[python-uk] London Django March 2017

[Anand Kumria]

Hi everyone,

Once again the premier monthly London Django group is meeting next week
at CodeNode. If you interest is Python, Django and Docker at scale then
next Tuesday 14th March is for you.

Our speakers are:

- Rolo Mawlabaux

Rolo runs a London-based Django consultancy - wildfish.com He has been
working with the web for 20 years and with Django since version 1.0*
*

/*Docker in Production - Are we there yet?*/

A look at running docker in production in 2017. Is it a good idea?
Including an overview of Amazon ECS and Google Container Engine.

- Dan Palmer

Dan has previously worked on OS X apps and computer security products
and is currently at thread.com. In his spare time he's learning Haskell,
contributes to open source software, and enjoys taking part in hackathons.

*/
Scaling large Django codebases/*

We manage over 300 apps, and we will take a look at some of the tools
and techniques that we use to do this.

With thanks to our long-term sponsors Festicket and YPlan / Timeout
there will be a bar tab with drinks available. We also go over the road
for food as well.

Regards,
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[python-uk] Django London Feb 2017

[Anand Kumria]

Hi folks,

For our 45th consecutive monthly Django London meetup (tomorrow) we have
three great speakers:

 - Ana Balica

The internals of the Django testing framework, where it evolved from and
some best practices

- Matei Beremski

7Bridges: Data Science, AI and Django. Oh my!

- Sam Ghosh

Business Process modelling with Django + viewflow

Convert business process image into useful Python code and make it
accessible via Django. Run tests against a business processes, then
refactor it!


With thanks to our long-term sponsors Festicket and YPlan / Timeout
there will be a bar tab with drinks available. We also go over the road
for food as well.


Regards,

Anand

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Re: [python-uk] Python services within existing .Net infrastructure

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I'd probably start with utilising setting up Linux VMs / containers but
make things available on Windows.

Keep in mind that .Net (and thus C#, F#) also run on Linux as well, and
those VMs / containers tend to be cheaper overall.

A


On 31/01/17 15:02, Jonathan Hartley wrote:
> Hey all,
>
> I'm joining a small company with an existing service-based
> infrastructure written in C# & F#, on Windows Server on AWS.
>
> They want me to write some new services in Python. I'm wondering
> whether to host these Python services on Linux or on Windows.
>
>
> In favour of Linux:
>
> L1. I'm by far more familiar with Linux.
>
> L2. Linux is Python's natural home. I expect the ecosystem to work at
> its best there.
>
>
> In favour of Windows:
>
> W1. I don't want to put up a barrier to the existing C# devs from
> working on the Python services because they don't have a Linux
> install. (although I guess this is circumvented by them using a VM)
>
> W2. I don't want to cause a devops headache by introducing
> heterogeneous OS choices.
>
> W3. As a specific example of W2, some places I've worked at have had
> local dev environments spin up all our services in VMs or containers
> on the local host, so we can system test across all services. I fear
> heterogeneous server OSes will make significantly harder to do. They
> also want me to lead the charge on this sort of test setup, so this is
> going to be my problem.
>
> Thoughts welcome.
>
> Jonathan
>

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Re: [python-uk] Help solve a few riddles

[Anand Kumria]

Hi all,

>From the looks of things, quite a few of you enjoy solving riddles!

I believe I have replied to everyone who sent me an email - however this
morning Thunderbird upgraded itself. And quite a number of interface
changes have occurred.

So I may have missed your email.

If you haven't received a reply from me, please accept my apologies, and
re-send.

Thanks,

Anand


On 27/04/16 08:49, Anand Kumria wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Do you, or someone you know, what to change the world?
>
> We are trying to solve a riddle. How do people get cancer? [1]
>
> If you have cancer, which medicine will work best for you? Does it exist
> yet?
>
> When you visit your GPs, they can easily and routinely ask for a blood
> test. We want to make the same capabilities available but for genetic
> sequencing. [2]
>
> We are Genomics England, www.genomicsengland.co.uk, fully owned and
> funded by the Government and we are seeking a range of permanent Python
> developers. We need good junior through to exemplary senior developers.
>
> From the outset you will be working we highly talented
> Bioinformaticians, to help translate their algorithms into Python -- and
> for the already existing Python make it robust, even easier to test and
> help us scale so we can (eventually) handle the kinds of query rates the
> NHS is going to send.
>
> The salary on offer ranges from £50k - £90k, depending upon experience;
> we aren't looking to hire in a hurry. We want to ensure new hires can
> 'gel' with the team. If you are a recruitment agency, we will consider
> any CVs sent to us a lovely gift but nothing more.
>
> Feel free to reply if you'd like more details and I'll answer as I can.
>
> Regards,
> Anand
>
> [1]: Other riddles relate to rare disease and, soon, diabetes
>
> [2]: An example of a what that can mean, and a riddle we helped to solve:
> http://www.genomicsengland.co.uk/first-children-recieve-diagnoses-through-10-genomes-project/
>

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[python-uk] Help solve a few riddles

[Anand Kumria]

Hi,

Do you, or someone you know, what to change the world?

We are trying to solve a riddle. How do people get cancer? [1]

If you have cancer, which medicine will work best for you? Does it exist
yet?

When you visit your GPs, they can easily and routinely ask for a blood
test. We want to make the same capabilities available but for genetic
sequencing. [2]

We are Genomics England, www.genomicsengland.co.uk, fully owned and
funded by the Government and we are seeking a range of permanent Python
developers. We need good junior through to exemplary senior developers.

From the outset you will be working we highly talented
Bioinformaticians, to help translate their algorithms into Python -- and
for the already existing Python make it robust, even easier to test and
help us scale so we can (eventually) handle the kinds of query rates the
NHS is going to send.

The salary on offer ranges from £50k - £90k, depending upon experience;
we aren't looking to hire in a hurry. We want to ensure new hires can
'gel' with the team. If you are a recruitment agency, we will consider
any CVs sent to us a lovely gift but nothing more.

Feel free to reply if you'd like more details and I'll answer as I can.

Regards,
Anand

[1]: Other riddles relate to rare disease and, soon, diabetes

[2]: An example of a what that can mean, and a riddle we helped to solve:
http://www.genomicsengland.co.uk/first-children-recieve-diagnoses-through-10-genomes-project/

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Re: [python-uk] London Django Meetup: 16th Feb 2016

[Anand Kumria]

Hi Harry,

Yes - it is. I've updated the meetup page now that they've managed to
generate the URL for us.

Thanks,
Anand

On 31/01/16 06:33, Harry Percival wrote:
> Is this the actual link for the signup then? 
> https://skillsmatter.com/meetups/7749-django-february-meetup#
>
> On 30 January 2016 at 16:16, Jon Ribbens
> <jon+python...@unequivocal.co.uk
> <mailto:jon+python...@unequivocal.co.uk>> wrote:
>
> On Sat, Jan 30, 2016 at 11:50:10AM +, Anand Kumria wrote:
> >Further details are on meetup:
> >
> >   
> http://www.meetup.com/The-London-Django-Meetup-Group/events/228363107/
>
> You might like to be aware that the meetup page says:
>
> Please note: in order to attend, you also need to register on the
> Skills Matter site for this meetup.  It only takes a second:
> [to be filled in]
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[python-uk] London Django Meetup: 16th Feb 2016

[Anand Kumria]

Hi all,

We are onto our second meeting of the year and we have a great line-up
if you would like to come along:

/How to build a cat website in 15 mins - Colm O'Connor
/

Acceptance test driven development with cookiecutter-django
 and hitch test
.

/PanelApp, an example of Django helping Genomics - Antonio Rueda-Martin

/Once you have genomic data, how do you know what is a marker of a problem?

/How to communicate - Tom Christie/

What problems are we running into building Web APIs today?

Colm is the author of the hitch test framework, Antonio is a
bioinformation at Genomics England 
and Tom is the author of the Django REST Framework
.

Further details are on meetup:

http://www.meetup.com/The-London-Django-Meetup-Group/events/228363107/


We hope to see you there!

Regards,
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[python-uk] London Django Meetup - Oct 2015

[Anand Kumria]

Hi guys,

As usual, we have another monthly meetup. For those of you who haven't
been before, or in a long-time, we have moved to CodeNode.

https://skillsmatter.com/locations/264-skills-matter-codenode

Our meetup this month has two speakers:

- Marc Tamlyn, What's new on Django 1.9

- James Pacileo, Gaming on Django

If you'd like to come along, please sign-up at:

http://www.meetup.com/The-London-Django-Meetup-Group/events/224716213/

Regards,
Anand

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Re: [python-uk] UK based Pythonistas as candidates for the PSF board

[Anand Kumria]

On 04/05/15 21:47, Andy Robinson wrote:
 You're right, a quick google says it has all changed since my fuzzy
 memories of circa 2003...:

 https://www.python.org/psf/membership/

 Not sure I want to stump up $2000 now and get on the campaign trail,

You can be a voting member, without stumping up cash.

Although the process is a bit disorganised at present, hopefully the
next few months see it becoming even simpler. And quicker.

Anand

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Re: [python-uk] DJUGL - Django User Group London: this evening (April 22th) at 19:00 c/o WayraUK

[Anand Kumria]

On 22/04/15 10:30, a.gra...@gmail.com wrote:
 We still have around 28 tickets available and you can register and

Interesting. Last night, there were no tickets left.

Has the venue changed?

Thanks,
Anand

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Re: [python-uk] London Python related organiser contacts.

[Anand Kumria]

Hi Rachid,

[ I wasn't aware of Tim's event calendar, so there you go ].

Basically, there are enough events on in London that, although it is a 
shame, there is - realistically - going to be a clash.


Apart from announcing to Python-UK, which you already do, just assume 
there *will* be a clash.


There are plenty of Python people around, and the more events, the 
better, not all are geared towards the same audience.


A

On 17/03/14 13:13, Rachid Belaid wrote:

Hi,

I noticed over the weekend that the Pyramid meetup is clashing with 
the Python meetup. It's a bit sad as Python related meetup have been 
pretty quite lately.


Last week, the DJUGL clashed with Django meetup.

I would like to build a list of people to notify who are organising 
python related meetup, so I can check with them before announcing any 
future meetup.


Cheers.

--
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[python-uk] London Django Group Xmas Drinks

[Anand Kumria]

Hear ye, Hear ye!

( A bad riff on Tim's opening line )

There be a meeting this coming Wednesday (4th Dec) of the London Django
group.

http://www.meetup.com/The-London-Django-Meetup-Group/events/152893542/

This will be opportunity to have a social meet, however we do have a
talk by Andrew Godwin on the recently released Django 1.6 and the
upcoming Django 1.7 (which includes schema migrations).

I am just pending the venue to confirm, I'll update the meetup later today.

We hope to see you there! There will be a prize for the most Christmas-y
sweater too btw. :-)

Regards,
Anand

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Re: [python-uk] gosh this is exciting

[Anand Kumria]

Hi,

Of course we smelt a rat.

As soon as that comment came out, I gave up on even reading the
discourse that followed.

Fundamentally many of the commentators do not realise that forcing
people to participate - i.e. forcing reply-to to be public - (imagine
be *required* to attend *every* Python-related meetup in London; no
matter what) simply does not work.

No technical means to enforce / create a community has worked.

Enough people elaborated on the (many) technical pitfalls of having
reply-to, so I won't, the community one is often overlooked.

Anand


On 8 January 2013 19:02, Jonathan Hartley tart...@tartley.com wrote:
 On 03/01/2013 23:19, Michael Foord wrote:

   FWIW on lists where reply-to goes to the individual I *very*
   regularly see messages accidentally sent only to the original sender
   and not to the list.


 Does anyone else smell a rat? How would he know Is Mr Foord READING ALL
 OUR EMAILS!?!?!?!

 Thank you all for providing a stream of giggles to brighten my day.

 --
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 Made of meat.   +44 7737 062 225   twitter/skype: tartley


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[python-uk] London Christmas Django meetup

[Anand Kumria]

Hi all,

Our last two meetups have been a bit formal, what with talks an all
(if you'd like to give one, though, let us know!) so this month we
thought we'd return to our roots.

Just an informal gathering of like minded Djangonauts.

The Shooting Star does some decent food and they serve a range of
beverages - including the odd alcoholic one.

We have some tables booked in the Shooting Star, about a 10 minute
walk from Liverpool St. station.

Hope to see a lot of you there!

Cheers,
Anand

http://www.shootingstar-city.co.uk/
The Shooting Star
125-129 Middlesex Street
London, E1 7JF

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[python-uk] Fwd: Django Pub Meetup. Tuesday 18th of September 2012

[Anand Kumria]

Hi guys,

Excuse the interruption, it appears that James' email is not going
through the various list filters.

We are looking for someone else to give a brief 5 minute talk on where
/ what / how they are using Django.

Regards,
Anand

From: James Pacileo jamesp...@gmail.com
Date: 16 September 2012 08:20
Subject: Django Pub Meetup. Tuesday 18th of September 2012
To: python-uk@python.org


Hi everyone,

The monthly Django pub meetup will be running on Tuesday 18th of
September at Counting House this time. We have a function room booked.
Details are here
http://www.meetup.com/The-London-Django-Meetup-Group/events/82548312/.

Pycon UK is just round the corner so it would be great to chance catch
up before the event. We'll also have A/V equipment in order to host
some lightning talks. If anyone is interested in giving a short 5
minute talk please email me or Kevin, also make sure you make the
slides available before 7pm. Talks would preferably be short and
light. Some ideas are: apps you found useful, tips/techniques that you
use in your Django/Python development, interesting/useful web
services.

We have the venue booked from 6pm and we'll be starting the talks at 7pm.

Will look forward to meet everyone!

Regards,
James

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Re: [python-uk] 7 x Linux / Python roles - UK Wide

[Anand Kumria]

Chris,

I think she means: http://wxpython.org/

Anand

On 23 January 2012 16:50, Chris Ovenden chris.oven...@gmail.com wrote:
 Hi Sally

 The last role looks interesting, but could you confirm what's meant by WX?

 Cheers,
 Chris

 On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 4:35 PM, Sally Hall sa...@e-recruiter.co.uk wrote:
 Good afternoon all,



 I have multiple roles within the Python environment - I’ve included
 Developers as well as Engineers, I hope this is ok?



 I’ve added location and salary details, however if you want more details –
 just please let me know.



 In summary, I have the following roles:



 · Open Source / Python Developer - Oxford - £30-45k + benefits

 · Experienced Linux Systems Engineer - Central London - £40k -£55k

 · Python Developers - £20-33k + benefits – Experienced / Graduate /
 Trainee – West Sussex

 · Python / Django Developer - Portsmouth - £25-35k + benefits

 · Python / Django Developer – London - £25-40k benefits

 · Python Developer – London - £35-45k + benefits

 · Python Contractor – London - £300 – 400 PD



 Please find the details below - I’ve been working with these companies for a
 long while, so am happy to answer any questions.





 Open Source / Python Developer - Oxford - £30-45k + benefits

 Are you a passionate Open Source / Python Developer? Are you looking to work
 in a company where your skills, opinion and ideas matter and are taken into
 account? Are you focused on solving problems and don't give up until you've
 fixed them Then this is the job for you!

 Exceptional Startup is looking for an Experienced Python Developer to join
 their well funded and growing company based in Oxford city centre. You will
 be working alongside the designers, product managers and online marketing
 team.

 The company is very passionate about the people working for them. They
 provide a friendly, team-focused environment where you are listened to, can
 make a difference and bring ideas to the table. You will be working with a
 team who come from technical backgrounds, including the management team,
 which means they are aware of your skills and can help you with your tasks.

 In order to be successful for this Python Developer role, you must have the
 following:
 * Commercial experience in Python and Linux
 * Pride in your software and code
 * Love solving problems independently or as a member of a talented team.

 Ideally you will have the following experience (however training will be
 provided)
 * Web frameworks, OOP and the MVC paradigm
 * Open Source contribution(s)

 As a Python developer you will:
 * Focusing on the ongoing development of the web application
 * Submitting code and projects to the open source community
 * Working to build the features that the users need
 * Help build a business of global scale
 * Working every day with open-source tech such as Python, Django, Debian,
 Postgres etc.

 My client is offering £30-45k + benefits + career progression + training.





 Experienced Linux Systems Engineer - Central London - £40k -£55k

 Successful and Established, software house is looking for an Experienced
 Linux Systems Engineer to join their technical team. You will be joining a
 range of Open Source and Technical staff within a friendly team. You will be
 working for software house with a great reputation for customer service and
 amazing software.



 You will be joining a company of 100 and working on systems that are used by
 Millions of people.

 In order to be successful for this role you must have the following:



 *  Large scale database back end primarily using PostgreSQL / SQL database.
 *  Managing network devices preferably CISCO ( CCNA and CCNP
 certifications).
 *  Strong Linux skills.

 *  Experience in Data Center environments e.g installation or management of
 server hardware, power, network etc
 *  Implemented systems to enable management and monitoring of large scale
 systems. Things like Puppet, Kickstart, Nagios, Munin, Cacti, Chef or
 similar
 *  Actively involved in investigating/testing new technologies  open source
 solutions.

 My client is offering £40 - £55k + benefits + career progression + training.





 Python Developers - £20-33k + benefits – Experienced / Graduate / Trainee –
 West Sussex

 Successful and growing software house is looking for a range of Experienced
 and Trainee/Graduate Python Developers to join their team. You will be
 working with cutting edge technologies and improving award winning software.

 The main language used throughout the company is Python.

 As a Python Developer you will be working in a team of highly capable
 programmers, using technologies such as Python and Linux, and modern agile
 development processes encompassing pair programming, unittests, test-first,
 and a high degree of automation.

 In order to be success for this role you must have the following:
 *  A keen analytical mind, with a sound ability to judge when to focus on
 the 

[python-uk] Python in Edinburgh

[Anand Kumria]

Hey all,

Just a head's up that there are a bunch of us Pythonista's meeting up in
Edinburgh on the 24th Aug (yes, during the festival!)

We'll be at Bert's bar - http://www.bertsbar.co.uk/

If you are going to be in the area, pop along.

Cheers,
Anand
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Re: [python-uk] Google Wave

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On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 8:25 PM, Holger Duerer hdue...@gmx.net wrote:

  Michael == Michael Brunton-Spall mich...@brunton-spall.co.uk
 writes:

Michael It's certainly worth pointing out that if you have a wave
 account,
Michael then you can do a search for with:public python to find some
Michael existing python waves, including a django wave.  If you set the
 public
Michael attribute of a wave if becomes findable with the above search,
 which
Michael will help anybody who'se managed to work out how to find public
 waves
Michael (it not being obvious and all!)

 Intriguing.  I have always wondered what the wave is good for.

 Would anybody have a spare invite then?  To h.due...@gmail if possible.


 Likewise if anyone else has a spare invite.

Cheers,
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[python-uk] Wednesday (10th Dec) pre-Christmas meetup

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Hey guys,

Just a reminder that there will be a bunch of us (about 6 at the moment), 
meeting up at the 'Square Pig' bar near Holborn.

If you'd like to come along and join, we'll be there from 18:30 onwards.

Cheers,
Anand

http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/s/15/1507/Square_Pig/Holborn

P.S. They are 'under new management', as of last month, so the reviews 
may no longer apply.

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Re: [python-uk] London Python Django night

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Hi Richard,

On Sat, 22 Nov 2008 12:53:51 +, richard barran wrote:

 Hi Anand,
 V. interested in your presentation tomorrow night - is it going ahead?

yes, it is. Look forwarding to seeing you there.

Cheers,
Anand

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[python-uk] London Python Django night

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Hi guys,

I've spent the past week or so investigating Facebook's new profile -- 
using Python and Django.

Whilst I have not turned around and developed an application, I figured I 
might as well share some of the knowledge I have gleaned with a wider 
audience.

I have reserved the function room for Thursday (27th Nov) at The Lamb

http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/s/10/1093/Lamb/Bloomsbury

from 18:30 onwards. I am envisaging an informal evening; meet up and have 
a beer, and around 19:00 a review of what has been happening with Python 
 Django in November.

After that I'll talk about Facebook, Django and Python. And we can 
continue having a beer and socialising.

If you are interested in coming along, please let me know.

Regards,
Anand

P.S. If you have a projector you can bring along, that would be also 
handy -- otherwise we might all be crowding around my laptop.

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