What we’re about
The free Beginners' Python support sessions are run by SkyPy.
The SkyPy project aims to introduce complete beginners to the Python programming language in the hope to increase the number of females in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) as well as strengthen the community as a whole.
We meet every Wednesday.
The first week of each month is usually an absolute beginners session, followed by other topics which may be more advanced every other Wednesday from 5:30 - 7:30 pm. We reserve the right to deny participation to anyone being disrespectful to mentors or other members.
The sessions are interactive so please bring your laptops.
All session summaries are available for review at https://github.com/anniequasar/session-summaries .
In the coming months, lessons and training will cover all the basics in order to provide beginners with the skills to take on a real-life project/ online competition.
There is a slackspace for sharing data at beginnerspython.slack.com - please email skypyprojectatgmaildotcom for an invitation to join the space.
Upcoming events (2)
See all- 🚀 GenAI: Hands-On with Claude Code: Supercharge Your Dev Workflow in 60 MinutesLink visible for attendees
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### 🚀 Hands-On with Claude Code: Supercharge Your Dev Workflow in 60 Minutes
TL;DR
Join us for a fast-paced, practical dive into Claude Code—Anthropic’s new agentic coding companion that lives right inside your terminal or VS Code. In just one hour you’ll learn how to make the model read your repo, run tests, refactor files, and even open pull requests on command. Walk in with curiosity, walk out with a smarter workflow.***
#### 🔍 What we’ll cover
- Quick intro to Claude Code – how it plugs into your shell & IDE and why it’s different from “chat-in-a-sidebar” assistants.
- Lightning demo – watch Claude rename variables across a project, fix failing tests, and stage the diff—live.
- Interactive exercise – bring a small repo (or clone our sample) and issue natural-language commands yourself.
- Hooking it up to GitHub Actions – automate linting, doc generation, or release notes with a single prompt.
- Best practices & gotchas – token budgeting, safeguarding prod code, and writing prompts the model loves.
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#### 🎯 Who should attend?
- JavaScript / Python / Go devs who spend more time searching than shipping.
- Engineering leads keen to standardise refactors and doc coverage.
- Learners who want an AI peer programmer that explains as it edits.
(If you can `git clone` and run `npm install -g`, you’re good to go.)
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#### Speaker: Arun
There is a slackspace for sharing data and chatting during the streaming event at beginnerspython.slack.com - please email skypyprojectatgmaildotcom for an invitation to join the space.
- ONLINE Creating spreadsheets in Python using xlsxwriter - 218Link visible for attendees
Jupyter Notebook: https://colab.research.google.com/drive/12NRCm1MJbjMCsgkP3ziRfF_WRodtuoIB
In this session, you will create a spreadsheet using Python and the third party library xlsxwriter. It is the third session explaining the technology we used to create our own print-to-xlsx virtual printer in meetup 110.
This session will be completely using Google Colab so all you need is a Google account and Internet access.
There is a slackspace for sharing data and chatting during the streaming event at beginnerspython.slack.com - please email skypyprojectatgmaildotcom for an invitation to join the space.
