PyCon Rehearsals 4: Laser Cutters, and Closures

Two PyCon-bound speakers will rehearse their talks.

Giles Hall: Laser Cutters, 3D Printers, and Python (https://us.pycon.org/2016/schedule/presentation/2171/)

How to leverage python to generate physical, tangible things. We will discuss the basics of laser cutters, 3D printers, and how you can use python to design physical objects. After a brief introduction to these technologies, we will explore a few different examples of how we can use python to generate designs suitable for 3D printing and laser cutting. More info... (https://us.pycon.org/2016/schedule/presentation/2171/)

Thomas Ballinger: Finding closure with closures (https://us.pycon.org/2016/schedule/presentation/2231/)

What are closures all about anyway, and why is there a new keyword in Python 3? We'll look at what a closure is, their history in the Python language, what the Python 3 nonlocal keyword is about, and examine how closures are idiomatically used (and avoided) in Python. More info... (https://us.pycon.org/2016/schedule/presentation/2231/)

Pizza will be provided.

Because these are rehearsals, we will not be recording. You'll be able to see the recording from the actual presentation given at PyCon.