Problem-solving, perspectives, programming, and presentation

With all those "p"-s, it must be a (virtual) Presentation Evening on Wed 19 Oct, 1800 for 1830 ~ 2030 NZDT (UTC+13).

Will you 'beam in' from overseas? Please be reminded that New Zealand is now operating one (more) hour earlier than the rest of the world, having moved to "Daylight Saving Time" ('Summer Time') - hence the "D" in NZDT.

Nathan Smith had an 'itch' caused by a problem related to the game of Scrabble. Like us all, he was self-motivated and thought 'this should be quite straightforward'. Like all of us found the 'progress' was sometimes a step forwards, and sometimes a brick-wall. Thus, data-structures related to words, dictionaries (of both definitions) and Directed Acyclic Word Graphs (DAWG), highlighting how they work (specialised networks and DAGs). How he personally struggled to understand the concepts, and even then, how frustrating it was until constructed his own.

A journey of challenges, a lesson of not giving in and hopefully a good story all round. Just as any and all of us face in our own lives as Python Developers. - but wait, there's more! He will recount a blind person's perspective on coding through the project, presenting overview information on the way a blind person may access code and what similarities or differences may crop up. Using this foundation to tie it into every day challenges we all face when coding, whether we're making a number generation game or the next AI that won't take over the world... Probably.

Creative Coding With Python: Learn how to code simple visuals in Python for games, innovative stats, simulations and generative art using a flavour of the processing library. This can be incredibly useful for teaching programming, visualising concepts and sharpening thinking skills.

Abdur-Rahman Janhangeer organises the Python Mauritius User Group and FlaskCon* (amongst many other contributions to the Python Community including graphic presentation libraries)

* in case you've not come-across it, Flask is a very popular web framework

Please RSVP for meeting URL.

The Auckland members of the New Zealand Python Users Group meet every month. You're very welcome to join us online. We are a healthy mix of Python users. Students, academics, hobbyists, industry professionals, and many completely new to Python.

During these meetups, we have two presentations by members of the group about their Python endeavours. At least one of the presentations should be aimed at a beginner level, so don't worry if you are not too familiar with Python. There is also content of-interest to Python-Masters and others who have been programming for many years.

The web-conference opens at 6:00pm, with a formal welcome at 6:30pm. Everything should be wrapped up by 8:30pm. See you there!

We are always on the look-out for subjects to cover at meetings; speakers willing to present, coach, and guide; and a suitable location for 'hybrid' meetings so that those who can, will be able to meet in-person.

We follow the NZPUG code of conduct to create an inclusive friendly environment. https://python.nz/Page/42341

Let us know if there are any problems that you are having by asking in the comments below.

Regards =dn (Pete and DJ)