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This workshop is running on the evening of Friday, August 17th, and all day Saturday, August 18th at Orbitz offices in Chicago, IL.
This workshop is running on the evening of Friday, August 17th, and all day Saturday, August 18th at Orbitz offices in Chicago, IL.


questions? mail to [mailto:cpw-staff@lists.openhatch.org cpw-staff@lists.openhatch.org]
Questions? mail to [mailto:cpw-staff@lists.openhatch.org cpw-staff@lists.openhatch.org]


<gallery caption="Photos from previous Boston Python Workshops that inspired this event" widths="300px" heights="200px" perrow="4">
<gallery caption="Photos from previous Boston Python Workshops that inspired this event" widths="300px" heights="200px" perrow="4">
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== Schedule ==
== Schedule ==

This is from the Boston group's pages. sounds like a good schedule to me.


* <b>Friday evening, 6pm-9pm</b>: 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.
* <b>Friday evening, 6pm-9pm</b>: 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.
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== Resources ==
== Resources ==


Thanks to the [[Boston Python Workshop 6]] for the materials.
* [[Boston Python Workshop 6/Friday|Friday setup and tutorial]]
* [[Boston Python Workshop 6/Friday|Friday setup and tutorial]]
* [[Boston Python Workshop 6/Saturday lecture|Saturday lecture]]
* [[Boston Python Workshop 6/Saturday lecture|Saturday lecture]]
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* There is a parking lot at [http://goo.gl/maps/spOh the corner of Madison and Des Plaines] and a parking garage in [http://goo.gl/maps/Zp4d Presidential Towers] at Madison and Clinton
* There is a parking lot at [http://goo.gl/maps/spOh the corner of Madison and Des Plaines] and a parking garage in [http://goo.gl/maps/Zp4d Presidential Towers] at Madison and Clinton


=== Food ===

We are providing lunch on Saturday. If you have dietary restrictions, please include them with your RSVP to the event or [mailto:cpw-staff@lists.openhatch.org e-mail] us as you RSVP.

=== About Us ===

* Many of us are members of [http://chipy.org chipy]. We have a [http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chicago mailing list] and some of us like to hang out on the #chipy irc channel on [http://freenode.net/using_the_network.shtml freenode.net]. Chipy meets every 2nd Thursday of the month.


== Volunteering ==
== Volunteering ==