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CAN we talk Python? Talking to your vehicle over the CAN bus with Python

• Presented by Shea Newton

The Mad Scientist Pythonista: Scientific Computing as a Career Springboard

• Presented by Rachel Klein

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Beetle: Transforming data with open source Python by Jonathon Carothers and Robby Boney

Think Like a Panda: Lessons learned from hands-on experience with the Pandas library by Hannah Stepanek

Speaker Bios: Jonathon Carothers, is a database developer on the student team at Interject Data Systems and a computer science student at Washington State University Vancouver. He is currently working on database projects as well as client reporting software, at Interject. He also has a passion for acting, appearing in stage performances and local films.

Robby Boney, is a python developer at Interject Data Systems and a computer science student at Washington State University Vancouver (WSUV). Previously a bioinformatics programmer at WSUV, he spent 3 years studying auditory regeneration before starting work at Interject in 2018. He is also an experienced music producer who has worked on tracks for local and Hollywood based music artists.

Hannah Stepanek has been programming in python for 6 years. She used to work at Intel and now she works at a non profit startup called Hypohesis. In her free time she enjoys jumping her horse, remodeling her house, and playing board games.

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This month:

• Why use Python Type Hints? - by Neil Pilgrim

Python already has types - what are these newfangled hints you speak of? Are they trying to turn my lovely Python into an overly-verbose strict language like Java or C++? Let's explore what these new(ish) aspects of the language look like, and what benefits they can bring - if you want to use them!

• Lessons Learned During Advent of Code 2018 by Chris Freeman postponed

About our speakers:

Neil Pilgrim built up his development skills writing scientific physics simulations in C++, but now mainly develops in Python as his language of choice. In the last year or two he has become increasingly engaged with the Open Source Zulip team-chat community after sprinting with them at PyCon 2017, which opened his eyes to the wonder and challenges that Type Hints bring to Python!

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Note temporary Venue Change to Alchemy Labs. 7PM start time

This month:

• Light Up Your Life - With Python and LEDs! by Nina Zakharenko

Python opens a whole new world of working with wearable electronics. MicroPython and CircuitPython are Python variants that can run with just 256k of storage space and 16k of RAM. Learn how to program LEDs with Python, to light up your life with code and creativity

• Lessons Learned During Advent of Code 2018 by Chris Freeman

Advent of Code is an Advent calendar of small programming puzzles. All AoC puzzles have a solution "that complete in at most 15 seconds on ten-year-old hardware". In this talk, Chris will cover strategies and lessons learning during the 2018 AoC to reach this goal using Python.

About our speakers:

Nina Zakharenko is a Cloud Developer Advocate at Microsoft, focusing on Python. Before joining Microsoft, she was a Senior Software Engineer with over a decade of experience writing software for companies like Reddit, Meetup, and HBO. In her spare time, she enjoys snowboarding, hiking, and tinkering with wearable electronics from her home base in Portland, OR.

Chris is a freelance computer engineer and software developer. In his spare time, he can be found answering Python question on Treehouse Community forum.

April Venue - Alchemy Code Lab! 30 NW 10th Ave, Portland, OR 97227

Special thanks to Alchemy for stepping up to host us this month

Please note this event opens at 6:30 and talks start at 7pm!

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This month:

• Writing a web-based Python debugger by Bernard Sanders Debuggers can be tricky to use for new developers. Could we lower the barrier to entry by providing a more graphical debugger in a web UI? In this talk, I'll show the first version of the WUI debugger I added to my company's product, discuss how I built it, and some of the interesting things I learned on the way.

Bernard is co-founder and CTO of CloudBolt software, which produces the leading hybrid cloud management platform. Bernard crafts the vision for the CloudBolt product and is an advocate for shared DevOps practices and enablement of hybrid cloud. Prior to CloudBolt, he worked on automating operations for more than 75 enterprise IT shops over 18 years in myriad roles at JPL, Loudcloud, Opsware, and HP. He holds patents for bare metal provisioning, Cloud Resource Orchestration, and Self-Service IT Catalog. Bernard lives in Portland, OR where he enjoys cross country skiing, being a Big Brother in BBBS, and volunteering with Puzzled Pint.

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This month:

Lightning Talk Workshop...Featuring: YOU!

We're opening things up for lightning talks from the community!

First: An exciting slate of fast-paced talks from local Pythonistas. Next: We'll launch into a lightning talk workshop. Lastly: We'll give folks time and guidance to write a short talk and try out public speaking in a supportive environment.

This workshop will cover: 1) Why developers of all skill levels should share with the community 2) How to choose a subject for your first talk 3) How to write and deliver an effective lightning talk 4) An open mic to give a 1-5 minute talk in front of a positive, friendly audience

📚Bonus📚: Six O'Reilly Python books will be raffled off. Want a ticket? Give a talk!

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This month:

• Multiply your Testing Effectiveness with Parameterized Testing! with Brian Okken

Brian Okken is a lead software engineer, the author of Python Testing with Pytest, and the host of the Test and Code and PythonBytes podcasts.

In this talk you'll learn the importance of testing in modern software development, what makes a great test, and how parameterized testing can take one test and split it into many cases covering more code.

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This month:

• GeoPy and RadInterp: Creative climate data analysis with Python by Dmitri Kalashnikov

Dmitri is a Masters student in the Climate Science Lab at Portland State University, a NASA-funded researcher, and a recent convert to the Python language and ecosystem. In this talk you'll learn about alternative tooling available in Python for analysis of climate data, becoming a Python programmer, and most importantly - having fun doing it!

Plus, LIghtning Talks....

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