Montreal Python

Open data, geolocation, and politics are going to bring us together on Monday the 26th for Montréal-Python 23 – Geosynchronous Glory.

A snacks will be provided but do not expect a complete meal.

The meeting will be held in room SH-3260 of the UQAM Sherbrooke building. According to our new formula, this meeting with keep you on the edge with a fast paced volley of 20 mins presentations.

Our schedule for the evening is:

• 18h00: Doors open
• 18h20: Annoucements
• 18h30: First salvo
• 19h10: Break
• 19h25: Second salvo
• 20h30: Beer(s) at Benelux

Our glorious presenters are going to be:

• Sylvain Carle on WhereCamp – an event for geo-curious people
• Jean schurger on Openstreetmap and Geocaching
• Michael Mulley on openparliament.ca
• Jonathan Brun and Michael Lenczner on Montréal-Ouvert
• Éric St-Jean on Écometrica

As usual, we are proud to receive the suport of numerous local actors who a willing to step in and to help their local group of Pythonistas to achieve their goals:

• Ludia
• QNX
• Radialpoint
• iWeb
• Benelux
• UQAM
• Le Site
• Savoir-Faire Linux

This wednesday, September the 21st, Montréal-Python calls you to a briefing meeting for PyCon 2012.

Montréal’s full of good Python developers indeed and that’s why you won PyCon 2014-2015. It’s now time to prove it to the rest of the World. Come meet us at Devlab, métro Square-Victoria, to discuss about your presentations and what we will show at Santa-Clara.

Don’t worry, few beers are awaiting to refresh up conversations and if you’re one of the happy few owning tickets for Arcade Fire the same evening, you might be able to see the end of the first part.

Let’s meet this wednesday 21st at Devlab at 6:30pm, 388 Saint-Jacques street, métro Square-Victoria.

The 3rd edition of ConFoo, an international conference on web technologies, will be held in Montreal from February 29th to March 2nd 2012. http://confoo.ca/en

ConFoo addresses different aspects of web technology challenges and covers many languages (PHP, Python, Ruby, .Net, Java). ConFoo is a conference for developers, managers and any stakeholder in the web technology industry.

You have Python solutions for real world problems? You are the author of a framework? You want to share your cutting-edge approach part of today’s technology vanguard? You’re taming server farms with a whip made of Python leather?

Reveal to Montrealers the very power of Python by submitting your talk proposal before September 2nd.

ConFoo is organized by different user groups and organisations dedicated to the promotion and advancement of web technologies.

Once again, Montréal-Python is proud to join the organization of the ConFoo conference on Web development and to celebrate Montréal and its strong tech community.

More then ever, the great summer is the perfect occasion to meet the people behind the various platforms and communities of the Web here in Montréal. Yes, ConFoo is a joint project by several communities, among others, Python, PHP, Ruby, Java, and Web standards.

It will also be the occasion to taste the delightful creation of a brewer from the Python community: Jean Schurger will share with us “Malted Banded Coral Snake”, a very Pythonic India Pale Ale. Will we get to also taste a Ruby red? A espresso Java Stout?

The plan:

ConFooBBQ starts at 1h00 PM Saturday August 6th at Beaver Lake near the Smith Mansion on Mount-Royal.

Please help us to make sure that there will be enough glasses and enough food by registering on EventBright. Don’t forget to mention how many persons will be in your group.

Once on-site, if you can’t find the group, simply call 1-888-679-8466 then select option 0.

For more details, see http://confoo.ca/fr/news/confoo-bbq-2011.

Summer in Montréal, when it’s not raining, is an immersing world of tempting pleasures. Falling Foulard, the 22th Montréal-Python meeting, will feature presentations on security and reverse engineering, the novel art of the electron-flirt. Join us on June 27th in room SH-R810 of the UQAM Sherbrook building for a fast paced volley of short presentations.

Montréal-Python 22 will start at 6:20 PM with the following schedule:

• 18h00: Doors opening
• 18h20: Announcements
• 18h30: First salvo
• 19h00: Break
• 19h20: Second salvo
• 20h30: Discussions and refreshments at Benelux

Flash presentations:

• Sébastien Labbé and Franco Saliola on cryptography with Sage
• Ian Jeffrey on Founder  Fuel

Longer presentations:

• Gabriel Tremblay on Practical device firmware reverse engineering using Python (part 1)
• Alexandre Bourget on the internals of SFL vault
• Pierre-Marc Bureau on Basic Python for Malware analysis
• Julien Desfossez on packet manipulation with scapy

The event is free to attend and no registration is required. Some snacks will be provided but do not expect a complete meal. We still have room for a few more flash prentations so let us know if you have an outrageous new subject in mind.

Thanks to our sponsors for making Montréal-Python 22 possible:

• Ludia
• QNX
• iWeb
• Benelux
• UQAM
• Le Site
• Savoir-Faire Linux

Yesterday evening concluded the first ever, tremendously successful Montréal Python event exclusively for women, giving all involved an intense 3 hour introduction to the world of programming.

The turnout was excellent, with over 70 people — both men and women- attending. The “rules” were simple: you had to be a woman, and if not, you had to be invited. The range of students covered a wide spectrum, from people who had never written a single line of code to people well familiar with programming, coming however from different backgrounds and languages.

The class was taught by Janina Szkut while a number of TAs from throughout the Montréal programming community helped the attendees install Python on their laptops and work through any problems with exercises.

Things started off gently with an overview of what’s actually involved in programming — what a programmer does on a day-to-day basis- then progressed quickly to Python itself, covering syntax, control structures, types, and other fundamental language constructs.

The grand finale threw students into the midst of drawing using turtle graphics with Swampy, writing programs to draw a myriad of shapes on screen. The air was thick, exciting; the theoretical knowledge everyone had spent the last two hours learning was now manifesting itself as something tangible. The caves of Lascaux, the historical first expression of visual art, could barely hold a candle. (actually, caves can’t hold candles, so…)

On conclusion, the enthusiasm of everyone involved was overwhelming; those already programming were inspired by the elegance and simplicity of Python, while those who took their first steps were intrigued by a new world of possibilities. And of course, in the tradition of Montréal Python, we all ended the evening with drinks at the local distillery, networking, talking and inspiring each other to continue exploring the intricate world that is programming.

For almost 5 years, the Benelux has been delighting our taste buds and offering us amongst the best beers in Montreal. It’s an opportunity for a big party, so come out this Saturday, to the Benelux, 245 Sherbrooke West, to celebrate with the team and the beer lovers. On site, there will be some surprises, special recipes and of course, some very good beers.

On tap :

Anniversaire 2xIPA 2010
Anniversaire 2xIPA 2011
Grande Armada Réserve / 8 mois en fut de whiskey
Zoot 2010
Dub 2009 (à voir)
Dreadlux 2010
Barley Wine 2010
Barley Wine de Noel 2009
Barley Wine de Noel 2009 / +brett. fut de chêne
Strato 6 mois
Alter Novis 10 mois
Alter Novis au raisin 6 mois
Dreadlux-Sticke Alt (blend) 5 mois

In cask :

Chief / 3 mois, “oaked”
Yakima / dry hop Riwaka
Sour EXP / oude geuze 2.5 ans

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The response has been amazing so far for the Introduction to Programming with Python class we announced earlier this month. So amazing, in fact, that we had to temporarily close off registration while we booked a new venue.

Good news, though, registration has been re-opened, and those of you who were on the waiting list have now been put on the guestlist. We have also chosen a location — room SH-2420 of the Sherbrooke pavilion at UQAM. Wi-fi will be provided.

Looking forward to seeing you all there!

We are excited to announce the first ever Introduction to Programming with Python class held in Montréal on May 3rd, 2011. This class is intended for women, and is open to all, not just programmers. The class is, as the title suggests, of an introductory nature, and will consist of two parts. The first part introduces the fundamentals of programming, as implemented in Python, and the second part will be a hands-on session where you will get to take Python for a spin and bend it to your will. See the wiki for the outline and other information.

The event is free to attend, but since there are space limitations, please sign up using the guest list. Also, please bring a laptop if you can or make a pairing agreement beforehand. If you would like to bring a male friend as a guest, by all means feel free.

Looking forward to seeing you there!