're thinking "oh, they won't want me", then YOU ARE EXACTLY THE PERSON WE NEED! Your experience, perspective and knowledge is invaluable and teachers need to hear from you. Rest assured, this will not be a difficult or high-pressure activity. In fact, it's likely to be a lot of fun. Remember that awesome person who mentored you and/or gave you a step up? Now's your chance to be that person for a group of master teachers. If this is of interest to you, please get in touch ASAP and I can start to coordinate things with CAS. I'm going to put in a grant request to the PSF to see if we can cover travel costs for developers. But there's no guarantee this will come about. Best wishes, N.

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Re: [python-uk] URGENT: Volunteers for teacher collaboration please... :-)
by The Longmores Feb. 17, 2016

Feb. 17, 2016

Hi Nicholas, I have been a python developer for several years and I would be interested in volunteering for your event in Birmingham on 9th March. I look forward to hearing from you. Regards Jill Longmore Sent from my iPad

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Re: [python-uk] python-uk Digest, Vol 150, Issue 9
by Joe Metcalfe Feb. 17, 2016

Feb. 17, 2016

Hi Nick, I'd be interested in helping but based in Swindon now. Do-able for me would probably be Birmingham or Southampton. Yours, Joe Metcalfe On Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 9:18 AM, <python-uk-request(a)python.org> wrote: > Send python-uk mailing list submissions to > python-uk(a)python.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > python-uk-request(a)python.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > python-uk-owner(a)python.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of python-uk digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Call for Proposal for PyData London Conference (6-8 May 2016) > (Cecilia Liao) > 2. URGENT: Volunteers for teacher collaboration please... :-) > (Nicholas H.Tollervey) > 3. Re: URGENT: Volunteers for teacher collaboration please... > :-) (Tim Golden) > 4. Re: URGENT: Volunteers for teacher collaboration please... > :-) (Nicholas H.Tollervey) > 5. Re: URGENT: Volunteers for teacher collaboration please... > :-) (Glenn Rogers) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2016 20:38:54 +0000 > From: Cecilia Liao <orangesojourner(a)yahoo.com> > To: UK Python Users <python-uk(a)python.org> > Subject: [python-uk] Call for Proposal for PyData London Conference > (6-8 May 2016) > Message-ID: <56C388DE.9010705(a)yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > Hi all, > > I am one of the volunteer organisers for the PyData London series of > meetups and conferences. Proposals are now being accepted for PyData > London Conference 2016, taking place on 6-8 May (1-day tutorial, 2-day > conference). If you work in data science, we would love to hear from you! > > The event brings together everyone from the data science community to > discuss new techniques and tools for management, analytics and > visualisation of data. PyData welcomes presentations focusing on Python > as well as other languages used in data science (e.g. R, Julia, etc.). > Presentation content can be at novice, intermediate or advanced level. > Talks will run 30-40 min and hands-on tutorials will run 90-120 min. > > PyData presentations are a great way to share knowledge and experience. > We welcome talks on know how tools are used, but discourage any > proposals with the aim of selling a product. If you are interested in > presenting a talk or tutorial, we encourage your submissions. To see the > type of topics presented at previous PyData events, please look at our > past conference sites at pydata.org or check out the videos on > https://www.youtube.com/user/PyDataTV or vimeo.com/pydata. > > To submit a proposal: > 1. Register on http://pydata.org/london2016/ > 2. Create a speaker profile > 3. Click on "Submit a new proposal" > > Conference ticket will be complimentary for speakers. Any questions can > be directed to admin(a)pydata.org or myself. Proposals deadline is 29 > February, 2016. > > We hope to hear from you! > > Best wishes, > Cecilia > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2016 08:30:31 +0000 > From: "Nicholas H.Tollervey" <ntoll(a)ntoll.org> > To: UK Python Users <python-uk(a)python.org> > Subject: [python-uk] URGENT: Volunteers for teacher collaboration > please... :-) > Message-ID: <56C42FA7.8000806(a)ntoll.org> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Hi Folks, > > I realise I must sound like a stuck record about this sort of thing - > please accept my sincere apologies. > > TL;DR: I need volunteers from around the country to support a twilight > meetup of teachers happening in various parts of the UK. It's not > difficult and likely to be a lot of fun and will only take a few hours > of your time in the early evening of a single day. I may be able to > cover travel expenses. Please get in touch. More detail below... > > Computing at School (see: http://www.computingatschool.org.uk/), a grass > roots movement of computing teachers in the UK would like to run a > series of training courses for "Master Teachers" in MicroPython on the > BBC micro:bit during March. These teachers would go on to act as the > seed / catalyst for other teachers who require Python training during a > series of training events over the summer. Put simply, this is an > exercise in Python evangelism for teachers. > > Master teachers are those who have demonstrated a combination of deep > subject knowledge and teaching skill. Put simply, they're the most > senior teachers you can get. They're also the leaders in the field and > what they say or do influences many hundreds of their colleagues. > > The idea is for the master teachers to get together with Python > developers (that'd be *you*) for a few hours to work through MicroPython > related educational resources. These events would happen at university > based hubs around the country. As a Python developer you'll *get a BBC > micro:bit* and be expected to offer advice, answer questions and > demonstrate Python as needed. Honestly, it's not an onerous task and > will only last a few hours in a "twilight" session (i.e. after work). > > The locations and proposed dates are as follows: > > London: 25th February > Birmingham: 9th March > Nottingham: 15th March > Lancaster: 16th March > Newcastle: 17th March > Hertfordshire: 21st March > Manchester: 23rd March > Southampton: 23rd March > > It's easy for UK Python to be very London-centric. This is an > opportunity for Pythonistas throughout the UK to step up and get involved. > > Why should you volunteer a few hours of your time to help teachers? Need > you ask? Your help and influence will ultimately contribute to the > education of the next generation of programmers - your future > colleagues. It's a way to give back to the community by fostering the > next generation of Pythonistas with the help of the CAS Master Teachers. > It's also, from a moral point of view, simply a selfless and > unambiguously good thing to do. > > If you're thinking "oh, they won't want me", then YOU ARE EXACTLY THE > PERSON WE NEED! Your experience, perspective and knowledge is invaluable > and teachers need to hear from you. Rest assured, this will not be a > difficult or high-pressure activity. In fact, it's likely to be a lot of > fun. > > Remember that awesome person who mentored you and/or gave you a step up? > Now's your chance to be that person for a group of master teachers. > > If this is of interest to you, please get in touch ASAP and I can start > to coordinate things with CAS. > > I'm going to put in a grant request to the PSF to see if we can cover > travel costs for developers. But there's no guarantee this will come about. > > Best wishes, > > N. > >

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Fwd: Re: URGENT: Volunteers for teacher collaboration please... :-)
by Tim Golden Feb. 17, 2016

Feb. 17, 2016

[from python-list] From: Anubhav Yadav <anubhav1691(a)gmail.com> To: python-list(a)python.org <Python-list(a)python.org> I met @ntoll at an event in India. It was refreshing to see his passion for teaching kids about programming and python. I would have loved to be there, but I don't reside in the UK. Nevertheless, just replying to wish you guys all the best. On Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 2:50 PM, Tim Golden <mail(a)timgolden.me.uk> wrote: > [Forwarding an email from python-uk in the hope that UK-based > Pythonistas might see it here who don't hang out there...] > > From: Nicholas H.Tollervey <ntoll(a)ntoll.org> > Reply-To: UK Python Users <python-uk(a)python.org> > To: UK Python Users <python-uk(a)python.org> > > Hi Folks, > > I realise I must sound like a stuck record about this sort of thing - > please accept my sincere apologies. > > TL;DR: I need volunteers from around the country to support a twilight > meetup of teachers happening in various parts of the UK. It's not > difficult and likely to be a lot of fun and will only take a few hours > of your time in the early evening of a single day. I may be able to > cover travel expenses. Please get in touch. More detail below... > > Computing at School (see: http://www.computingatschool.org.uk/), a grass > roots movement of computing teachers in the UK would like to run a > series of training courses for "Master Teachers" in MicroPython on the > BBC micro:bit during March. These teachers would go on to act as the > seed / catalyst for other teachers who require Python training during a > series of training events over the summer. Put simply, this is an > exercise in Python evangelism for teachers. > > Master teachers are those who have demonstrated a combination of deep > subject knowledge and teaching skill. Put simply, they're the most > senior teachers you can get. They're also the leaders in the field and > what they say or do influences many hundreds of their colleagues. > > The idea is for the master teachers to get together with Python > developers (that'd be *you*) for a few hours to work through MicroPython > related educational resources. These events would happen at university > based hubs around the country. As a Python developer you'll *get a BBC > micro:bit* and be expected to offer advice, answer questions and > demonstrate Python as needed. Honestly, it's not an onerous task and > will only last a few hours in a "twilight" session (i.e. after work). > > The locations and proposed dates are as follows: > > London: 25th February > Birmingham: 9th March > Nottingham: 15th March > Lancaster: 16th March > Newcastle: 17th March > Hertfordshire: 21st March > Manchester: 23rd March > Southampton: 23rd March > > It's easy for UK Python to be very London-centric. This is an > opportunity for Pythonistas throughout the UK to step up and get involved. > > Why should you volunteer a few hours of your time to help teachers? Need > you ask? Your help and influence will ultimately contribute to the > education of the next generation of programmers - your future > colleagues. It's a way to give back to the community by fostering the > next generation of Pythonistas with the help of the CAS Master Teachers. > It's also, from a moral point of view, simply a selfless and > unambiguously good thing to do. > > If you're thinking "oh, they won't want me", then YOU ARE EXACTLY THE > PERSON WE NEED! Your experience, perspective and knowledge is invaluable > and teachers need to hear from you. Rest assured, this will not be a > difficult or high-pressure activity. In fact, it's likely to be a lot of > fun. > > Remember that awesome person who mentored you and/or gave you a step up? > Now's your chance to be that person for a group of master teachers. > > If this is of interest to you, please get in touch ASAP and I can start > to coordinate things with CAS. > > I'm going to put in a grant request to the PSF to see if we can cover > travel costs for developers. But there's no guarantee this will come about. > > Best wishes, > > N. > > > -- > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > > -- Regards, Anubhav Yadav KPIT Technologies, Pune. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

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