Nicely written. Cheers
On Wed, Oct 14, 2015 at 3:52 AM, Kiran Gangadharan <m...@kirang.in> wrote: > My apologies for the improper formatting. > > On Wed, Oct 14, 2015, at 03:14 AM, Kiran Gangadharan wrote: > > Hey Everyone, > > > > Please find the meeting minutes below. > > > > > > Date: 26 September 2015 > > > > The September Edition of the ChennaiPy meetup started with Vijaykumar, > > the > > organizer, welcoming everyone and outlining the agenda for the evening. > > > > * Introduction to Django > > > > Rajkumar Rajendran started off the talk with some history of Django. > > After that, he did a > > quick walk through of installing Django and using it to setup a basic > > project > > structure with SQLite as the database. He then went on to illustrating > > how a web > > server works and concluded with a small demo on setting up a hello world > > project > > with the framework. > > > > * Django REST Framework > > > > It looks like the audience had a good dose of Django this time, thanks > > to the > > talk by Jagadish Kumar. He started off by talking about API's as a > > bridge > > between a client and server and then went on to explain the basic > > components of > > the Django REST framework. He then demoed a simple TODO application and > > showed > > us how he was able to easily add/remove functionality from the API by > > using > > Mixins that the framework provided, thus illustrating the concepts of a > > loosely > > coupled architecture. > > > > * Networking Tea Break sponsored by Clay Labs > > > > * Using G-Code Vis tools > > > > I'm pretty sure that a lot of people were baffled by the title of this > > talk by > > Shakthi Kannan. But to all our surprise, it turned out to be an > > interesting > > insight into the jargons and processes in the world of 3D printing. > > Shakthi > > started out by explaining the basic components of a 3D printer. He > > talked about > > how one would go about printing something using an STL file. The STL > > file would > > be first converted into G-Code which could then be executed on a 3D > > printer to > > actually print the object. He then gave a quick explanation about > > various gcode > > instructions and metrics that could be fine-tuned by the user. He then > > showed us > > how an object shaped like a pyramid would be printed using YAGV(Yet > > Another > > G-Code Viewer). He also showed us how the final object would appear, > > using > > Blender. The generated model data using G-Codes could be compared with > > the > > actual data obtained from the printer to determine the accuracy of the > > process > > itself. He then concluded with a short and sweet Q&A session with the > > audience. > > > > * Building a Sublime Plugin using Python > > > > Text Editors are amongst the biggest contributors of programmer > > productivity, > > and in this session, Gaurav Sehrawat talked about how one could extend > > the > > functionalities of Sublime Text, by building plugins for it in Python. > > Gaurav > > started off by demonstrating a few tips and tricks that make Sublime > > Text an > > awesome editor. He then went on to explain what Window/Text command was > > and how > > one could leverage them to build simple plugins for the editor. He > > demoed an > > event based API to search Google for autocompletion when typing > > something into > > the editor and concluded with a demo of printing better debug statements > > for > > python variables which included the displayed filename and line number > > along > > with the variable. > > > > * Python, Guido and Snakes > > > > I guess that after a bunch of serious talks for the evening, Vijay > > thought that > > it was time for something light and refreshing. His talk title was > > concise > > enough to pique our interest, but obscure enough to shroud us in > > mystery. He > > started off by talking about Python and it's creator Guido Van > > Rossum(BDFL). He > > talked about how the name "Python" was inspired by Guido's love for > > Monty > > Python. And to all our surprise, he even showed us a small sketch from > > Monty > > Python's "The Flying Circus", which left us all laughing out loud! > > > > * Vote of Thanks > > > > Vijay concluded the meeting by thanking the participants, speakers, > > volunteers, > > IMSc and the sponsors. > > > > -- > > Kiran Gangadharan > > http://kirang.in > > _______________________________________________ > > Chennaipy mailing list > > Chennaipy@python.org > > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chennaipy > > > -- > Kiran Gangadharan > http://kirang.in > _______________________________________________ > Chennaipy mailing list > Chennaipy@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chennaipy >
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