[Inpycon] [PyCon 2013] Programming Challenges, Hackathons & Sprints, in Python at PyCon

[Kiran Gangadharan]

Hi,

How can we organise hackathons/code-sprints effectively along with all the
talks that are going on ? Extending the days is not an option I presume.

Just wanted to be clear of this.

Cheers,
Kiran Gangadharan


On Mon, Jul 8, 2013 at 12:33 PM, Noufal Ibrahim <noufal at nibrahim.net.in>wrote:

> Kiran Gangadharan <kiran.daredevil at gmail.com> writes:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > IMO, we already have lots of these algorithmic challenges around. What
> > would be more worthwhile is to take some open source project and guide
> > people to contribute to it. We could take some good project and
> > organise a code sprint/hackathon around it. This way we can break
> > barriers involved in contributing to open source and make people
> > happy, knowing that they too can make a difference to the open source
> > world. What do you guys think ?
>
> Nice but it requires more time than we have at the conference. This is
> something better suited for a user group "month" especially when people
> need hand holding.
>
>
> [...]
>
>
> --
> Cordially,
> Noufal
> http://nibrahim.net.in
>
>


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Kiran Gangadharan
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