Our subscription service (Eventbrite) was automatically close yesterday because the auto-limit of 40 places were all reserved, but in fact there’s nearly 85 places (so near 35 left now)!

So, sorry for the inconvenience and subscribe now if it’s not already done and/or show up tomorrow!

• Date : 2012-05-02 from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
• Place : McGill, Rutherford Building, room 118, 3600 University Street
• Subscription : http://montrealpython-workshop-20120502.eventbrite.ca/

See you!

N.B.: exact place for the same workshop in French next week will be soon announce here.

The Montréal-Python Rugby League (MPRL) [DoesNotExist] cruelly needs a web app to manage its teams and its season. In only 3 hours, we’ll make this happen.

Let’s code this together Wednesday on May 2nd at McGill University.

• Date : 2012-05-02 from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
• Place : McGill, Rutherford Building, room 118
  3600 University Street [2]

The workshop will be in English but all nations are welcome. No need to know rugby nor having attended previous workshop. Our workshops are free and open to all.

The prerequisites, the technical setup and the content of this workshop can be found on the workshop’s wiki page :

Django : building a Python web app

Please take time to install the softwares (Python, Django [, South, IPython]) before the workshop. If you bump into any issue during the installation, don’t panic, Montréal-Python team will there at 5:30 PM to help you setup your laptop for the workshop, whatever OS you are running. The installation procedures are on the wiki page.

To be part of the scrum, please confirm your presence:
Subscription : http://montrealpython-workshop-20120502.eventbrite.ca/

N.B. : This workshop will be held in French the following week. Date and place to be confirmed here in a separate post.

Ready? So…
Crouch! Touch! Pause! Engage!

[1] We originally planned 4 workshops for this Winter 2012 series, but supporting the student strike movement made us reorganize things. Lucky you, you might see yourself following the 4th workshop in the very first Montréal-Python Summer Workshop series!

[2] The room of this workshop is sponsored by : the Network Dynamics lab.

Since we would not force you to cross the picket line, we’ve asked for help from our friends at Google Montréal: they are inviting us to their offices next Wednesday, April 4th, to continue our Python introduction workshop series.

Our workshops are open to all of you and are absolutely free. No need to have attended the previous ones to come. Only a minimal knowledge of Python is required (example: basic types).

Bring your laptop and try to install Python and ipython before the workshop. If you have any issues, the Montréal-Python team will be there to help you before the event (arrive early)

The installation procedure and all the needed informations about the workshop is in the wiki page of the workshop at :
Atelier 2012-04-04 : Python : notions plus avancées et exploitation de l’API Twitter

Atelier 2012-04-04 : Python : advanced topics and using the Twitter API

• Date : 2012-04-04 6:30pm to 9:00pm
• Place : Google Montréal, 1253 McGill College, Montreal, QC H3B 2Y5

The schedule for the evening :

• 6:00pm Doors opening and technical support
• 6:30pm Begining of the workshop
• 9:00pm End of the evening at Bénélux

Warning, only 30 places are available for this event, don’t wait too long before subscribing!

Subscription : http://montrealpython-atelier-20120404.eventbrite.ca

À la r’voyure!

This workshop in French, planned to be held at UQAM next Monday, is postponed due to the strike voted yesterday by the Association étudiante du secteur des sciences de l’UQAM (AESSUQAM). To show support, Montréal-Python will respect this strike.

The workshop should be postponed in March, the exact date will be soon announced.

However, the workshop in English, tonight at McGill, is maintained.
See : Workshop 2012-02-23 : Python : more advanced notions and use of Twitter API.

Montréal-Python apologies for this situation and thanks you for your comprehension.

See you soon.

Montréal-Python’s team

Our workshops are open to all and absolutely free. No need to have attended the previous one to attend this workshop. Only minimal knowledge of Python is required (e.g: basic types).

Bring your laptop and try to have Python installed before the workshop. If you have trouble with the installation, the Montréal-Python team will be able to help at the very beginning of the workshop.

Installation procedures and all the information on this workshop are on the workshop’s wiki page :
Workshop 2012-02-23 : Python : more advanced notions and use of Twitter API.

Workshop 2012-02-23 : Python : more advanced notions and use of Twitter API.

• Date : 2012-02-23 from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
• Place : 3630 University (Trottier Building) room TR1100
• Instructors: Mathieu Perreault and Prof. Derek Ruths, from the Network Dynamics lab.

Here’s the program for the evening:

• 6:00 PM Workshop
• 9:00 PM End of evening at Bénélux

Places could be limited, register now!
Registration : http://guestlistapp.com/events/90219

A workshop in French with a similar content will be help at UQAM the following Monday.
All the information on the workshop in French at UQAM :
Atelier 2012-02-27 : Python : notions plus avancées et exploitation de l’API Twitter

Be there!

• Date : Wednesday, 2012 January 25th at 6:00 PM
• Place : McGill, Arts building, room 260

Bring your laptop and try to have Python and iPython installed before the workshop.
Installation procedures and all the information on this workshop are on the workshop’s wiki page :
Workshop 2012-01-25 : Introduction to Python.
If you have problems with the installation, Montréal-Python team will be able to help you at the very beginning of the workshop.

A workshop in French with similar content will be held at UQAM the previous Monday.
All the information on the workshop in French at UQAM:
Atelier 2012-01-23 : Introduction à Python.

Be there or be square!

Pythonista in the egg, moulting or already moving :
the Winter 2012 series of Python workshops has arrived!

This semester, Montréal-Python is offering one workshop a month :

• January : Introduction Workshop to Python
• February : Python Workshop : more advanced notions and use of Twitter API
• March : Django Workshop : building a Python web app
• April : Advanced Workshop : integration of libraries and a guest star!

The content of these workshops has been forged collaboratively by professional trainers, practionners and academics from the community. Animated by our champions, they are offered in French at UQAM and English at McGill. They’re open to all : only minimal knowledge of programming is required (e.g.: to know what a variable is). You also need to bring a laptop to follow the exercises.

These workshops are independent : to attend one, no need to attend the formers. But to progress on the Pythonic Way, to follow them all is better than following one. When to start? “Now is better than never.” — Zen of Python

INTRODUCTION WORKSHOP TO PYTHON

• language : English
• when : Wednesday, January 25th, 6:00 PM
• where : McGill, Arts building, room 260
• trainer : Mathieu Perreault

The programme :

• Running Python
• Variables and Arithmetic Expressions
• Conditionals
• File Input and Output
• Strings
• Lists
• Tuples
• Sets
• Dictionaries
• Iteration and Looping
• Functions
• Objects and Classes
• Modules

The room of this workshop is sponsored by : the Network Dynamics lab.

To follow this workshop in French, read the French version of this post in order to know the exact place and date:
Lire cette annonce en français

Last week, we introduced Python through a dynamic workshop and we will now dive head first in web development using the Django Python framework.

You only need to have a basic knowledge of the Python language in order to participate (if you have assisted to our first workshop, you’re good to go).

The evening will be animated by Davin Baragiotta of Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF) and will be split up in two parts:
* Web development with Python and Django: an overview of a typical project architecture
* Street Hockey League: we will be working on a little sample Django project

The workshop will be next Thursday, on December 1st at the Sherbrooke building of UQAM, room SH-R810 from 6h30pm to 9pm.

More info can be found about the event at:

http://montrealpython.org/r/projects/workshop-uqam-2011-12-01/wiki

Pizza, coffee and soft drinks will be provided.

We would like to thank our sponsors: Ludia and Savoir-faire Linux for helping us organize this event.

Please bring yourself, a laptop and your sense of humor!

Please have Python 2.7 (or >= 2.5) and Django 1.3.1 installed.
For installation instructions : http://montrealpython.org/r/projects/workshop-uqam-2011-12-01/wiki

If you bump into any issue during the installation, don’t panic, we will be in room SH-R810 starting at 5:30pm to help you setup your laptop for the workshop, whatever OS you are running.

To register, please confirm your presence on our guest list:

http://guestli.st/79653

You do not need to know any Python since this is going to be an Introduction to Python session.

Our MC for the evening is going to be Davin Baragiotta, vice-president of Montréal-Python and coordonator of information systems at Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF).

The event is going to feature two parts:

• The first part is going to bring us up to speed with the syntax, core data types, main modules of the standard library, and the intractive shell.
• In the second part Davin will dive deep with a practical application of Python: building a Jabber bot.

The workshop is going to take place in room SH-R810 of the Shebrooke building of UQAM on November 17 from 6h30 PM to 9h PM.

AGEEI will provide pizza and refreshments.

Thank you to our sponsors Ludia and Savoir-faire Linux to help us creating this event!

All you have to bring is your curious brain, your sense of humour, and your laptop computer.

If you have some spare time, you can also get your system ready by installing Python 2.7 from the following site: http://www.python.org/download/

Ubuntu users are lucky here because all what they have to do is: sudo apt-get install python (if it’s not installed already).

If  you don’t have time to do the setup of if get lost,  DON’T PANIC.  We’ll be there starting at 5h30 PM, and we’ll help you get everything up and running.

To register, you simply have to sign up for free on the guestlist: http://guestli.st/76584

Derek lets us know:

We showcased a number of libraries that ship with Python including support for working with SQLite databases, pickling objects, reading and writing CSV files, building well-formed command-line tools, and constructing applications with a full graphical user interface!

That’s a nice series of events to keep an eye on.