[python-uk] London Python event at the IET's Savoy PLace building

Tue Jun 12 05:56:39 CEST 2007

On Mon, 11 Jun 2007 20:07:47 +0100, Michael Grazebrook wrote

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> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> Pete Ryland, Tim Golden and
> myself are putting on an evening Python event at the IET (Institute of
> Engineering Technology) at Savoy Place on 5th July.<br>

The 5th of July is a Thursday for those of us calendar-challenged.

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> Although the talk bit is not aimed at code-gods such as yourselves,
> that's not really the point ! Though we hope it'll be interesting even
> so. This is a networking event (free grub &amp; booze) with more time
> spent socialising than being lectured to. If we can prove enough
> interest we can hope to get the use of the facilities for as many talks
> and lectures as we'd care to present. So an important part of this is
> for us to hear from you what you'd like (and if you're prepared to give
> a talk).<br>

I'd like to hear / give talks on:

 - python + web services; Django interests me but the whole WSGI thing too

 - mod_python; comparisons to fastcgi + wsgi, plus / minuses

 - python + databases; compared to Perl (DBI) Python seems weak, why so?

 - python as glue; I still tend to reach for (in order) shell / sed / 
awk / perl / python -- common idioms in the other languages expessed in 
python would be handy

 - "There's a snake in your enterprise"; Python + LDAP / Active Directory

 - "Python 3001: A Snake's Odyssey"; what's next for Python

 - "Slithering past the enemy"; Python on a .Net / Java VM (IronPython)

Anand