My apologies for the delay.
Regards
Vivek
Minutes for python meetup
1) Introduction by Vijay
- reiterated for newcomers on the purpose of the meetup
- networking
- learning etc etc etc
2) Talk#1
by Srini and Nitya Sandhi Checker for Tamil
Talk was in tamil - spell checking in Tamil.
Speaker went through a couple of sample data points with images to
illustrate the problem we were solving.
e.g “ik”, “iv” , “ith” etc addition completely changes the meeting
Syllables in tamil -ka sa ta tha pa ra- some basic rules to check using
open tamil library.
The solution seems to address only cases where adding the syllable changes
the meaning completely.
Requires some understanding of tamil grammar is required to appreciate the
solution and understanding of unicode characters for tamil
Otherwise seems to be some basic string formatting - split and
comparison????
We dived right into the code which showed the different rules that were
being considered....
This code is one of the components tamilpesu.us
3) Talk#2
by Naren - Demystifying Magic Methods
Software consultant @ Tarka Labs
Started with what are magic methods
a) predefined methods for all classes - like __init__ - constructor??
b) eg len() min() max() are magic methods????
How are they implemented
a) eg + operator is a magic method __add__ that is part of every class
'a' + 'b' = 'ab'
is the same as
'a'__add__('b') = 'ab'
this means you can implement your own __add__ method for your class and the
+ operator will automatically call it when used in conjunction with your
classed
b) e.g 2 transactions - len function , sum function etc
c) __repr__ and __str__ implementation of a class - str is called the
print statement? repr is like len(list)
d) __getitem__ makes an object iterable
e) __gt__ and __lt__ implement greater than and lesser than
h) __call__ allows us to make the object callable
i) more than 50 magic methods available in python - allows you to make
your code pythonic?
j) Caution - over use of magic methods will create very complex - unreadable
www.dudewho.codes/talks
4) Talk#3
by Vijay, Human Learning with Machines - educativ.
Problems with human learning
# memory?
rote does not help understanding
e.g salt experiment in chemistry labs
chemistry lab experiment simulator -
creating games to make learning easy and fun
current android apps and
closed source
require access to camera etc
notifications
distracting ads
Open Source learning frameworks
eudActive8 - used pygame
- puzzles etc for learning
- extensible allows you to add your own game by programming in python
- e.g game developed sorting words alphabetically (dived into code)
- some pointers
Board extends board game
Create a grid - boxes
create game objects - all the buttons in the various toolbars
Ship is an object that creates a gui icon that can be moved around the
board 1
Doors is an object that creates a gui icon which is a goal position- where
the draggable object must reside finally
Obstacle is an object that creates a gui icon which creates an obstacle on
the board
5) Lightning Talks
#1 Sam - chatops - getting information from a server via chatting to a bot.
use cases
help dev teams to run commands on other servers and stream the output
e.g. erbot server can have ssh logins to your production server and we can
ask over chat to run some commands and send the output back to us
get documentation
#2 Srinivasan - call for collaboration
Requirement for publishers - translation
creating a portal - marketplace for translators and publishers
6) Vote of Thanks
Akshara School for giving us the space
7) A brief talk on the conference
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