CTPUG & GDG Hack Night

A joint hack night with the ​Google Developers Group.

It's an opportunity for all those in Cape Town to gather and work on things together. If you're a newcomer looking to learn Python, there'll be experienced Pythonistas on hand to answer questions and give guidance -- we have some (really) simple exercises to get you started. If you're an old hand, come along and show people what you're working on. Gather ideas -- and maybe helpers -- and share your thoughts and experiences with others.

Sponsored by 88mph, Google and Silicon Cape.

• Date: 26th February 2013
• Time: 18:30
• Where: 88mph
• Bring: Laptop and excitement
• Meetup event: ​http://www.meetup.com/Cape-Town-Python-Users-Group-CTPUG/events/103467942/
• Silicon Cape event: ​http://www.siliconcape.com/events/ctpug-gdg-hack-night

Schedule

18:30 Arrive and set up
19:00 Introductions
19:30 Work on projects (and pizzas arrive)
23:00 Close up

There will be a code dojo focussing on writing a cffi wrapper for SQLite.

Bring

• A laptop (or let us know beforehand and we'll make a plan)

Things we'll have at the venue

• Pizzas and drinks (sponsored by Silicon Cape)
• Wifi
• Tutors to help newcomers

Projects for newcomers

• Installing Python
• Choosing an editor / IDE
• Structuring a first Python project
• Basics of the Python language

See OpenHatch's ​Getting started with Python and ​Python tutorial for details.

Projects for those familiar with Python

If you have a project you'd like help on, please bring it along!

Project ideas:

• Writing unit tests in Python
• Packaging Python projects
• Using ​cffi to wrap C libraries
• Porting projects to Python 3

Sponsors

Guessing Game Example used in tutorial

Pick a random number and ask the user to guess it:

• guessing.py​
• play.py​

Anagram game

First Python game written by Michelle, Andrew and Grant immediately after the tutorial:

• Anagram.py​

Next hack night

To be determined.