Also think that Monday evening is a good night. I plan to be at the next meeting. On Jun 18, 2013 5:12 PM, "Michael Carreno" <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'd also like to vote for Mondays. Just seems to work out better. Below > are the static code analysis tools I mentioned along with a post from John > Carmack regarding static code analysis. > > Cheers - > Mike > > PyLint: http://www.pylint.org/ > PyFlakes: https://launchpad.net/pyflakes > John Carmack on static code analysis: > http://www.altdevblogaday.com/2011/12/24/static-code-analysis/ > > > > On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 2:06 PM, Alec Koumjian <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Just wanted to +1 Mondays. Thursdays are when the Djangonauts have their >> awesome hack night. >> >> >> On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 2:05 PM, Kevin LaTona <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> Given how good the turn out was at last night's meeting. >>> >>> Maybe we should consider doing another Monday eve meeting vs Thursday to >>> see if that might be a better meeting day. >>> >>> Just a thought. >>> >>> -Kevin >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Jun 18, 2013, at 1:53 PM, Jonathan Mark <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> > Thanks for a fun meeting yesterday... here are some notes on what was >>> discussed: >>> > >>> > In attendance: >>> > >>> > John >>> > Maria >>> > Brian >>> > Rohit >>> > Brian >>> > Miles >>> > Jimmy >>> > Alex >>> > Derek >>> > Toby >>> > Mike >>> > David >>> > Kevin >>> > Jonathan >>> > >>> > Python Day mini-conference discussion >>> > Toward the end of september? >>> > ~100 - 120 people >>> > 1 track? Or basic tutorial vs. expert tracks? >>> > Last time, it was allegedly community organized but Mike Orr ended up >>> > doing most of everything >>> > Toby will connect with the last Python Day's organizers. >>> > A sheet was passed for people to give Toby their contact info if they >>> might be willing to volunteer for some task. >>> > >>> > ideas: >>> > subcommunities: >>> > introductory >>> > web programmers >>> > scientific >>> > pygame >>> > what should these communities be learning from each other? >>> > >>> > David - has been taking (and highly recommends): >>> > coursera: "Interactive Programming with Gaming" course with Python - >>> via >>> > Rice University >>> > uses codesculptor.org >>> > uses SimpleGUI library >>> > looking for opportunities to join a team of some kind >>> > >>> > comments on Python books: >>> > Python Essential Reference - good as reference but not good as tutorial >>> > covers py2 vs. py3 issues >>> > gives general advice >>> > "Python in a Nutshell" is good >>> > >>> > LXML is a good XML library to use >>> > >>> > Resource for learning numpy? >>> > There is a clone of StackOverflow which is specific to scipy and numpy >>> > (I have not been able to find this link) >>> > >>> > Brian Dorsey suggests looking at iPython Notebook >>> > interactive Matlab style notebook with graphing >>> > understands shell commands >>> > >>> > LightTable is the kickstarter project for a cool on-the-fly programming >>> > environment >>> > >>> > the perennial question: which IDE? >>> > Comodo Edit - has student discount for coursera classes >>> > VIM >>> > Sublime Text >>> > Eclipse - is fine but hard to set up pydev on windows >>> > Pycharm was recommended. >>> > >>> > Discussion of Logging vs. Debugging >>> > especially for web programming, a good log setup is crucial >>> > There are times for debugging too >>> > Sentry is a useful logging module for Django with pretty UI >>> > >>> > Another possible topic for Python Day: Profiling & performance >>> measurements >>> > >>> > Static code analysis is helpful too - pylint or pyflakes >>> > VIM plugin called "flake8" runs Pyflakes and the PEP8 style checker >>> > >>> > tool innovation: >>> > >>> > Maria's article on how to set up email server: >>> > http://www.mariakathryn.net/Blog/57 >>> > looking for comments on "Python on Mac OS" article >>> > >>> > Do video of python day?? >>> > Sprint on Sunday after the conference? Office Nomads could be a good >>> location for this >>> > >>> > Rohit's project that could be sprintable: online interactive game of >>> > programming bots - web based with django for account mgmt >>> > >>> > pyparsing is a good alternative to regex parsing >>> > >>> > RegexPal is a good tool for debugging regexps >>> > http://regexpal.com/ >>> > >>> > how to do a pxe boot >>> > A: try onesis >>> > >>> > how to parse twitter for TV show references? use a db or not? >>> > recommendation to use mongodb for the database >>> > >>> > Python Twitter analytics tool: http://glowingpython.blogspot.com/ >>> > >>> > >>> >>> >> > >
