From stuartw at mts.net  Tue Jan  1 22:15:22 2008
From: stuartw at mts.net (Stuart Williams)
Date: Tue, 1 Jan 2008 21:15:22 -0600
Subject: [Python Wpg] Python tutorial at Pycon
Message-ID: <18299.458.611434.288619@gavel.swilliams.ca>

I'm on the list for a pair of Python tutorials at PyCon:
http://us.pycon.org/2008/tutorials/

If there's interest I'd love to present my planned strategy and
content at the January meeting for you all to critique.

Is anyone interested in attending PyCon this year?

Stuart.

From billreid at shaw.ca  Tue Jan  1 23:13:27 2008
From: billreid at shaw.ca (Bill Reid)
Date: Tue, 01 Jan 2008 22:13:27 -0600
Subject: [Python Wpg] Python tutorial at Pycon
In-Reply-To: <18299.458.611434.288619@gavel.swilliams.ca>
References: <18299.458.611434.288619@gavel.swilliams.ca>
Message-ID: <477B0F67.9010700@shaw.ca>

Stuart Williams wrote:
> I'm on the list for a pair of Python tutorials at PyCon:
> http://us.pycon.org/2008/tutorials/

A wonderful opportunity for the rest of the world to be exposed to your Python 
knowledge.
> 
> If there's interest I'd love to present my planned strategy and
> content at the January meeting for you all to critique.
> 

Good idea.

-- Bill

From aklaassen at gmail.com  Wed Jan  2 00:30:09 2008
From: aklaassen at gmail.com (Aaron Klaassen)
Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2008 13:30:09 +0800
Subject: [Python Wpg] Python tutorial at Pycon
In-Reply-To: <477B0F67.9010700@shaw.ca>
References: <18299.458.611434.288619@gavel.swilliams.ca>
	<477B0F67.9010700@shaw.ca>
Message-ID: <faa9c35c0801012130r2d3142acuf09750db2ed29ae0@mail.gmail.com>

Yeah, no kidding. I'd be all over this PyCon thing if it was two weeks
later. As it is, I'll still be in Malaysia.

Do you think there will there be videos or something of the talks that we
can download afterwards? That'd be nice.

Aaron.

On Jan 2, 2008 12:13 PM, Bill Reid < billreid at shaw.ca> wrote:

> Stuart Williams wrote:
> > I'm on the list for a pair of Python tutorials at PyCon:
> > http://us.pycon.org/2008/tutorials/
>
> A wonderful opportunity for the rest of the world to be exposed to your
> Python
> knowledge.
> >
> > If there's interest I'd love to present my planned strategy and
> > content at the January meeting for you all to critique.
> >
>
> Good idea.
>
> -- Bill
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From malexiuk at gmail.com  Fri Jan 11 13:16:10 2008
From: malexiuk at gmail.com (Mark Alexiuk)
Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2008 12:16:10 -0600
Subject: [Python Wpg] Fwd: Winnipeg Python Users Group
In-Reply-To: <18311.34293.571767.929317@gavel.swilliams.ca>
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Hi All,

At Stuart's prompting, I would like to introduce myself.

I've been using Python for just a few years. While looking for an
informative mail list that had a local community, I was led to the Wpg PUG.
My education background is in electrical engineering and in my current
position I have the occasional opportunity to write C++/Python/scripts.

I'm very interested in using python for rapid development of data analysis
applications using numpy and scipy.  In a previous position, I had the
opportunity to work at the Institute for Biodiagnostics (IBD) and would like
to know more about how Python can be used for visualization of
bioinformatics data and visualization of high dimensional data.  See
http://www.scopira.org/rdp/ for a C++ example app.

I am looking forward to attending a PUG event and meeting you all in person.
Cheers,
Mark
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From uiltrams at gmail.com  Fri Jan 11 16:26:50 2008
From: uiltrams at gmail.com (Feng Liu)
Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2008 15:26:50 -0600
Subject: [Python Wpg] Hi all.(Intro)
Message-ID: <1200086810.3106.15.camel@ferrix>

Hi. My name is Feng Liu. I'm very glad to join this group.

I'm a transfer student from China. I have been here for about 4 months.
After 4 months English classes in ELC of University of Manitoba, I'm now
studying Computer Science in the faculty of science in U of M.

I'm a computer super fan. I got to know about Python from a book about
FreeBSD about 3 years before. I learned Perl before Python so I felt a
bit difficult to transfer from Perl to Python when I learned Python. Now
I love Python and almost forget Perl in daily use.

After I arrived Canada, I tried to find local user groups about
computer. I'm so excited that I've found this one. I'm looking forward
to joining the future meetings and learning more about Python from all
of you.

-Feng Liu

====================
http://www.cnliufeng.com/

From syd at plug.ca  Mon Jan 14 16:05:58 2008
From: syd at plug.ca (Sydney Weidman)
Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2008 15:05:58 -0600
Subject: [Python Wpg] Job ad
Message-ID: <1200344758.16523.2.camel@localhost>

Thought I'd pass this along in case anyone is interested. One of their
main applications is a Zope application which is being ported to Django.

Regards,
Syd
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From stuartw at mts.net  Sun Jan 20 22:58:20 2008
From: stuartw at mts.net (Stuart Williams)
Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2008 21:58:20 -0600
Subject: [Python Wpg] Meeting this Wednesday - Python 101 (Introduction)
Message-ID: <18324.6236.504309.496214@gavel.swilliams.ca>

This week at the Winnipeg Python Users Group meeting I'll be
rehearsing part of a tutorial I'm scheduled to give at PyCon
(http://us.pycon.org/2008/tutorials/Python101Williams/) in Chicago in
March.  Here are some excerpts from the proposal I submitted:

  Intended audience: Programmers who want a fast introduction to the
  basics of Python.

  Tutorial format: Frequently alternating presentation of concepts and
  exercise sets.  Each pair of concepts and exercises will range in
  length from 5 minutes (for both) on simple topics, to 10 or 15
  minutes on more involved topics.

  Requirements: Bring a laptop computer with Python 2.5 installed.
  Try to get as much of an overview of Python before the tutorial as
  you have time to in order to get more out of it.  Two angles on this
  are the Python Quick Reference at
  http://rgruet.free.fr/PQR25/PQR2.5.html and the Python website's
  tutorial at http://docs.python.org/tut/tut.html.

  Notes: ... Most of this tutorial introduces Python in a
  non-traditional way -- from the inside out.  Instead of starting
  with the standard "Hello, world!" program we'll start with just the
  string "hello".  We'll use the interactive nature of the interpreter
  to focus first on what goes on in the innermost loops of programs,
  then moving to block constructs such as loops, and only later how to
  put together a standalone program.

For our meeting I'll adjust the format, assuming not everyone will
have a laptop along so we'll do the exercises together.  I'll also be
going more slowly that the similar lightning introduction I gave back
in September.  Of course I won't finish the entire three hour tutorial
on Wednesday but if there's interest I could present again in early
February or at our February meeting.  The tutorial is still a work in
progress and I'm hoping for good critique and feedback.

Feel free to invite others who are interested in learning Python.

I hope to see many of you on Wednesday.

Stuart.

From m.hohner at uwinnipeg.ca  Mon Jan 21 10:34:57 2008
From: m.hohner at uwinnipeg.ca (Michael Hohner)
Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2008 09:34:57 -0600
Subject: [Python Wpg] Meeting this Wednesday - Python 101	(Introduction)
In-Reply-To: <18324.6236.504309.496214@gavel.swilliams.ca>
References: <18324.6236.504309.496214@gavel.swilliams.ca>
Message-ID: <47946741.96F9.0081.0@uwinnipeg.ca>

All;

On the theme of Python 101...

If I have a chance to attend Wed., I'll bring along the XO Laptop I have (received it through the Give One Get One program).

Not sure if anyone has heard, but there's a programming interface that comes bundled with the software on the laptop.  Pippy, the application/interface, is a fully interactive Python interpreter and comes with a number of Python code samples.

I was somewhat surprised to see it (more that there's a programming interface bundled), but it's an obvious choice - such an easy-to-learn language and still so powerful (and I'm obviously preaching to the choir).  Anyway, it's neat to think that with the success of the one laptop program, Python may well be a much more common and universal programming language than many others.

Yet one more reason to love Python!

For more about Pippy, see http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Pippy 

Cheers,

Michael

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>>> Stuart Williams <stuartw at mts.net> 1/20/2008 9:58 PM >>>
This week at the Winnipeg Python Users Group meeting I'll be
rehearsing part of a tutorial I'm scheduled to give at PyCon
(http://us.pycon.org/2008/tutorials/Python101Williams/) in Chicago in
March.  Here are some excerpts from the proposal I submitted: