[SLUG] You're invited to #SyPy: March Sydney Python meetup - Mar 7, 2013
There's still one talk slot available SyPy: Sydney Python Users group meetup 15min talks are: For learners: Python in MOOCs (Massively Online Open Courses), covering the resources that are available to learn Python and also to learn other tech skills online with examples from edx, coursera and udacity For Webies: OAuth2 or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love stateless deployments Something different: TBA + lightning talks inc. Please sign up for a speaker ticket if you'd also like to speak New Atlassian Offices Free Beer & Pizza provided by Atlassian 6:00: Arrive - drink beer* & eat pizza 6:30: 2-3 short talks. (drink beer*) 8:30: Lightning talks (sign up, or just bring a 5min talk along)(drink beer*) 9:00: drink beer* 9:30: go to the pub (beer might be involved**) * Note beer is an optional activity but recommended to ensure the best possible experience :) Getting There: See the event page for details -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] #SyPy: Feb Sydney Python first-thurs meetup - Talks: Pyramid, Cython, Geo appengine/latitude.
Hi, Some great talks this month including the Author of the Pyramid framework, Chris McDonough via skype. For catering please RSVP at http://sypy2013feb.eventbrite.com/ 15min talks are: For learners: "When you feel the need for speed: Intro to Cython"- Aaron Defazio For Webies: "Auth Is Hard, Let's Ride Bikes: Auth in Pyramid" - Chris McDonough Something different: "Tracking large metallic objects using App Engine and Latitude" - Kelvin Nicholson + lightning talks Please sign up for a speaker ticket if you'd also like to speak http://sypy.eventbrite.com/ New Atlassian Offices Free Beer & Pizza provided by Atlassian 6:00: Arrive - drink beer* & eat pizza 6:30: 2-3 short talks. (drink beer*) 8:30: Lightning talks (sign up, or just bring a 5min talk along)(drink beer*) 9:00: drink beer* 9:30: go to the pub (beer might be involved**) * Note beer is an optional activity but recommended to ensure the best possible experience :) Getting There: See the event page for details If have any problems call Dylan Jay on 0421477460 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] #SyPy: July Sydney Python First Thursday Meetup
SyPy: Sydney Python Users group meetup RSVP for catering: http://sypy2012jul.eventbrite.com/ 15min talks are: Beginner: TBA General "Learn to avoid common python security errors and general python security tips" - David Blanc Web: "Automatic setup of Django on EC2 using Bellatrix" Adrian Deccico + lightning talks Please sign up for a speaker ticket if you'd also like to speak *NEW VENUE* *NEW TIME* Atlassian Offices (lower floor, entrance from rear) Beer & Pizza provided by Atlassian 6:00: Arrive - drink beer* / eat pizza 6:30: 2-3 short talks. (drink beer*) 8:00: Lightning talks (sign up, or just bring a 5min talk along)(drink beer*) 8:30: drink beer* * Note beer is an optional activity but recommended to ensure the best possible experience :) Getting There: See the event page for details If have any problems call Dylan Jay on 0421477460 --- Dylan Jay Technical Solutions Manager PretaWeb: Multisite Performance Support P: +612 80819071 | M: +61421477460 | twitter.com/djay75 | linkedin.com/ in/djay75 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] SyPy: 5th April: Unicode, Twisted & Gevent #python
SyPy: Sydney Python Users group meetup 15min talks are: - "except UnicodeError: # A practical guide to fighting Unicode demons" - Aram Dulyan - "Twisted" - Philip Malashenko - "GEvent: Natural Asyc IO" - Dylan Jay + lightning talks Please sign up for a speaker ticket if you'd also like to speak http://sypy2012april.eventbrite.com.au/ 6:15: Arrive - buy beer* and/or food 6:30: 2-3 short talks. (drink beer*) 7:30: Lightning talks (sign up, or just bring a 5min talk along)(drink beer*) 8:00: drink beer* * Note beer is an optional activity but recommended to ensure the best possible experience :) Getting There: See the event page for details If have any problems call Dylan Jay on 0421477460 http://sypy2012april.eventbrite.com.au/ --- Dylan Jay Technical Solutions Manager PretaWeb: Multisite Performance Support P: +612 80819071 | M: +61421477460 | twitter.com/djay75 | linkedin.com/ in/djay75 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] SyPy: Thu 1st Mar: Social games + Genropy: business app python framework
Hi, I was given a demo of the social game to teach python last night. Looks very cool, so should be a really exciting talk. SyPy: Sydney Python Users group meetup 15min talks are: - Genropy: a python framework optimised for line of business applications - Jeff Edwards - Using Social Games to Teach Python - Ben Sand + lightning talks (inc intro to doctest) Please sign up for a speaker ticket if you'd also like to speak RSVP: http://sypy2012mar.eventbrite.com.au/ 6:15: Arrive - buy beer* and/or food (Food ordered from level 2. Event is on level 3) 6:30: 2-3 short talks. (drink beer*) 7:30: Lightning talks (sign up, or just bring a 5min talk along)(drink beer*) 8:00: drink beer* * Note beer is an optional activity but recommended to ensure the best possible experience :) Getting There: See the event page for details http://sypy2012mar.eventbrite.com.au/ Level 3, Hotel Sweeney's 236 Clarence Street Sydney, New South Wales 2000 Australia Thursday, March 1, 2012 from 6:15 PM to 9:15 PM (GMT+1000) --- Dylan Jay Technical Solutions Manager PretaWeb: Multisite Performance Support P: +612 80819071 | M: +61421477460 | twitter.com/djay75 | linkedin.com/ in/djay75 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] SyPy Thur 2nd Feb: MongoDB, Plone + others. Hotel Sweeney's, CBD
SyPy: Sydney Python Users group meetup 15min talks are: - "MongoDB" - Andrew Jessup - "Why Plone Pwns and why you may never need use it" - Dylan Jay Please sign up for a speaker ticket if you'd also like to speak http://sypy2012feb.eventbrite.com.au/ 6:15: Arrive - buy beer* and/or food (Food is level 2. Event is on level 3) 6:30: 2-3 short talks. (drink beer*) 7:30: Lightning talks (sign up, or just bring a 5min talk along)(drink beer*) 8:00: drink beer* * Note beer is an optional activity but recommended to ensure the best possible experience :) Getting there: See the event page for details If have any problems call Dylan Jay on 0421477460 --- Dylan Jay Technical Solutions Manager PretaWeb: Multisite Performance Support P: +612 80819071 | M: +61421477460 | twitter.com/djay75 | linkedin.com/ in/djay75 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] SyPy: Next thursday (5th Jan) (django security + numpy + more...)
SyPy: Sydney Python Users group meetup RSVP: http://sypy2012.eventbrite.com.au/ Note: change of venue and format == Talks == - "Battling the OWASP top 10 security risks: where Django helps you and where you need to do it yourself" - Malcolm Tredinnick - "Numpy" - Simon Burton Please sign up for a speaker ticket if you'd also like to speak. 6:15: Arrive - buy beer* and/or food (thai/steak/burgers). 6:30: 2-3 short talks. (drink beer*) 7:30: Lightning talks (sign up, or just bring a 5min talk along)(drink beer*) 8:00: drink beer* * Note beer is an optional activity but recommended to ensure the best possible experience :) == Getting there == Hotel Sweeney's Level 3, - is on the corner of Clarence and Druitt St, right near Town Hall Station. Go up to Level 3. If you've got to the roof you've gone too far. If have any problems call Dylan Jay on 0421477460 --- Dylan Jay Technical Solutions Manager PretaWeb: Multisite Performance Support P: +612 80819071 | M: +61421477460 | twitter.com/djay75 | linkedin.com/ in/djay75 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] SyPy Thursday Dec 8th (NOTE: change in date & venue)
SyPy: Sydney Python Users group meetup *** Note: change of venue & date * We're going to switch to a new format of shorter (10-15min) talks and in a more informal setting in a pub in the CBD. Just for this month it will be a week later on 8th of Dec. We'll return to 1st thursday next year. New venue is King St Brewhouse (formally James Squire Brewhouse) on King St Wharf. *RSVP: Please RSVP http://sypy2011dec.eventbrite.com/* 15min Talks are: 'Embedded Python for Soccer-Playing Robots' - David Claridge 'Tornado' - Bart Jellema 'Tsunami-proof plone' - Dylan Jay 6:15: Arrive - buy beer* and/or food 6:30: 2-3 short talks. (drink beer*) 7:30: Lightning talks (sign up, or just bring a 5min talk along)(drink beer*) 8:00: drink beer* * Note beer is an optional activity but recommended to ensure the best possible experience :) Getting there: See the event page for details If have any problems call Dylan Jay on 0421477460 --- Dylan Jay Technical Solutions Manager PretaWeb: Multisite Performance Support P: +612 80819071 | M: +61421477460 | twitter.com/djay75 | linkedin.com/ in/djay75 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] Oct 6th: "Embedding python in robots" - Manoj Patel - This thursday
SyPy: Sydney Python Users group meetup "Basically the talk is about my first real python project which happens to be building a military grade throwable robot and the massive hurdles faced along the way. " About the speaker(s): Manoj works at RocketBoots. *RSVP: Please RSVP for catering, vanity etc* http://sypy2001oct.eventbrite.com/ 6:15: Arrive - nibbles supplied by Google Australia 6:30: Lightning talks (sign up, or just bring a 5min talk along) 6:45: Main talk + questions - see above 7:30 Social networking and beers and dinner at the Pyrmont Bridge Hotel (they do 1KG steaks!). Streaming will start from 6pm Australian Eastern Standard Time (check the time in your local timezone here) at the following URL; http://tims-video.appspot.com/sypy The system supports HTML5 (H264, Ogg Theora and WebM) and Flash streaming, this should cover most desktop browsers. The system does not support mobile systems yet (which includes the iPad), it might work, but it's more likely it won't. Scaled for free by OrionVM. The system has twitter and IRC integration, so tweet with the #sypy hashtag, and join theirc://irc.freenode.org/#sypy IRC channel. If you are in the room and want to join the online chatting, you can use http://tims-video.appspot.com/sypy?novideo=True Getting There: See the event page for details http://sypy2001oct.eventbrite.com/ Free free to join us at the pub after/instead. If have any problems call Dylan Jay on 0421477460 --- Dylan Jay Technical Solutions Manager PretaWeb: Multisite Performance Support P: +612 80819071 | M: +61421477460 | twitter.com/djay75 | linkedin.com/ in/djay75 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] SyPy Thur Sep 1st: Post PyConAU Beef and Debrief (next week)
SyPy: Sydney Python Users group meetup All talked out from PyConAU? Used all your remaining energy watching the PyConAU talks[1] you missed? Just like steak and python? Just like steak? Just like python? Time to refuel with the SyPy post-pycon beef and debrief. Pyrmont bridge hotel offers free 1kg steaks (if you clear your plates, $20 otherwise)[2]. This is the kind of challenge no self respecting geek can resist [3] Join us from 6pm. Tables already reserved upstairs. *Please RSVP so we have an idea of numbers* http://sypy2011sep.eventbrite.com 6:00: Arrive 6:15: Eat 6:30: Drink 7:30 Be merry (suggested ordering only) Note: No live streaming will be available for this event. Getting There: See the event page for details http://sypy2011sep.eventbrite.com/ If have any problems call Dylan Jay on 0421477460 [1] http://www.youtube.com/user/PyConAU [2] http://www.pyrmontbridgehotel.com/images/stories/1KG%20RUMP%20large%20with%20info.jpg [3] If you are vegiterian or for other reasons not eating beef you are also most welcome to come and watch and reaffirm why you no longer eat beef. --- Dylan Jay Technical Solutions Manager PretaWeb: reducing duplication in the government web. P: +612 80819071 | M: +61421477460 | twitter.com/djay75 | linkedin.com/ in/djay75 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] Aug 4th: "Coding from the Couch(db)" - Jared Wyles
SyPy: Sydney Python Users group meetup "Couchdb has a funny name, i will try and remove some of that humor with a brief look at nosql and what couchdb brings to the table. How you can use python to take advantage of its power, and who knows, perhaps learn some javascript along the way." About the speaker(s): Jared is a developer at atlassian, where he spends most of his day cursing java(script)? In my spare time i am usually found bouncing between one of many of my personal projects which i never seem to finish. *RSVP: Please RSVP for catering, vanity etc* http://sypy2011aug.eventbrite.com 6:15: Arrive - nibbles supplied by Google Australia 6:30: Lightning talks (email me, or just bring a 5min talk along) 6:45: Main talk + questions - see above 7:30 Social networking and beers and dinner at the Pyrmont Bridge Hotel. If you can't attend it will be streamed at http://tims-video.appspot.com/sypy starting from 6pm Australian Eastern Standard Time Getting There: See the event page for details (http://sypy2011aug.eventbrite.com ) Free free to join us at the pub after/instead. If have any problems call Dylan Jay on 0421477460 --- Dylan Jay Technical Solutions Manager PretaWeb: reducing duplication in the government web. P: +612 80819071 | M: +61421477460 | twitter.com/djay75 | linkedin.com/ in/djay75 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] July 7th: "Python on Wall St: A fairy tale in three parts" - Simon Burton
SyPy: Sydney Python Users group meetup Where does python fit in a world where microseconds count? I will talk a little bit about electronic trading, history and philosophy. Then onto the anatomy of an algorithmic trade shop with perhaps a live demo. Python finds use in rapid prototyping (of course), GUI and forensics/data analysis. About the speaker(s): Simon Burton has been working in the US finance industry for about five years, his specialty is high frequency trading. Prior to that he worked in machine learning at an australian research lab. He has a long commute. *RSVP: Please RSVP so we have an idea of numbers* http://sypy2011jul.eventbrite.com/ 6:15: Arrive - nibbles supplied by Google Australia 6:30: Lightning talks (email me, or just bring a 5min talk along) 6:45: Main talk + questions - see above 7:30 Social networking and beers and dinner at the Pyrmont Bridge Hotel. Getting There: See the event page for details Free free to join us at the pub after/instead. If have any problems call Dylan Jay on 0421477460 --- Dylan Jay Technical Solutions Manager PretaWeb: reducing duplication in the government web. P: +612 80819071 | M: +61421477460 | twitter.com/djay75 | linkedin.com/ in/djay75 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] SyPy June 2nd: "What do you mean it must be Java based! How Jython saved the day" - Mark Rees
SyPy: Sydney Python Users group meetup For many companies, enterprise software means it must run in a Java environment, and if you offering is Python based, how do you get past this impediment? This talk will showcase Jython (http://jython.org/) as a way to get your Python app running under the Java VM. The talk will cover Jython setup & use, a comparison to CPython, and leveraging Java libraries when necessary. The steps to get your SQLAlchemy, Django and Pyramid based applications running under Jython will be part of this talk. The talk is based on the experiences of our company deploying both our existing CPython applications and Java specific scripts under Jython. About the speaker(s): Mark Rees is CTO at Century Software 6:15: Arrive 6:30: Lightning talks (email me, or just bring a 5min talk along) 6:45: "What do you mean it must be Java based! How Jython saved the day" - Mark Rees 7:40 Social networking and beers and dinner at the Pyrmont Bridge Hotel. *RSVP: Please RSVP so we have an idea of numbers* http://sypy2011jun.eventbrite.com/ Getting There: See the event page above for details Free free to join us at the pub after/instead. If have any problems call Dylan Jay on 0421477460 --- Dylan Jay Technical Solutions Manager PretaWeb: reducing duplication in the government web. P: +612 80819071 | M: +61421477460 | twitter.com/djay75 | linkedin.com/ in/djay75 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] SyPy May 5th: "Logging in the clouds: A down to earth guide for dealing with information overload using python." - OrionVM
SyPy: Sydney Python Users group meetup Details see http://sypy2011may.eventbrite.com/ Main Talk summary: OrionVM is an Infrastructure as a Service cloud computing company with a large amount of servers and a much larger amount of real time data that they need to collect, process and respond to. See how they deal with millions of loggable events a day using nothing but python About the speaker(s): TBA 6:15: Arrive 6:30: Lightning talks (email me, or just bring a 5min talk along) 6:45: "Logging in the Clouds" 7:40 Social networking and beers and dinner at the Pyrmont Bridge Hotel. *RSVP: Please RSVP so we have an idea of numbers* http://sypy2011may.eventbrite.com/ Getting There: See the event page for details Free free to join us at the pub after/instead. If have any problems call Dylan Jay on 0421477460 --- Dylan Jay Technical Solutions Manager PretaWeb: reducing duplication in the government web. P: +612 80819071 | M: +61421477460 | twitter.com/djay75 | linkedin.com/ in/djay75 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] Thu 3rd Mar: Positioning Python in Augmented Reality Research - Thanh Nguyen
You are invited to the following event: Positioning Python in Augmented Reality Research - Thanh Nguyen Thursday, March 03, 2011 from 6:15 PM - 8:15 PM (GMT+1000) Google Sydney Level 5, 48 Pirrama Street Pyrmont Sydney, New South Wales 2000 Australia RSVP: http://sypy2011mar.eventbrite.com/ Event Details: SyPy: Sydney Python Users group meetup 6:15: Arrive 6:30: Lightning talks (email me, or just bring a 5min talk along) 6:45: Positioning Python in Augmented Reality Research - Thanh Nguyen 7:40 Social networking and beers and dinner nearby ...Read more: http://sypy2011mar.eventbrite.com/ Share this event on Facebook: <http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fsypy2011mar.eventbrite.com%2F%3Fref%3Desfb > Twitter: <http://twitter.com/home?status=I%27m+attending+Positioning+Python+in+Augmented+Reality+Research+-+Thanh+Nguyen+--+http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.com%2Fs%2F3eD7 > We hope you can make it! --- Dylan Jay Technical Solutions Manager PretaWeb: reducing duplication in the government web. P: +612 80819071 | M: +61421477460 | twitter.com/djay75 | linkedin.com/ in/djay75 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] SyPy 3rd Feb: Python IDE Smackdown
SyPy: Sydney Python Users group meetup 6 Jan 2010 6:15: Arrive 6:30: Lightning talks (email me, or just bring a 5min talk along) 6:45: Python IDE Smackdown - Whose IDE will reign supreme? 7:40 Social networking and beers and dinner nearby *RSVP: Please RSVP so we have an idea of numbers* http://sypy2011feb.eventbrite.com/ Main Talk summary: The smackdown contestants will be asked to give a short pitch and demo of their IDE of choice. 5-10min. They will be asked to tell what their IDE has over others and what they feel it lacks. Contestants are Komodo IDE (as presented by Mark Rees) VIM (as presented by Peter Degroff) Eclipse/Pydev (as presented by Vorn) Emacs (as presented by Rob Weir) Boa Constructor (as presented by David Lyon) Pycharm (??) WingIDE (??) NetBeans (??) Eric IDE (??) ipython (??) As you can see there are some empty spots so contact me if you want to defend the honour of your IDE. Getting There: See the event page for details Free free to join us at the pub after/instead. If have any problems call Dylan Jay on 0421477460 --- Dylan Jay Technical Solutions Manager PretaWeb: reducing duplication in the government web. P: +612 80819071 | M: +61421477460 | twitter.com/djay75 | linkedin.com/ in/djay75 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] SyPy THIS THURSDAY: Making R restfully enterprising with Django - Richard Volpato
SyPy: Sydney Python Users group meetup 6 Jan 2010 6:15: Arrive 6:30: Lightning talks (email me, or just bring a 5min talk along) 6:45: Making R restfully enterprising with Django - Richard Volpato 7:40 Social networking and beers and dinner nearby *RSVP: Please RSVP so we have an idea of numbers* via http://sypy.eventbrite.com/ Main Talk summary Using, mostly Python, the challenge of this project was to offer within an intranet, a RESTful 'statistical service' powered by R (a statistical language). This ‘service’ (to crunch a lot of usage data from across Australia) had to communicate securely and reliably with other systems, schedule and prioritize requests of its services, and of course, enable users to select and filter the data through interactive graphs in the browser. The components of this system include, beyond a specialised R package (CAL-R): • MySql as a data store; • Django, as the application server dealing with workflow, page delivery and tracking; • Django-Piston, making the whole service available as a ‘RESTful service’ to the business. • Connections to R via Pyper (a piping system that maps R objects into Python objects and vice versa). T • Load and composition of tasks for CAL-R, controlled by a queuing/scheduling system based on RabbitMQ and Django Celery • Formatting and user manipulation of objects on the page (eg drag and drop, select etc) is delivered via jQuery (a JavaScript framework) and • Protovis (a JavaScript implementation of ‘ggplot’ style graphics) renders custom interactive graphs in the browser (note: not just a pdf!). Biography Richard Volpato, born in Italy, studied at ANU and Cambridge (UK) mostly sociology and social research. He has also consulted across a large number of industries, notably forestry, tourism, superannuation, education, health, religion and urban/regional planning, the last of which led (via Zope Corporation) to a successful tender for the Victorian Government Planning scheme amendments system (ZAPP: Zope Amendment Production Platform). His current role at the Copyright Agency as Manager of Data Quality and Analysis has been to improve data quality, its value and the systems used to acquire and process it Getting There: See the eventbrite page for details - http://sypy.eventbrite.com Free free to join us at the pub after/instead. If have any problems call Dylan Jay on 0421477460 --- Dylan Jay Plone Solutions Manager. www.pretaweb.com P +612 80819071 M +61421477460 skype - dylan_jaytwitter - djay75 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] SyPy Dec 2nd: "Creating Pythonic APIs" - Anthony Baxter
Anthony Baxter, long-time release manager of Python, and fresh from his keynote at KiwiPycon, will give an informative, opinionated and above all hilarious talk on the do's and don'ts of creating API's in python. Please RSVP (no rego needed): http://anyvite.com/events/home/re3ympzmkc Note: no lightning talks this week. 6:15: Arrive 6:30: "Creating Pythonic APIs" - Anthony Baxter (Google) 7:40 Social networking and beers and dinner nearby Getting There: See the anyvite page for details (http://anyvite.com/events/home/re3ympzmkc ) Free free to join us at the pub after/instead. If you have any problems call Dylan Jay on 0421477460 --- Dylan Jay Plone Solutions Manager. www.pretaweb.com P +612 80819071 M +61421477460 skype - dylan_jaytwitter - djay75 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] TONIGHT: SyPy Nov 4th: "Buildout tutorial" - Dylan Jay + open talks
Bunch of really good lightning talks tonight. http://anyvite.com/jb1orrqfv1 6:15: Arrive 6:30: Buildout Tutorial - Dylan Jay (PretaWeb) Buildout is a great way to create repeatable self-contained environments of software for development or production. www.buildout.org 7:00 Open lightning talks (5-15min) Including - fileconveyor - Ryan Cross (http://fileconveyor.org) Open Source Driverless car robot system - David Lyon "How to make a search engine with things you probably have around the home" - David Basden 7:40 Social networking and beers and dinner nearby Sorry for the late notice. I've been in UK for a conference. I haven't had the time to get a real speaker but someone asked for a buildout tutorial. This would also be a great time to present a lightning talk on anything you think is cool. We can extend the time of these talks to 10-15min as needed. I may also give a talk on funnelweb, a website content converter we presented on at the Plone Conference 2010. *RSVP: Please RSVP on Anyvite to get your name on the door* http://anyvite.com/jb1orrqfv1 Getting There: See the anyvite page for details Free free to join us at the pub after/instead. If have any problems call Dylan Jay on 0421477460 --- Dylan Jay Plone Solutions Manager. www.pretaweb.com P +612 80819071 M +61421477460 skype - dylan_jaytwitter - djay75 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] SyPy Oct 7th: "Trending/monitoring world tour" - Alan Milligan & Mark Rees & open
NOTE: Change of venue. Details and RSVP http://anyvite.com/0fbgnt6lnq Slightly different format this time. We'll be looking at what happens once your deployment goes live and what tools can help. 6:15: Arrive - Anchor Systems, Level 4, 81 York Street 6:30: Zenoss - Alan Milligan 7:00: Eddie - Mark Rees 7:30 Open lightning talks for other solutions, cacti, munin, nagios etc. Register below. 8:00 Social networking and beers and dinner at PJ Obriens Zenoss: This presentation will provide a whirlwind demonstration of Zenoss's features and then concentrate upon how to write your own ZenPack/ Python module extension Alan Milligan is the principal technical architect of Last Bastion Network Solutions in Australia. His background is in applications development and infrastructure in retail and investment banking. Alan is uniquely placed to present Zenoss because the open source architecture upon which it's based, Zope, has been the core of Last Bastion offerings for a decade. The EDDIE Tool: (http://code.google.com/p/eddie-tool/) is a systemmonitoring, security and performance analysis agent written 100% inPython. Its key features are portability, powerful configuration andease of expansion. Monitoring rules are just like Python expressions. Mark Rees is CTO at Century Software Other Tools Please considering doing a lightning talk on your favorite monitoring tool. Suggestions are on the RSVP form. Further Details: We will also have slots for 5 minute lightning talks. If you think its interesting and you're a pythonista then chances are we will to. Put together a few slides and bring it along. *RSVP: Please RSVP on Anyvite to get your name on the door* http://anyvite.com/0fbgnt6lnq Getting There: See the anyvite page for details Free free to join us at the pub after/instead. If have any problems call Dylan Jay on 0421477460 --- Dylan Jay Plone Solutions Manager. www.pretaweb.com P +612 80819071 M +61421477460 skype - dylan_jaytwitter - djay75 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] SyPy Thurs Sep 2nd: "Snake charming via Test Driven Development" - Vaughan Allan + lightning talks + social sypy
RSVP via http://anyvite.com/o8ro0kdjqi 6:15: Arrive and enjoy munchies provided by Google Australia 6:30: Five minute lightning talks (open to all) 6:45 Main Talk - "Test Driven Development" - Vaughan Allan 8:00 Social networking and beers and dinner upstairs at theHarlequin Inn. Snake charming via Test Driven Development: "Test-driven development (TDD) is a software development process that relies on the repetition of a very short development cycle: first the developer writes a failing automated test case that defines a desired improvement or new function, then produces code to pass that test and finally refactors the new code to acceptable standards.". Vaughan Allan: "VP Software Engineering at Platform46 Pty Ltd. Founder: Thinkers Garden" "A prominent interest in languages and patterns, web frameworks, cluster computing and functional programming. A big fan of AppEngine and all things Google. Specialties: Java, Perl, Python/Django, C/C++, ColdFusion, Javascript/XML/AJAX/DHTML, Groovy/Grails, Erlang, Distributed Systems..." Further Details: We will also have slots for 5 minute lightning talks. If you think its interesting and you're a pythonista then chances are we will to. Put together a few slides and bring it along. *RSVP: Please RSVP on Anyvite to get your name on the door* via http://anyvite.com/o8ro0kdjqi Getting There: It's a 10min walk from Town Hall station over the pyrmont bridge (directionshttp://tinyurl.com/nedz98) or catch the light rail to the casino station. Go to level 5 or if the doors are locked wait outside and look for smiley happy google people to let you in. Free free to join us at the pub after/instead. Upstairs at the Harlequin Inn 152-156 Harris St, Pyrmont(http://bit.ly/81rLtH). The Harly has cheapish thai/burgers available for dinner. If have any problems call Dylan Jay on 0421477460 --- Dylan Jay Plone Solutions Manager. www.pretaweb.com P +612 80819071 M +61421477460 skype - dylan_jaytwitter - djay75 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] SyPy Aug 5th: Scripting real time 3D simulations - Mycosm Studio - Jeff Cotter + lightning talks + social sypy
RSVP via http://anyvite.com/x5jz2ygcez 6:15: Arrive and enjoy munchies provided by Google Australia 6:30: Five minute lightning talks (open to all) 6:45 Main Talk - "Scripting real time 3D simulations - Mycosm Studio" - Jeff Cotter 8:00 Social networking and beers and dinner at the Harlequin Inn. "Scripting real time 3D simulations - Mycosm Studio": "This talk will give an overview of mycosm and it's embedded pythondevelopment environment that allows you to create real-time highfidelity 3D visualizations and simulation. Mycosm uses Python to notonly script behaviour, control, and interaction with external programsbut also as a means of fundamentally constructing the 3D environment. We will go through some practical examples of programming mycosm anddiscuss it's potential uses. We will also discuss the advantages ofthe choice of python for this product." Jeff Cotter: "Jeff has an impressive record of innovation and software project management. As the head software engineer for Electro Optic Systems Pty Limited (EOS) he was instrumental in the design and development for the EOS Satellite Laser Ranging (SLR) facilities in Japan and Australia. He was also the head software engineer behind the development of the software systems for: • A remotely controlled telescope observatory facilities for NASA (KECK observatory in Hawaii) • An astronomical observatory at the Indian Institute of Astrophysics (India); • The Western Kentucky University telescope facility in the USA. One of Jeff's more significant projects was design and development of the software for operating the World's first optical space surveillance facility at Mt Stromlo for the tracking of space debris in Earth orbit. The software that Jeff and his team developed was integral to the operation of this facility which has successfully tracked debris as small as 10cm at over 2000km/h in space. This project was commissioned by the US Air Force and the Australian Department of Defence with the objective of implementing over 50 such facilities globally to track every piece of debris in the Earth's orbit. Jeff's innovative skills and excellent design skills formed the basis for invention and development of the Simurbansoftware suite, now widely acknowledged as one of the most advanced 3D Direct X based visualisation engines in the world. Since mid 2007, Jeff has led the R&D for "Mycosm" - the company's hi- fidelity multiplayer 3D simulation technology platform." Further Details: We will also have slots for 5 minute lightning talks. If you think its interesting and you're a pythonista then chances are we will to. Put together a few slides and bring it along. *RSVP: Please RSVP on Anyvite to get your name on the door* RSVP via RSVP via http://anyvite.com/x5jz2ygcez Getting There: It's a 10min walk from Town Hall station over the pyrmont bridge (directions http://tinyurl.com/nedz98) or catch the light rail to the casino station. Go to level 5 or if the doors are locked wait outside and look for smiley happy google people to let you in. Free free to join us at the pub after/instead. Upstairs at the Harlequin Inn 152-156 Harris St, Pyrmont (http://bit.ly/81rLtH). The Harly has cheapish thai/burgers available for dinner. If have any problems call Dylan Jay on 0421477460 --- Dylan Jay Plone Solutions Manager. www.pretaweb.com P +612 80819071 M +61421477460 skype - dylan_jaytwitter - djay75 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] SyPy 1st July: Lightning talks
** NOTE: CHANGE OF VENUE ** RSVP: http://anyvite.com/tnrhu7by8i 6:15: Arrive and enjoy beer provided by Anchor Systems 6:30: Five minute lightning talks (open to all) - Cool things you got from pycon-au or pycon-apac, or anything else pythonic. Bring slides or just your spiel. 7:30: PJ Obriens : pycon-au debrief debrief involving beer. Further Details: We will also have slots for 5 minute lightning talks. If you think its interesting and you're a pythonista then chances are we will to. Put together a few slides and bring it along. *RSVP: Please RSVP on so we have an idea of numbers. No registration required* http://anyvite.com/tnrhu7by8i Getting There: It's a 10min walk from Town Hall station (directions http://bit.ly/dBUBb1) Anchor Systems Pty Ltd - Hosting Heavyweights Level 4, 81 York Street, Sydney NSW 2000 Go to level 4. Free free to join us at the pub instead. PJ Obriens (outside)http://bit.ly/aabuJY . There is food available If have any problems call me. --- Dylan Jay Plone Solutions Manager. www.pretaweb.com P +612 80819071 M +61421477460 skype - dylan_jaytwitter - djay75 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] CodeWars is next friday
Hi, Not sure if this has been passed on yet but next friday evening is codewars. It's run as a social event before pycon-au (http://pycon-au.org) but is free and open to anyone, any language. It's called codewars. Think of it like gladitors for geeks. Come along for the fun to watch or complete in any language(s) you and your team want. Rules on the anyvite page. Only 4 team places left. sign up here http://anyvite.com/byq1czpyyc Oh, and we have a great MC and free beer on Atlassian. Fun for all the family, competing or not. Friday 25th, 6pm RSVP @ http://anyvite.com/byq1czpyy so we know for catering. PS. Feel free to forward this on to any other programming related special interest groups. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] SyPy June 3rd: "python meets log" - Julian Orbach + lightning talks + social sypy
RSVP via http://anyvite.com/4pawejcxu8 6:15: Arrive and enjoy munchies provided by Google Australia 6:30: Five minute lightning talks (open to all) 6:45 Main Talk - "python meets log" 8:00 Social networking and beers and dinner at the Harlequin Inn. "Python meets log" High-quality logging is essential for problem-diagnosis and ongoing support of all but the smallest applications. Python has a solution built right in: the Python logging module is a powerful and highly customisable component - and with that power comes some complexity and gotchas. Julian Orbach will cover a broad range of concepts related to the logging module, to help first-timers, dabblers and experienced users get the most out of their own code. Further Details: We will also have slots for 5 minute lightning talks. If you think its interesting and you're a pythonista then chances are we will to. Put together a few slides and bring it along. *RSVP: Please RSVP on Anyvite to get your name on the door* RSVP via RSVP via http://anyvite.com/4pawejcxu8 Getting There: It's a 10min walk from Town Hall station over the pyrmont bridge (directions http://tinyurl.com/nedz98) or catch the light rail to the casino station. Go to level 5 or if the doors are locked wait outside and look for smiley happy google people to let you in. Free free to join us at the pub after/instead. Upstairs at the Harlequin Inn 152-156 Harris St, Pyrmont (http://bit.ly/81rLtH). The Harly has cheapish thai/burgers available for dinner. If have any problems call Dylan Jay on 0421477460 --- Dylan Jay Plone Solutions Manager. www.pretaweb.com P +612 80819071 M +61421477460 skype - dylan_jaytwitter - djay75 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] SyPy May 6th: "BFG - the 'pay only for what you eat' web framework" - Dylan Jay + lightning talks + social sypy
6:15: Arrive and enjoy munchies provided by Google Australia 6:30: Five minute lightning talks (open to all) 6:45 Main Talk - "BFG" 8:00 Social networking and beers and dinner upstairs at theHarlequin Inn. RSVP via http://anyvite.com/ezbsoextaa "BFG - the 'pay only for what you eat' web framework": "BFG is a new web framework coming out of europe taking the best from pylons, django, zope and others. BFG is simple so you can be productive quickly with partial knowledge. BFG is blindingly fast, has 100% code coverage and great documentation. This talk will includepracticalexamples including hosting on google app engine" Dylan Jay: "Dylan is the brains behind PretaWeb, a web solutions and support company specializing python web applicationdevelopmentand inparticularPlone. Plone is an open source pure python enterprise CMS built on the ZTK framework. Dylan has also spent years in the world of enterprise java development for the likes of UBS, Avaya and Lucent." Further Details: We will also have slots for 5 minute lightning talks. If you think its interesting and you're a pythonista then chances are we will to. Put together a few slides and bring it along. *RSVP: Please RSVP on Anyvite to get your name on the door* RSVP via http://anyvite.com/ezbsoextaa Getting There: It's a 10min walk from Town Hall station over the pyrmont bridge (directions http://tinyurl.com/nedz98) or catch the light rail to the casino station. Go to level 5 or if the doors are locked wait outside and look for smiley happy google people to let you in. Free free to join us at the pub after/instead. Upstairs at the Harlequin Inn 152-156 Harris St, Pyrmont (http://bit.ly/81rLtH). The Harly has cheapish thai/burgers available for dinner. If have any problems call Dylan Jay on 0421477460 --- Dylan Jay Plone Solutions Manager. www.pretaweb.com P +612 80819071 M +61421477460 skype - dylan_jaytwitter - djay75 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] Sydney World Plone Day 2010 get together
World Plone Day 2010 Sydney Meetup In association with World Plone Day 2010[1] there will be an opportunity for Sydney based Plone people to get together to meet each other. Further details and directions -> http://anyvite.com/events/home/faetcpnnge If you have any trouble finding the place ring Dylan Jay on 0421477460. Date & Time: Wednesday, April 28 at 5:00 PM Location: Level 2, Forbes Hotel Restaurant 30 York St Sydney NSW [1] http://plone.org/events/wpd --- Dylan Jay Plone Solutions Manager. www.pretaweb.com P +612 80819071 M +61421477460 skype - dylan_jaytwitter - djay75 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] Re: [activities] SLUG FebruaryMonthly Meeting - Python Game Programming *Tutorial*
Here is a buildout for running invaders so you can install it all without touching anything in your python or os at all. $ git clone http://github.com/mithro/invaders.git invaders $ cd invaders Put the following into a file called buildout.cfg [buildout] parts = invaders [invaders] recipe = zc.recipe.egg eggs = pyglet rabbyt extra-paths = . entry-points = invaders=invaders:__main__ # get the bootstrap.py and run it $ wget http://nightly.ziade.org/bootstrap.py $ python2.6 bootstrap.py # do our build, inc download our dependencies $ bin/buildout # run it $ bin/invaders --- Dylan Jay Plone Solutions Manager. www.pretaweb.com P +612 80819071 M +61421477460 skype - dylan_jaytwitter - djay75 On 28/02/2010, at 11:53 AM, Tim 'mithro' Ansell wrote: Hello everyone, As promised here are links to everything I used on Friday: Presentation: http://docs.google.com/a/google.com/present/view?id=dfg992t3_1025kjx9sgw Punch the Monkey Code: http://github.com/mithro/punchit You can clone the whole repository with a: git clone http://github.com/mithro/punchit.git Space Invaders Code: http://github.com/mithro/invaders Again, you can clone the whole repository with a: git clone http://github.com/mithro/invaders.git If you have some problem with github, there is also a mirror at my blog ( http://blog.mithis.net/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi and http://blog.mithis.net/code ). Please note, this code is not how to make a *good* game - just how to make a game in a very short period of time :). Software Engineering principles have been pretty much thrown out the door to get this all working in such a short time. Tim 'mithro' Ansell On Thu, 11 Feb 2010 10:54:37 -0800, Tim Ansell wrote: You can read the full version of this announcement at http://slug.org.au/node/123 == Summary == Date: Friday 29nd of January (Friday next week). Start Time: Arrive at 6:15pm for a 6:30pm *sharp* start Format: Python Game Programming, BOFs, Pizza Dinner Where: Google Australia, opposite Star City *** You will need a setup laptop to participate in this tutorial. ** * Instructions for setting up your laptop are listed at http://wiki.slug.org.au/pythonprogrammingsetup == SLUG January Monthly Meeting == Instead of running two 45 minute talks will be having two Python game tutorials. At the end of each tutorial you should have a fully playable game developed and running! The first tutorial will be suitable for beginners of all ages, no programming experience will be required. The tutorial will focus around a "Punch the Monkey" game, but there should also be enough meat for more advanced people to create something cool. The second tutorial will be suitable for people who want to advanced further and will concentrate on extending skills learnt in the earlier tutorial. Some programming experience is recommended for this tutorial. During this tutorial people will create a clone of either space invaders or asteroids. As the tutorials will be interactive you will need to bring a laptop. You will also need to set-up your laptop with the appropriate software. The software runs on Linux, Mac and Windows. You will need to install: * Python - http://python.org * Pyglet - http://pyglet.org * Rabbyt - http://matthewmarshall.org/projects/rabbyt/ To test that everything works, I have included a small Python program which will display "It works" if everything is working. To do so on Ubuntu, you would use the following commands; # Install python and easy_install apt-get install python python-setuptools # Install pyglet and rabbyt easy_install pyglet easy_install rabbyt # Test everything is working python test.py If you figure out instructions for other operating systems or Linux versions please add them at: http://wiki.slug.org.au/pythonprogrammingsetup *** If you have problems, please turn up **early** so we can fix them! = Meeting Details = SLUG is the very mis-named Sydney Linux User Group. We are a general Open Source interest group which runs our primary event on the last Friday of every month (except December). Meetings are open to the general public, and are free of charge. Our venue is Google, Level 5, 48 Pirrama Road, Pyrmont. It's across the road from Star City Casino. A map of the area can be found here[1], and public transit directions are at [2]. Appropriate signage and directions will be posted around the building. You will need to sign-in to enter the venue. This can be performed when you arrive, but to save time we recommend that you do so online beforehand at Eventbrite ( http://slug.eventbrite.com ). If you are unsure, please sign up as a 'maybe'. This allows us to organise adequate meeting space and facilities. You do not need to create an account to indicate your attendance. = Meeting Schedule = We start at 18.30 but we ask that people arr
Re: [SLUG] Re: [activities] SLUG FebruaryMonthly Meeting - Python Game Programming *Tutorial*
On 25/02/2010, at 11:01 AM, Robert Collins wrote: On Wed, 2010-02-24 at 11:31 +1100, Tim 'mithro' Ansell wrote: Hello everyone! Don't forget to do your homework (Install Python, Pyglet and Rabbyt) before this tutorial. The set-up page has been updated with instructions for a number of other Linux distros. You can find it at http://wiki.slug.org.au/pythonprogrammingsetup Those docs suggest easy_install; run arbitrary from the internet. Yay! run code written by the authors of the software. I suggest apt-get install python-pyglet python-rabbyt digitally signed packages \o/. which locks you into a certain operating system. Not very pythonic. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] SyPy Mar 4th: "Starting with python and XMPP" - David Banes
** RSVP via http://anyvite.com/slh5fwpa6m ** 6:15: Arrive and enjoy munchies provided by Google Australia 6:30: Five minute lightning talks (open to all) 6:45: Main Talk - "Starting with python and XMPP" 8:00: Social networking and beers and dinner upstairs at theHarlequin Inn. "Starting with python and XMPP": "An overview of libraries, servers and bot building in python for the open messaging protocol XMPP. Jabber, GTalk, Facebook chat and Google Wave are all built on XMPP." David Banes: "Twenty years experience in the software security industry asHead of Product Management for Dr Solomon's(McAfee) UK,Regional Manager for Symantec Security Australia Response and Technical Director at MessageLabs. Most recently setting up Cleartext (2005), to focus on SaaS in email, IM, Web security, and application hosting in the collaboration and social networking area." Further Details: We will also have slots for 5 minute lightning talks. If you think its interesting and you're a pythonista then chances are we will too. Put together a few slides and bring it along. *RSVP: Please RSVP on Anyvite[1] to get your name on the door* Getting There: It's a 10min walk from Town Hall station over the pyrmont bridge (directions http://tinyurl.com/nedz98) or catch the light rail to the casino station. Go to level 5 or if the doors are locked wait outside and look for smiley happy google people to let you in. Free free to join us at the pub instead. Upstairs at theHarlequin Inn152-156 Harris St, Pyrmont(http://bit.ly/81rLtH). The Harly has thai/burgers available for dinner. If have any problems call Dylan Jay on 0421477460 [1] http://anyvite.com/slh5fwpa6m --- Dylan Jay Plone Solutions Manager. www.pretaweb.com P +612 80819071 M +61421477460 skype - dylan_jaytwitter - djay75 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] SyPy this thursday 3rd dec "Gerald the half a schema" - Andy Todd + lightning talks
Note: Change of Venue + inclusion of free beer "Gerald is a general purpose database schema toolkit written in Python. It can be used for cataloguing, managing and deploying database schemas. Its major current use is to identify the differences between various versions of a schema. A schema is a single logical grouping of database objects usually made up of tables, views and stored code objects (functions and procedures)." We will also have 2 slots for 5 minute lightning talks. If you think its interesting and you're a pythonista then chances are we will to. Put together a few slides and bring it along. About Andy: Andy has spent far too long working as a consultant for Oracle Corporation and then a number of associated consulting companies. Which means that he knows a lot about databases. Far too much some would say. He's used them to build OLTP systems, as well as Data Warehouses and assorted BI solutions. He's done everything from make the tea to run the whole shooting match.. *RSVP: Please RSVP on Anyvite to get your name on the door* http://anyvite.com/yn1jqsfj9d Time: 6:30PM (for a 6:45pm start) - 7:30PM (then pub for beer and/or food after) Date & Time: Thursday, December 3 at 6:30 PM Location: Anchor Systems Pty Ltd - Level 4, 81 York Street, Sydney NSW 2000 Getting There: It's a 8min walk from Town Hall station (directions http://bit.ly/5duZe1) Go to level 4. If have any problems call Dylan Jay on 0421477460 NB. Anchor Systems has kindly offered free beer because they know and understand python developers :) --- Dylan Jay, Plone Solutions Manager www.pretaweb.com tel:+61299552830 mob:+61421477460 skype:dylan_jay -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] Re: SyPy Sep 3rd: "TestBrowser Driven Development" - Dylan Jay
Sorry the RSVP link is http://anyvite.com/pbbjrktyhx On 28/08/2009, at 4:22 PM, Dylan Jay wrote: "TestBrowser Driven Development" Introducing a new coding technique that helped PretaWeb deliver a large workflow system on time, on budget and most importantly, delivered what we expected to deliver. This will cover • unit and doctest in python, • test driven development, • usecase analysis, • automated functional web testing, • some practical examples using Grok and • a brief look at documentation driven development. Techniques covered are applicable to small and large web developments Dylan Jay is a developer whose work includes everything from telephony, FX trading systems, knowledge base systems for IP in places including Lucent Bell Labs, Avaya and UBS. He is now Technical Director at PretaWeb a python software consultancy company. *RSVP: Please RSVP on Anyvite to get your name on the door* http://anyvite.com/pbbjrktyhxj Time: 6:30PM (for a 6:45pm start) - 7:30PM (then pub after) Location: Google Sydney, Level 5, 48 Pirrama Street, Pyrmont, Sydney Getting There: It's a quick walk from Town Hall station over the Pyrmont bridge (directions http://tinyurl.com/nedz98) or catch the light rail to the casino station. Go to level 5 or if the doors are locked wait outside and look for google-esque people to let you in. If that doesn't work call Dylan Jay on 0421477460 NB. Snacks are provided by google and we also go to a pub afterwards that has dinner available. Go to level 5 or if the doors are locked wait outside and look for smiley happy google people to let you in. If that doesn't work call Dylan Jay on 0421477460 NB. Snacks are provided by google and we also go to a pub afterwards that has food dinner available. --- Dylan Jay, Plone Solutions Manager www.pretaweb.com tel:+61299552830 mob:+61421477460 skype:dylan_jay -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] SyPy Sep 3rd: "TestBrowser Driven Development" - Dylan Jay
"TestBrowser Driven Development" Introducing a new coding technique that helped PretaWeb deliver a large workflow system on time, on budget and most importantly, delivered what we expected to deliver. This will cover • unit and doctest in python, • test driven development, • usecase analysis, • automated functional web testing, • some practical examples using Grok and • a brief look at documentation driven development. Techniques covered are applicable to small and large web developments Dylan Jay is a developer whose work includes everything from telephony, FX trading systems, knowledge base systems for IP in places including Lucent Bell Labs, Avaya and UBS. He is now Technical Director at PretaWeb a python software consultancy company. *RSVP: Please RSVP on Anyvite to get your name on the door* http://anyvite.com/pbbjrktyhxj Time: 6:30PM (for a 6:45pm start) - 7:30PM (then pub after) Location: Google Sydney, Level 5, 48 Pirrama Street, Pyrmont, Sydney Getting There: It's a quick walk from Town Hall station over the Pyrmont bridge (directions http://tinyurl.com/nedz98) or catch the light rail to the casino station. Go to level 5 or if the doors are locked wait outside and look for google-esque people to let you in. If that doesn't work call Dylan Jay on 0421477460 NB. Snacks are provided by google and we also go to a pub afterwards that has dinner available. Go to level 5 or if the doors are locked wait outside and look for smiley happy google people to let you in. If that doesn't work call Dylan Jay on 0421477460 NB. Snacks are provided by google and we also go to a pub afterwards that has food dinner available. --- Dylan Jay, Plone Solutions Manager www.pretaweb.com tel:+61299552830 mob:+61421477460 skype:dylan_jay -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] SyPy Aug 6th: "How you make a python wave" - David Byttow
David is the Software Engineer from Google who works on the API team of Wave, concentrating on the Python API. *RSVP: Please RSVP on Anyvite to get your name on the door* http://anyvite.com/u28yblaflj Time: 6:30PM (for a 6:45pm start) - 7:30PM (then pub after) Location: Google Sydney, Level 5, 48 Pirrama Street, Pyrmont, Sydney Getting There: It's a quick walk from Town Hall station over the Pyrmont bridge (directions http://tinyurl.com/nedz98) or catch the light rail to the casino station. Go to level 5 or if the doors are locked wait outside and look for google-esque people to let you in. If that doesn't work call Dylan Jay on 0421477460 NB. Snacks are provided by google and we also go to a pub afterwards that has dinner available. Go to directly to level 5 or if the doors are locked wait outside and look for the Google looking shepherds to let you in. If that doesn't work call Dylan Jay on 0421477460 NB. Snacks are provided by google and we also go to a pub afterwards that has food dinner available. --- Dylan Jay, Plone Solutions Manager www.pretaweb.com tel:+61299552830 mob:+61421477460 skype:dylan_jay --- Dylan Jay, Plone Solutions Manager www.pretaweb.com tel:+61299552830 mob:+61421477460 skype:dylan_jay -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] SyPy Aug 6th: "How you make a python wave" - David Byttow
David is the Software Engineer from Google who works on the API team of Wave, concentrating on the Python API. *RSVP: Please RSVP on Anyvite to get your name on the door* http://anyvite.com/u28yblaflj Time: 6:30PM (for a 6:45pm start) - 7:30PM (then pub after) Location: Google Sydney, Level 5, 48 Pirrama Street, Pyrmont, Sydney Getting There: It's a quick walk from Town Hall station over the Pyrmont bridge (directions http://tinyurl.com/nedz98) or catch the light rail to the casino station. Go to level 5 or if the doors are locked wait outside and look for google-esque people to let you in. If that doesn't work call Dylan Jay on 0421477460 NB. Snacks are provided by google and we also go to a pub afterwards that has dinner available. Go to directly to level 5 or if the doors are locked wait outside and look for the Google looking shepherds to let you in. If that doesn't work call Dylan Jay on 0421477460 NB. Snacks are provided by google and we also go to a pub afterwards that has food dinner available. --- Dylan Jay, Plone Solutions Manager www.pretaweb.com tel:+61299552830 mob:+61421477460 skype:dylan_jay -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] SyPy July 2nd: "What is TurboGears - lets build a quick web application" - Ryan Pereira
Ryan started his working career maintaining SCADA equipment used in oil rigs then switched to maintaining Unisys main frames a long time ago. Later he programmed in C & C++, then ended up as a technical Project Manager. Ryan has recently been playing with Python and TurboGears. If there is time we'll have the best of the python talks from BarCamp. *RSVP: Please RSVP on Anyvite to get your name on the door* http://anyvite.com/events/home/ndizhdx58h# Time: 6:30PM (for a 6:45pm start) - 7:30PM (then pub after. Upstairs at the Harlequin) Date: Thursday, 7th May 2009 Getting There: It's a 10min walk from Town Hall station over the pyrmont bridge, or catch the light rail to the casino station. Location: Google Sydney, Level 5, 48 Pirrama Street, Pyrmont, Sydney Directions: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&saddr=&daddr=Level+5%2C+48+Pirrama+Street%2C+Pyrmont%2C+Sydney Go to level 5 or if the doors are locked wait outside and look for google-esque people to let you in. If that doesn't work call Dylan Jay on 0421477460 NB. Snacks are provided by google and we also go to a pub afterwards that has food dinner available. --- Dylan Jay, Plone Solutions Manager www.pretaweb.com tel:+61299552830 mob:+61421477460 skype:dylan_jay -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] 4th June Buildout and Hostout or "how to host a web app for $20 in 20min"
Dylan Jay will present an introduction zc.buildout and how it can help manage complex python installations and reproducible production environments. Dylan will also introduce a new open source project he has started: collective.hostout, a new technology for rapidly provisioning and deploying buildout environments on many hosts at once. Dylan Jay worked as a software engineer and business analyst for the likes of Avaya and UBS before becoming a Director and Technical Solutions Manager for PretaWeb. Since 2004 PretaWeb has been supplying serivices and hosted solutions based on Plone, one of the leading open source enterprise content management systems, to Government, Corporates and non-profits. *RSVP: Please RSVP on Anyvite to get your name on the door* http://anyvite.com/r8qwlibvry Time: 6:30PM (for a 6:45pm start) - 8:00PM (then pub after. Upstairs at the Harlequin) Date: Thursday, 4th June 2009 Location: Google Sydney, Level 5, 48 Pirrama Street, Pyrmont, Sydney --- Dylan Jay, Plone Solutions Manager www.pretaweb.com tel:+61299552830 mob:+61421477460 skype:dylan_jay -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] SyPy - Feb09 - "Video distro with Plumi+Plone" / "Make Python Apps Start Fast"
Welcome to 2009, unofficial year of the python. To make up for the slow start we're having a double presentation 5th feb at google. Start time: 6:30 for a 6:45 start - *note earlier time* Notes: RSVP using anyvite [1]. Limit of 45 people. Be outside the elevators ground floor at 6:30 sharp and google people will escort you up. We will come back for late commers but if you are really late ring Dylan on 0421477460. See you all there. "FOSS online video distro technologies, using Plumi and the Plone CMS framework." - Andrew Nicholson Bio - Andy Nicholson is a free software hacker and new media activist. He is currently part of the EngageMedia collective, and consultant computer engineer. EngageMedia is producing the free and open source software project, Plumi (http://www.plumi.org) - a video sharing web application, which runs http://engagemedia.org and others. ... http://www.anat.org.au/members/802 "Make Python Apps Start Fast" - Andrew Bennetts Command line programs such as version control tools need to run quickly so that they do not disrupt the user's work. Anything more than a heartbeat and the user gets impatient and distracted. Programming in Python is typically much easier than C/C++, but making a Python program load and execute quickly can be a challenge. This talk explains how Bazaar, a GPL-licenced distributed version control system written in Python, can execute commands like “bzr status” in as little as 100ms on my fairly modest laptop even though it has roughly 12 lines of Python source code. This talk will cover tools and techniques for both analysing and fixing causes of long startups for Python. Bio - Andrew Bennetts is a Software Developer for Canonical Ltd. Andrew works on Bazaar, a GPL-licensed version control tool written in Python. He has been a professional Python programmer since 2001. The last four of those years he's worked for Canonical, building tools to help open source developers collaborate. He's also a long-time contributor to Twisted, the asynchronous networking framework. http://wiki.osdcsydney.info/program/talk46 Date & Time: Thursday February 05 - 6:30 PM Location: Google Sydney Level 18 Tower 1 Darling Park, 201 Sussex St Sydney NSW RSVP - http://anyvite.com/events/home/uyqkebx5ty/sypy-feb09-quotvideo-distro-with-plumiplonequot-quotmake-python-apps-start-fastquot-- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] SyPy meeting *this* thursday - 06/11
06/11 - Git vs hg vs bzr Date & Time: 6:30PM (for a 7pm start) - 8:30PM Thursday, 6th Nov 2008 Meeting Type: Presentation/shoot out Venue: Google Australia, Level 18, Tower 1 Darling Park, 201 Sussex St, Sydney Notes: meet in the foyer. If you are late call Dylan on 0421477460. RSVP: rsvp here http://anyvite.com/events/home/oktrweu5gx/sypy-0611-git-vs-hg-vs-bzr numbers are limited. Three speakers, three alternative distributed source control systems. We all know distributed source control is the future but which one should we be using? Come and find out and then come along for a beer and chat afterwards. Dylan Jay Technical Solutions Manager, Pretaweb.com Skype:dylan_jay P:+61.2.99552830 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] Re: 31st July: SyPy Presentation: GAE demo with converting sql to datastore
Hi, Due to limited space please RSVP either via this facebook event <http://www.facebook.com/p.php?i=673532454&k=Y5D52VUXSVXM51EGRC25WW> or email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with your name. On Jul 25, 12:42 pm, Dylan Jay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Python People, > > Next Thursday (31st July) is our monthly SyPy meetup (if we drink for > long enough after the presentation it will be the first Thursday) > > There will be a presentation by Brett Morgan on "a demonstration of > building a basic google app engine application with a discussion of > the differences translating from sql database to appengine's > datastore" > > Date & Time: 6:30PM (for a 7pm start) - 8:30PM Thursday, 31 July 2008 > Meeting Type: Presentation > Venue: Google Australia, Level 18, Tower 1 Darling Park, 201 Sussex > St, Sydney > Notes: Congregate in the foyer downstairs near the security desk at or > before 6:30 and the Google people will start taking people up in the > elevators. > > After the meeting we will go to Hotel Sweeney's, 236 Clarence Street, > Sydney, for some beer and thai food (if you are > hungry).http://www.whereisthepub.org/content/view/88/51/ -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] SyPy Presentation: GAE demo with converting sql to datastore
Hi Python people, Next Thursday (31st July) is our monthly SyPy meetup (if we drink for long enough after the presentation it will be the first Thursday) There will be a presentation by Brett Morgan on "a demonstration of building a basic google app engine application with a discussion of the differences translating from sql database to appengine's datastore" Date & Time: 6:30PM (for a 7pm start) - 8:30PM Thursday, 31 July 2008 Meeting Type: Presentation Venue: Google Australia, Level 18, Tower 1 Darling Park, 201 Sussex St, Sydney Notes: Congregate in the foyer downstairs near the security desk at or before 6:30 and the Google people will start taking people up in the elevators. After the meeting we will go to Hotel Sweeney's, 236 Clarence Street, Sydney, for some beer and thai food (if you are hungry). http://www.whereisthepub.org/content/view/88/51/ Dylan Jay Technical Solutions Manager, Pretaweb.com Skype:dylan_jay P:+61.2.99552830 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] Sydney Python 5th June meetup postponed... but wait theres more
Hi Python lovers, First off, many thanks to Mark Rees for doing a great job organising SyPy until now. Normally SyPy is 1st Thursday of the month but it looks like we're going to have a special talk in a couple of weeks at google so this weeks meeting has been postponed. Stay tuned. It would be great to have a 2nd talk so if you've played with something pythonic lately and want to share, send me an email. So this week instead we've been welcomed to join AJUG on this Thursday. The talk on amazon ec2 should be interesting to anyone wanting to host any kind of application server (inc django, zope) Atlassian HQ 173-185 Sussex Street (cnr Market) Sydney CBD http://maps.google.com.au/maps?q=173+Sussex+Street,+Sydney+NSW WHEN: Thursday, June 5, 6:00pm. First talk starts at 6:30pm SPEAKERS: Talk #1: Running Java web apps on Amazon Web Services Peter McKeown Talk #2: Holy Grails Mike Cannon-Brookes And then we'll file out to parking lot for a python vs java good old fashioned no weapons rumble (joking). Or we could just go to the pub. http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ajug/message/7109 Dylan Jay -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html