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Welcome to the fourth Boston Python Workshop: a project-driven introduction to Python for women and their friends!

This workshop is running on the evening of Friday, September 30th, and all day Saturday, October 1st at MIT in Cambridge, MA.

Photos from previous Boston Python Workshops

Registration

Status: Wait-list spots available (RSVP here)

To attend the workshop, please through the Boston Python Meetup. You'll need to create a Meetup account to RSVP. If you RSVP and then decide that you aren't attending, please update your status through the Meetup interface so we can notify someone from the waitlist.

You must be able to attend both days of the workshop to participate.

We do recommend you sign up for the wait list. If spots open up, Meetup.com will let you know. Also, we try to send notices to wait-listers about future workshops before they fill up.

Schedule

Friday evening, 6pm-9pm: set up your development environment, learn how to execute Python code from a file and interactively from a Python prompt, and learn about printing and using Python as a calculator.
Saturday morning setup, 9:30am-10am: settle in, get your laptop set up, and review Friday's material. We will start the lecture promptly at 10.
Saturday morning, 10am-noon: a 2 hour lecture-based introduction to the language.
Saturday lunch, noon-1pm: we'll provide lunch. Please e-mail us with dietary restrictions as you RSVP.
Saturday afternoon, 1pm-4pm: break out into groups to practice Python through short projects on a variety of fun and practical topics.
Saturday wrap-up, 4pm-4:30pm: wrap-up, next steps, and upcoming opportunities for learning and practicing Python.

Resources

Venue and Logistics

If you have questions about the event, please get in touch with us by sending mail to bpw-staff@lists.openhatch.org.

Location

MIT is hosting this event.

On Friday, we'll be in room 4-149. That's MIT-speak for "building 4, room 149 on the 1st floor". See this map of campus for where building 4 is.
On Saturday, we'll be in room 32-155. See this map of campus for where building 32 is. Building 32 is a distinctive building also known as the Stata Center.

Transportation and Parking

The closest T stop is the Kendall T stop on the Red Line.
The closest bus stop is the 84 Massachusetts Avenue stop on the #1.
There is paid garage parking at 5 Cambridge Center and at 1 Kendall Square (by the Kendall Square Cinema).

Childcare

If you need help making childcare arrangements to be able to attend this workshop, please get in touch with us.

Dietary restrictions

We are providing lunch on Saturday. If you have dietary restrictions, please include them with your RSVP to the event or e-mail us as you RSVP.

Social media

The Boston Python Workshop runs under the auspices of the Boston Python Meetup, which you can find on Twitter as @bostonpython.
We use the hashtag #bospythonworkshop.

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 == Registration ==
+Status: '''Wait-list spots available''' ([http://meetup.bostonpython.com/events/33124602/ RSVP here])
-To attend the workshop, please RSVP through the Boston Python Meetup. You'll need to create a Meetup account to RSVP. If you RSVP and then decide that you aren't attending, please update your status through the Meetup interface so we can notify someone from the waitlist.
+To attend the workshop, please [http://meetup.bostonpython.com/events/33124602/RSVP through the Boston Python Meetup]. You'll need to create a Meetup account to RSVP. If you RSVP and then decide that you aren't attending, please update your status through the Meetup interface so we can notify someone from the waitlist.
 <b>You must be able to attend both days of the workshop to participate.</b>
+We do recommend you sign up for the wait list. If spots open up, Meetup.com will let you know. Also, we try to send notices to wait-listers about future workshops before they fill up.
 == Schedule ==
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 * <b>Saturday morning, 10am-noon</b>: a 2 hour lecture-based introduction to the language.
 * <b>Saturday lunch, noon-1pm</b>: we'll provide lunch. Please [mailto:bpw-staff@lists.openhatch.org e-mail us] with dietary restrictions as you RSVP.
-* <b>Saturday afternoon, 1pm-4pm</b>: break out into groups to practice Python through short [[Boston Python Workshop 3/Saturday projects|projects]] on a variety of fun and practical topics.
+* <b>Saturday afternoon, 1pm-4pm</b>: break out into groups to practice Python through short [[Boston Python Workshop 4/Saturday projects|projects]] on a variety of fun and practical topics.
 * <b>Saturday wrap-up, 4pm-4:30pm</b>: wrap-up, next steps, and upcoming opportunities for learning and practicing Python.
 == Resources ==
-* [[Boston Python Workshop 3/Friday|Friday setup and tutorial]]
+* [[Boston Python Workshop 4/Friday|Friday setup and tutorial]]
-* [[Boston Python Workshop 3/Saturday lecture|Saturday lecture]]
+* [[Boston Python Workshop 4/Saturday lecture|Saturday lecture]]
-* [[Boston Python Workshop 3/Saturday projects|Saturday projects]]
+* [[Boston Python Workshop 4/Saturday projects|Saturday projects]]
+* [http://mit.edu/jesstess/www/BostonPythonWorkshop4/bpw4_next.pdf Next steps] wrap-up document.
 == Venue and Logistics ==
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 * On Friday, we'll be in room 4-149. That's MIT-speak for "building 4, room 149 on the 1st floor". See [http://whereis.mit.edu/?go=4 this map of campus] for where building 4 is.
-* On Saturday, we'll be in room 32-155. See [http://whereis.mit.edu/?go=32 this map of campus] for where building 32 is. Building 32 is a distinctive building also known as the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stata_Center| Stata Center].
+* On Saturday, we'll be in room 32-155. See [http://whereis.mit.edu/?go=32 this map of campus] for where building 32 is. Building 32 is a distinctive building also known as the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stata_Center Stata Center].
 === Transportation and Parking ===
-* The closest T stop is the Kendall T stop on the Red Line.
+* The closest T stop is the [http://www.mbta.com/schedules_and_maps/subway/lines/stations/?stopId=12412| Kendall T stop on the Red Line].
-* The closest bus stop is the 77 Massachusetts Avenue stop on the #1.
+* The closest bus stop is the [http://www.mbta.com/schedules_and_maps/bus/routes/?route=1| 84 Massachusetts Avenue stop on the #1].
+* There is paid garage parking at 5 Cambridge Center and at 1 Kendall Square (by the Kendall Square Cinema).
-* There is metered parking with a 2 hour maximum along Massachusetts Avenue and Ames Street by MIT (you don't need meters after 8pm, so this might be a good option for Friday evening, but not Saturday).
-* There is paid garage parking at 1 Kendall Square (by the Kendall Square Cinema) and at 5 Cambridge Center.
 === Childcare ===