[python-nigeria] Late to the party........

[Aisha Bello]

Hola pythonistas,

So I know I am a bit late to the many conversations that has ensued this
past week, and to some of you it might sound like stale gist. But there are
lots of amazing comments I just would like to contribute and respond to. I
humbly request your patience.

Hi Abdul-Hakeem it's a real delight to have you hear. Nagode in my not so
Hausa voice. I am sure as time goes by and python events  start happening
in Kano many of us would be happy to make the trip down. I was actually
born in Kano but don't remember much, and would be happy to have an excuse
to come down :)

Hello PyStar more than just a group we hope to build a community where
everything about Python and not just Django is discussed. I apologize if
that's the impression you get. But please feel free to come on and talk
about anything related to python. Like you said Python is a general purpose
language and not just about Django. I personally, whose path is data
science would love to rant about the problems have had with using basemap
in Anaconda for plotting interactive maps. But then again there is also the
slack channel with various channels covering various topics, feel free to
create other channels covering aspects of Python you are interested in.
Bottom line is, so far, everyone here who has contributed has been super
amazing with an atmosphere of knowledge and support for any idea that comes
in, and knowing how awesome this community is there is no way anyone would
be shut out. I know we would all agree that if someone for instance comes
and post something about using python for queuing systems, even though
before one hadn't the slightest clue, others sure would learn a thing or
two from the conversation; me inclusive..

Lekan I love the python book the Naija way idea. Maybe we should all come
up and agree with a title then you create a repository and we all can
contribute our quota. The thought of a book trying to explain a for loop
with examples of a Lagos bus conductor screaming "enter with your change"
10 times over, or explaining the concept of list or collections with Iya
Sikira food joint just makes me giggle *Okay maybe I am over exaggerating*.
But I do like the idea of putting our jabs into the book giving it Learning
Python the Naija Way #APossibleTitle ;) ? and also please share the github
repo. Ohh I think I missed the suggestion where Chuks suggested a github
account for the Python Nigeria community where all community based projects
can be in one account. Has that been done yet? If so what's the github
name/link?

@Olamilekan awesome finally a run down of mErgency., please point us to the
github repo so we all can see how we could contribute. Or whichever way we
could contribute. Am sorry don't know any asides github. I know you already
showed us the demo during the meetup. If you give us links and a roadmap to
point us to where we see what's on ground or has been done then come up
with our own contributions.

Hello @Umar and every other person who has just joined us you are very much
welcome to the community :) The community where many great pythonistas in
Nigeria reside.

@WafiJoe I hail thee. I thought I was the only one with the DIgest
anticipation. It's such a delight to read emails from our dear pythonistas.
Am totally in support of subtly adding pidgin jabs to the book. Afterall
the book is to be in such a way that it's more fun with a dash of our humor
to make even the average Nigerian more interested.

Thanks Eyitemi for keeping the Slack group up and running. I have been
super busy but went there a couple of days ago and I was amazed at how much
we've grown and the many conversations. Truth is the slack channel is way
more active than the mailing list. with channels like #codereview #flask I
even created one for data science. Yaaay!!!

I sincerely apologize for my really long email. Thanks for putting up with
this girl and her long emails *lol*

I guess to round off I would like to appeal to more people to take
advantage of this community and feel free to talk about absolutely
anything/ everything python related. From data science to robotics,
animation, space, physics, and not just Django and Flask even though that
is the most popular topic on this list. All are welcome. For we are One
Awesome Community with the best minds that I am personally proud of.

and there you have it the end..............

oops before I forget so I finally got approval from Pyladies
<http://www.pyladies.com/> to help facilitate PyLadies in Nigeria.
Basically this idea originally cameup as a continuity measure where we
could hold regular weekly meetups and some of Django Girls can meet to
continue in their coding journey or just finish the tutorial. But PyLadies
meetup hope to reach out to all ladies regardless and who is interested in
getting their hands busy with anything Python related. Be it going through
a codecademy python tutorial or coursera python essentials or just working
on a project together. Learning to code with someone is a lot more fun than
learning alone. Although I haven't quite figured everything out. So if
anyone would like to lend a helping hand in facilitating the meetups that
would be so super. Hoping we can get things in place and have our first
meetup next month. Hit me up......
And if you haven't yet see our official DGLagos pictures and short video
clip here
<https://www.flickr.com/photos/djangogirls/albums/72157663207417834> :D

I promise this is actually the end ;)

Do continue to have a pythonic week ahead.......
*p.s. Forgive my many typos, I am typing this after a very long work day*

Aisha