as former C# developer the lessons I learned to become pythonic
By: JC LatinoTV
Date: May 14, 2015, 7 p.m.
language comparison in 5 minutes
R and Python for regression
By: Jerry Dumblauskas
Date: May 14, 2015, 9:48 a.m.
Let's compare our favorite language to an 'upstart' highly focused statistical language.
Go: Concurrency is Built In
By: Chris Foresman
Date: May 14, 2015, 7 p.m.
Discussing the pros and cons of Golang from a Python user's perspective, particularly focusing on its built-in support for concurrency and the advantages over asyncio.
Conway's Game of Life: Programming in a non-language
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Date: May 14, 2015, 7 p.m.
The Game of Life is Turing Complete. That means it can (theoretically) calculate anything that any computer can calculate. What does this mean in practice and how can you program a calculation when the total syntax is just flipping cells in a 2D bit field?
A Talk on Giving a Pythonic Talk
By: Xan Vongsathorn
By: Catherine Vongsathorn
Date: March 12, 2015, 7 p.m.
Xan Vongsathorn and Catherine Vongsathorn will be giving a talk about talks. It turns out that many of python's core principles apply very well to presentations -- or for that matter, communication more generally -- which may be why we like python so much. Xan and Catherine want to get people excited not only about giving talks but also about using them to *actually communicate*. You don’t have to be an expert, nor do you need natural talent, to give a good talk; this metatalk will discuss guiding principles that set effective presentations apart and can be applied to any technical talk.
From Code to Coffee Table with Blender
By: Matt Meshulam
Date: March 12, 2015, 8 p.m.
I've been developing a Python library for turning 3D models into CNC-machinable parts. I will demonstrate the basics of the library and how I used it to build a wood coffee table.
REST on Django
By: Adam Bain
Date: Feb. 12, 2015, 8 p.m.
A quick overview through the components that make up Django REST Framework with a dive into a sample project.
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Django+Elasticsearch+Haystack to Search PDFs and Such
By: Joe Jasinski
Date: Feb. 12, 2015, 7 p.m.
Have you ever wanted to search the contents of uploaded PDFs, Docs, and other document formats on your website? Django Haystack (with the Elasticsearch search backend) is a great way to add search to your site, but it does not support full document indexing out of the box. I'd like to share a solution that I cobbled together to allow this combination of tools the ability to search document contents
ChiPy Mentorship 7-Minute Retrospective
By: Paul Ebreo
Date: Jan. 21, 2015, 7 p.m.
Tom Yarrish and Paul Ebreo will talk about their experience of the 12 week mentorship program. They will talk about what went well and what went not-so well. They will share what they learned and give tips and tricks for a successful mentor/mentee relationship. Paul is very passionate about programming, software testing, open hardware and teaching and Tom is a Digital Forensic Analyst and teaches at Loyola University.