The Boston Python User Group

April Project Night, with Designer advice!

Come work on Python projects, get programming help, help others, and hang out. Bring your own project or work on one of the suggested projects below.

Our sponsor Matchbox will bring along some designers who can give advice on your project!

Staff from the Boston Python Workshop will be here to help beginning Python programmers with language basics and practice.

Audience: Everyone! We'll have something for all Python experience levels.

When: 6:30pm - 9:30pm on Thursday, April 12th.

Location: Microsoft NERD

One Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA 02142

Food: Pizza will be provided by Matchbox!

Things to bring: a wireless-enabled laptop and power cord

Need some project ideas? How about:

Learning Python

The official Python tutorial: http://docs.python.org/tutorial/
How to Think Like a Computer Scientist: Learning with Python: http://openbookproject.net/thinkcs/python/english2e/
An introduction to Python through writing games: http://inventwithpython.com/chapters/
Learn Python the Hard Way: http://learnpythonthehardway.org

Projects and competitions

Contribute to an open-source project that uses Python. Developers from OpenHatch, Twisted, and other projects will be here. If you contribute to an open source project that uses Python and want to help new contributors, let us know in a comment!
Use Python to participate in space exploration:http://spacehack.org
Unleash your inner DJ with the Echo Nest and Echo Nest Remix APIs
Want to learn a Python web framework? Check out the Django tutorial: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.3/intro/tutorial01/

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Todd M. Fay

Got some descent pointers and pizza. Thank you for organizing this.

0 · April 16, 2012
Taylor Braun-Jones

Fun as usual. I liked how they helped facilitate people with common interests sitting together.

0 · April 13, 2012
Cynthia

Learned a ton. Great time. I especially liked the addition of design expertise among the group. I hope we do that again, and maybe with other disciplines.

0 · April 13, 2012
Jonathan D. Lettvin

I dreamt in NERD. My reality wakeup correlated substantially.
Great people. Great discussions. Great leadership.
If only sushi were served... ;)

0 · April 13, 2012
Dean Dieker

Awesome chance to meet other developers and work on projects (and hear what other people were working on)!

0 · April 13, 2012
Art Gibson

Event worked well, food first and then 3 hours of coding/designing. We came as a group of 3 with vague requirements for a project and got a lot done.

0 · April 13, 2012
Vivian Li

Im a noob, but the people who attended as well as the organizer seemed extremely friendly. I can't wait to learn enough Python to be able to speak it with others :)

0 · April 13, 2012