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We finally did it! This past Saturday we actually sprinted. Our goal is to build an open source equivalent of Meetup.com — affectionately known as Shindig. This software is a replacement for the overly complicated Plone instance I have running clepy.org.
Even though we didn’t a whole lot of progress we learned some useful lessons. We had some minor technical difficulties like not everyone having a working wireless connection. Those issues are easy to overcome. The lessons I took to heart were more about timeliness and preparation. I was guilty of being an hour late and many people didn’t have the necessary stuff installed. No big deal, we’ll get better.
All in all I had fun. Drinking beer and writing code with my peers. The miscellaneous conversations about technology didn’t hurt.
We’ll talk more about the sprint at the next meeting, but I think we’ll keep having them. It seems that the best time will be the first or second Saturday after each meeting. Also it seems that starting a little later may be a good idea.
IronPython At Clepy
Tonight Drew Robbins gave a excellent talk on IronPython to The Cleveland Area Python Interest Group (Clepy). As always Mike Pirnat’s meeting notes are comprehensive, but I wanted to share my take on the meeting.
The talk itself was based off of a talk he gives to .NET developers. That being said he did a fantastic job of adapting to an opinionated Python crowd. I enjoyed the way the group was able to participate in the demo. Someone would ask a “what happens if/when” question and he just tried it out. I thought this interactive style was very effective.
I am very motivated right now to really dive into IronPython and am downloading the source now so that I can begin playing. I’ll post follow ups if I do anything of interest.
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