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The Boston Python User Group

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Organized by Ned Batchelder and 7 others

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What we’re about

Welcome! Boston Python is one of the largest local Python user groups in the world. Meet other local Python developers, learners, employers, and enthusiasts of all kinds. All skill levels are welcome: if you are interested in Python, we are interested in you! We have a code of conduct to ensure that everyone stays happy and productive.

We have great regular events:

Monthly presentation series: these are longish presentations (about an hour) about topics of interest to the community. Often we also have lightning talks (5-15 minutes) also. If you have something you'd like to share with everyone, drop a line to the organizers!

Monthly informal project nights: these are a chance to sit down with other Python developers of all experience levels to push your project forward, get help with a particular trouble spot, share expertise, or do whatever else you like.

In addition to meeting face-to-face, we have a few other ways to stay connected:

• Slack: https://about.bostonpython.com/slack

• Twitter as @bostonpython

Job postings on the Meetup.com mailing list are OK, as long as they meet the Job Posting Requirements.

If you'd like to help financially, you can make a tax-deductible contribution at donate.bostonpython.com.

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Upcoming events (4+)

Mon, Dec 11, 2023, 5:00 PM UTCMonday office hour
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Unstructured Zoom office hours! Drop in to ask questions, or help people, or just chat. Any topic or expertise level is fine!

You can add topics or questions to the #office-hour Slack channel ahead of time but you don't have to: https://bostonpython.slack.com/archives/C02V2C7U3D3

We might change the pace, timing, or structure over time. We're trying things out to see what works.
19 attendees+14
Mon, Dec 11, 2023, 6:30 PM ESTA Conceptual Introduction to Cryptography
Microsoft New England Research and Development Center, Cambridge, MA
Tonight, a presentation by Scott Sanderson. We'll have plenty of time for socializing and networking before the talk.

PSA: We are looking for a sponsor! Is your company interested? Get in touch!

We will provide pizza. We won't be able to stream or record the event. NOTE: Microsoft has alerted us that there will be no wifi available during the event.

What I Wish I Had Known Before Joining an Authentication Startup: A Conceptual Introduction to Cryptography

Every time we use computers, we use cryptography. We use TLS to protect our communications, we use hashed passwords and SSH keys to authenticate ourselves, and we use protocols like OAuth and SAML to share data between services.

As developers, we often build or maintain systems that depend on cryptography, but cryptographic tools and libraries can be intimidating, with documentation that presents a wall of inscrutable acronyms alongside dire warnings about the consequences of incorrect choices.

This talk will provide an overview of cryptographic concepts that developers are likely to encounter in their daily work. Our focus will be on building a high-level understanding of how to think about cryptography. We'll discuss the guarantees provided by fundamental building blocks like hashes, digital signatures, and symmetric/asymmetric encryption, and we'll discuss how these components are used to create the higher-level protocols that power systems we interact with every day.
70 attendees+65
Thu, Dec 14, 2023, 12:00 AM UTCPackaging and Deployment: the structure of a Python package
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Hello!

This is the third session of the Boston Python study group for Fall 2023. In this session, we'll dive into exactly what makes up a Python package, and how those files are used by other tools (or Python itself) to make your installation work how it does.

This event is virtual, and the link will be posted here shortly before we start.

If you're having trouble signing in, make sure you are logged in to a Zoom account. You can sign up for one for free at https://zoom.us/.

Group Info:
This study group uses a "teach to learn" modality. One group member researches a topic that is brand new to them, then teaches the rest of the group what they've learned.

This term, we're looking at packaging and deployment as it relates to Python. Broadly speaking, that means things that relate to getting your code to run somewhere other than your own computer. We'll cover topics like publishing a package to the Package Index, the different types of package distributions, wheels, setup tools, and more.

Contact:
More info available on the Boston Python slack workspace: https://about.bostonpython.com/slack
28 attendees+23
Mon, Dec 18, 2023, 5:00 PM UTCMonday office hour
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Unstructured Zoom office hours! Drop in to ask questions, or help people, or just chat. Any topic or expertise level is fine!

You can add topics or questions to the #office-hour Slack channel ahead of time but you don't have to: https://bostonpython.slack.com/archives/C02V2C7U3D3

We might change the pace, timing, or structure over time. We're trying things out to see what works.
5 attendees

Past events (529)

Mon, Dec 4, 2023, 5:00 PM UTCMonday office hour
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26 attendees+21

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