Python Presentation Night @ Virtual (PPN #108)

We're virtual-only this month. Three great speakers and interesting topics!

• Location: Google Meet (link available in Meetup)

Agenda

7:00 - Meetup opens live.

7:15 - Formal program (in-person and online)

• Opening remarks
• Speakers (see below)
• Feel free to bring any brief Python tidbits, experiences, or job openings you'd like to share with the group.

9:00 - Wrap up and Disperse

Questions will be collected from the Google Meet chat or Slack #general channel and answered live.

Speakers/topics

• Jake Wellington - Building a Python Library to Link US Censuses Across Time

• Nick Bollweg -- Building Python Code Quality
Tests and other tools in a codebase of any size are an agreement between you, other developers, other code, and your users. Let's look at a few selections from the spectrum of static analysis, testing, and documentation tools, and how they can help assess, improve, and maintain quality Python code.

• Jason McDonald -- Multiple Initializers in Python...No, Really!
In Python, we're used to assuming overloaded methods don't exist. But what if you need to be able to create an object two (or more) ways? It's actually possible! In this talk, Jason demonstrates how to overload initializers, or any method, without losing the benefits of duck-typing.

• You? We have space for additional speakers at a future meetup (Please see link below for volunteer form).

Additional Details

• We follow the PSF Code of Conduct: https://www.python.org/psf/conduct/
Please treat your fellow Pythonistas with respect.

• Please remember to update your meetup RSVP if you change your mind about attending.

• Volunteers to speak, host, and greet are needed for future meetups. Please sign up here: https://forms.gle/iE3rHamBqcBAjWMF7

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