Baypiggies Meeting Thursday, August 9, 2007

7:30

General hubbub, inventory end-of-meeting announcements, any first-minute announcements.

7:35 - 8:40pm Technical Program

Topic: Newbies' Night Part Deux

Speakers: Alex Martelli

Links: (video) (slides [PDF]).

About the talk

The long-awaited next incarnation of "Newbies' Night" happens again! All current memberes and attendees please bring at least one person new to and/or interested in Python. This friendly and interactive beginner talk is open to anyone and everyone in the nearby community who want a quick "intro to Python" and discussion.

Part 2 is the second half of this terrific overview of the Python language that completes the bayPIGgies Newbies Night series for the year.

About the speaker

Alex is a long-time and highly-respected member of the Python community. He will give a demo/lecture of the language and its features. We will most likely be using some of the slides from Alex's recent talk on Python for Programmers (see link above).

8:40 - 9pm

Event: Mapping/Random Access

Mapping is a rapid-fire audience announcement of topics the announcer is interested in.

Random Access follows immediately to allow follow up individually on topics of interest.