pyconuk

EuroPython 2009 open for registration

If you’ve enjoyed PyCon UK the last 2 years, the bad news is that it won’t be happening this year. The good news is that  EuroPython 2009 is coming to sunny Birmingham instead, for 3 days from Tues 30th June to Thurs 2nd July and registration is now open. The even better news is that until 14th March it’s really cheap, like 50% off cheap making the 3 day conference only £95.

As a warm up, from Sunday we have 2 days of tutorials at the bargain price of £70. To close there will be sprints from Friday 3rd July, and in case any Django coders get home sick it all coincides with the Birmingham International Jazz Festival.

My talk on ArcGIS and IronPython has been approved. So I’ll see you there.

Tabular data with Python slides, from PyCon UK

At PyCon UK 2007 I gave a short talk on using Python to deal with tabular data. The slides, demos and modules for my talk are available for download.

There is material in the download that I didn’t present on the day. The talk covers extracting data from various tabular data formats. This is the first step of an Extract, Transform Load (ETL) operation. It also summaries the character of those data formats.

Comments, queries and suggestions are most welcome.

PyCon UK early bird registration

PyCon UK, the first UK community Python conference, is taking place in Birmingham on the weekend of 8th – Sun 9th September 2007. Extra early bird registration ends on Monday. We’re offering both days including access to all tutorials, talks, sessions &  the conference dinner for the fantastically low price of £50 if you book in the next 3 days. Registration will remain open until the first day of the conference, but book early to save more.

Proposed talks so far include:

  • Introduction to Python for programmers new to Python
  • Introduction to PyQt GUI Programming
  • Developing with IronPython
  • An Introduction to Django
  • The Report Lab pdf tool kit

More are coming, our call for proposals is open. I look forward to seeing you there.