Announce: Python Bootcamp at Big Nerd Ranch. November 10-14, 2008 Atlanta, Georgia http://www.bignerdranch.com/classes/python.shtml
Economic news got you down? It's not too register for a total escape at Big Nerd Ranch where the upcoming Python Bootcamp will put you on the fast path to becoming a Python master. This is a hard-core class designed for programmers, scientists, and engineers who want to know how to use Python to solve real world problems. Although the class assumes no prior experience with Python, even those who have used Python before will walk away from this class with brand new insights. Major topics include, but are not limited to the following: - Working with data and data processing. - Program organization with functions, modules,and classes. - Testing, debugging, and performance tuning. - A highly acclaimed tutorial on generators - File I/O and details of the Python I/O system. - Subprocesses and interprocess communication. - Threads and concurrency. - Network programming and distributed computing. - Processing various file formats (XML, HTML, etc.) - Database access. - Python extension and integration. - Python 2.6 and 3.0. The class involves more than 20 hours of hands on programming exercises and nearly 1000 fully indexed presentation slides with so much information, they can serve as a stand-alone reference. You will not be disappointed. In fact, over 2500 man-hours have gone into the development and refinement of materials for this course. The instructor is David Beazley, the author of the "Python Essential Reference", the creator of SWIG, a former "evil" professor, and long-time Pythonista. Currently, Dave is hard at work on the 4th Edition of the Python Essential Reference. Thus, class attendees will get an jump on what has been happening in Python 2.6 and Python 3.0 from someone who is actively writing about it. More information and registration details can be found at: http://www.bignerdranch.com/classes/python.shtml A somewhat more detailed and up-to-date overview of class material is also available at: http://www.dabeaz.com/python.html Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions about course content or to find out if this class is for you. Hopefully I'll see you in Atlanta! Cheers, Dave Beazley http://www.dabeaz.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-announce-list Support the Python Software Foundation: http://www.python.org/psf/donations.html