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ANN: ChiPy at Room 1 Thu January 10, 7:10p


ChiPy
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When: 7:10 PM Thursday January 10, 2013
Where: Room 1

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Topics
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1. Genie
Tal Liron

This talk will introduce Genie, a new programming language with a Python-inspired syntax that compiles into binary executables and libraries. Behind the scenes, Genie is a dialect of Vala, and a full participant in the GObject universe. I will cover the language basics, with an eye to comparing them with Python, and guide you around some potential pitfalls. This is the second in a series of talks I am giving on the topic of Python/GObject integration.
 recording release: yes license:   
 Video: http://pyvideo.org/video/1617/genie 
2. Intro to Marmir: Spreadsheets on steroids
Brian Ray

Marmir (https://github.com/brianray/mm) takes Python data structures and turns them into spreadsheets (think xlwt on steroids). This is a high level Intro to the project, current status, goals, and to solicit any contributions. This talk will look into how Marmir internals do things like: measure fonts to fit columns, preserve data types (dates, numbers), allow advanced look and feel customization of spreadsheets. Later down the road, I would like to have a separate talk on Marmir internals and how it may be customized to do things like, convert Django model data directly to spreadsheets, integrate with google spreadsheets.
 recording release: yes license:   
 Video: http://pyvideo.org/video/1618/intro-to-marmir-spreadsheets-on-steroids 


Location
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Room 1


About the group
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https://www.chipy.org

Chicago Python User Group known as ChiPy was founded in 2003. We are an active user group organized around the Python.programming language.   Our meetings are open to all of all proficiency and experience levels.