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Minutes 2010/03/13
- Talks on packaging tied will together - notes at TalkPackaging
Feedback from Python Training
First training course run last week
- 5 people (6 registered, the maximum, but one pulled out)
- Filled up really quickly - could easily run more courses
- Feedback was pretty positive
- Preparation could be better
- Graeme and Simon spent 2-3 hours preparing
- Simon wrote the examples - the idea was to alternate, Simon did a larger proportion though
- This was designed as Python for Programmers, but there was too much squeezed in, and so ran out of time
- It was an interactive workshop, but got less so as time ran out
- Mean to run from 11-3, but ran till 4 and still didn't cover anything
- There wasn't really anything that could be easily taken out - more time is needed for a basic Python course
- May help to cater to particular languages people already know in
- It would probably help more to separate out courses for people with different skill levels
- But it's difficult to assess skill levels before the course
- Did a whole section on different numeric types - difficult to know what stuff people would need
- CD with a whole bunch of docs, links and source code
- Ways to improve:
- A lot more detailed documentation would help - then people can branch into topics that suit them
- Focused details - subset of most commonly used aspects rather than full coverage, pointers to where to look for more
- Should probably be 2 4-hour sessions (consecutive Saturdays, or following days)
- Having a week in between would help people to get to grips with the concepts from the first course
- Could have a bunch of problems to work on in between sessions
- Finding good materials that people could use themselves in between could help
- Need to discuss what future courses to offer - for non-programmers, focused on particular issues, etc
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