Python for beginners / Learn some python

Venue PRBB - Room : "Ramón y Cajal"

http://pybcn.org/venue.html

One main session to learn some Python:

"Execution model and other must-know's for Python newcomers (Duration 40min)"

by Pablo Enfedaque Vida

Followed by 6 Lightning-Talks:

1. The Zen of Python http://legacy.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0020/ It's simple, short and fun, and a good way to introduce the Python philosophy to beginners.
   by David Arcos

2. Virtualenv and pip. A quick intro of setting up the virtualenv, activating it and installing/uninstalling packages. If it fits I would install two different versions of the same package in separate virtualenvs to illustrate why they are useful.
   by Alex Maneu

3. List comprehensions
   by Jordi Gomez Bao

4. Métodos mágicos en python: Como sacar partido de los magic methods de python en un ejemplo simple.by Nacho Gentile

5. Python 2 vs. Python 3
   by Pablo Enfedaque Vidal

6. Where to find help for Python
   by Aleta Dunne