Mailman 3 March 2016 - python-uk

Intermediate TDD workshop in London on Monday (next week) (free)
by Harry Percival March 31, 2016

March 31, 2016

Hi all, with apologies to those far from London -- I'm running a free TDD workshop on Monday at skillsmatter, which I hope some of you may find interesting. The audience would be programmers who've made a start on testing, who are beginning to get the hang of unit tests, and maybe a bit of mocking, and are starting to ask themselves some of the "what next?" questions: - what order should I write my tests in? - how do I get my tests to drive development, from a high-level and from a low-level, and keep focused on user needs? - how much mocking should I do? When is it worth striving for perfectly isolated unit tests, and what are the tradeoffs vs integrated / higher-level tests? - what do people mean when they say "listen to your tests"? How do I get my tests to give me feedback on the design/architecture of my code. Some pretty big topics there, and I'm not saying I'm going to come up with any final, perfect answers for you, but I hope that, by working through a practical example (web-dev/django), we can see some of these techniques and trade-offs in practice, and hopefully have a discussion that should equip you to think about what kind of testing will work best in your own projects. More info here: http://www.obeythetestinggoat.com/intermediate-tdd-workshops-in-london-and-… Hope to see some of you there! Or in America! HP ------------------------------ Harry J.W. Percival ------------------------------ Twitter: @hjwp Mobile: +44 (0) 78877 02511 Skype: harry.percival

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London Python Code Dojo, 7th April
by Daniel Pope March 31, 2016

March 31, 2016

Pyladies and Pygentlemen and py-non-binary-gendered-persons! The next London Python Dojo will be next Thursday evening, 7th April. This time the event will be hosted by Essence Digital at 180 Oxford Street, W1D 1NN. We'll have the usual geek tropes of beer (optional) and pizza (recommended), and hacking on curious Python puzzles in a friendly collaborative atmosphere (mandatory). Please sign up for a free ticket at the link below - which also has full details - if you would like to attend. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/london-python-code-dojo-season-7-episode-8-t…

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Next CamPUG meeting: Tue 5 Apr 2016
by Tony Ibbs March 29, 2016

March 29, 2016

The next Cambridge Python User Group meeting will be on Tuesday 5th April at 7pm, at the Raspberry Pi Foundation offices, 30 Station Road, Cambridge. Rich Wareham (https://www.richwareham.com/) will give a talk on his compiler for the B programming language, written in Python. If you want to take a look before the talk, the repository is at https://github.com/rjw57/rbc B was the predecessor language to C, in part inspired by BCPL. We don't know of an existing compiler for it, and indeed some research was required to even come up with a good definition of the language. 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 more detail about each meeting there. Tweeting may occur at https://twitter.com/campython Tibs

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Anyone in Maidstone or Worthing tomorrow / Wednesday?
by Nicholas H.Tollervey March 22, 2016

March 22, 2016

Hi Folks, I'm afraid I've cocked up. With the release of the micro:bit tomorrow and illness in the family I've dropped the ball for two CAS teacher/developer workshops. The first is *tomorrow* at Maidstone Grammar School. The second is in Worthing. All you'll need do is turn up at around 4pm to help some teachers work through the tutorials / work described here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Fv4Tu1bXSD1BpNKI2YT2MkBzzxlKx0X0WXf6n5A… It's friendly and relaxed and the teachers basically need encouragement and their questions answering. If you're able to help, please get in touch with me directly (ntoll <at> ntoll <dot> org). Thanks! N.

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Trans*Code returns to London
by Naomi Ceder March 21, 2016

March 21, 2016

Hi everyone, Given the kind support we've received from the Python community over the past year, I wanted to be sure to get this invitation out to anyone in range of London. Trans*Code will be back in London 23 April, again at GoCardless. We'd love to have any interested trans and non-binary folk get the word, and of course we'd also love to have allies from the Python community turn up as well. While Trans*Code is language neutral, Python is definitely a force, thanks in no small part to your support. So please feel free to spread the word, tweet (@trans_code), post, even attend yourself if you can. As I've said in the past, if you know someone who might know someone who might know someone interested... please let the know. :-) Registration is at https://www.eventbrite.com/myevent?eid=21129556071 and a blog post is at http://trans.tech or http://trans-code.org. Twitter is @trans_code Best, Naomi -- Naomi Ceder https://plus.google.com/u/0/111396744045017339164/about

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Calling Norwich-ish Pythonistas for Monday at 4:30
by Nicholas H.Tollervey March 19, 2016

March 19, 2016

Hi Folks, If you remember, I asked for volunteers to help teachers in some workshops. I've been organising these "off list" with those who stepped up and they've been going rather well. However, there's always a spanner in the works. I've just found out that the University of Herts (who told me their workshops would be in St.Albans) have organised a workshop in Norwich, on Monday at 4:30 pm. Norwich is obviously in Herts. So, anyone within striking distance of Norwich at that time fancy helping some teachers learn Python on the micro:bit..? Any Cambridge Pythonistas available..? If so please get in touch ASAP. Phew... N.

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PyCon UK 2016: Save the Date
by Peter Inglesby March 4, 2016

March 4, 2016

Some advanced warning: PyCon UK 2016 will take place at Cardiff City Hall from Friday 16th to Monday 19th September, with some additional workshops happening on Thursday 15th. The conference will be formally announced, including details of tickets, financial aid, and the Call For Proposals, in mid-March. Follow us on Twitter (@PyConUK) for the latest news. Cheers, Peter

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Anyone around for Southampton CAS workshop on the 8th?
by Nicholas H.Tollervey March 2, 2016

March 2, 2016

Hi Folks, Apologies for the short notice... Mathematics and Science Learning Centre, University of Southampton, SO17 1BJ Durrington High School, Worthing, BN13 1JX 4pm-7pm More details of the other events coming soon... N.

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