Project & Tutorial Night w/ Mentors

What is it?

This is an opportunity for you to bring a project / tutorial and receive guidance from one of the mentors that will be roaming the room. You can bring a project in any language or framework, and we'll do our best to help you along. If you don't know what to work on, or don't have a project, we can get you pointed in the right direction.

Other Details?

Be sure to bring an ID, because they'll check it at the door, and a computer, so you can code. We may have food, depending on our sponsorship situation -- details forthcoming.

Which Mentors will be there to help me?

1. Neal Charbonneau (http://nealc.com (http://nealc.com/))

Neal has been programming for nearly ten years working on projects ranging from client-side web development to distributed systems in C++. He has an M.S. in computer science and works as a software engineer. He has experience writing software in Python, Java, C, and C++ and codes primarily for Linux. His interests include software development process (how to write good code), data structures and algorithms, networked and distributed systems, network protocols, and Linux.

2. Max Thayer (www.maxthayer.org (http://www.maxthayer.org/))

Max is a self proclaimed Wizard who has experience in a variety of technologies, including Python (Flask), Ruby (Rails), and now works mostly in Node.js. He also loves playing with APIs. Max is a super helpful guy, who's really fun to be around.

3. Brian Dant (www.bdant.net (http://www.bdant.net/))

Brian has been working with Python for about a year, and Django for 6 months. He can help with programming fundamentals, Python, Django, HTML / CSS, and enjoys talking about learning programming and career-transitioning into a Web Development.

4. Nate Aune ( http://www.appsembler.com )

Nate is the founder of Appsembler and the leader of Django Boston. He's got a bunch of experience working with Python-based content management systems, and is currently leading the charge on reducing friction when deploying Django through PaaS providers.