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

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 cpw-staff@lists.openhatch.org

Photos from previous Boston Python Workshops that inspired this event

Registration

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

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

Thanks to the Boston Python Workshop 6 for the materials.

Location

Address: Orbitz Worldwide (Citibank Building / Ogilvie Transportation Center)
500 West Madison Street
Chicago, IL 60661
(google map)

Once you are in the Citibank building, take the escalators to the 3rd floor and sign in at the security desk.

Transportation and Parking

Public Transportation.

Orbitz is in the same building as the Ogilvie Transportation Center station. The station website lists connecting services.
The brown and green lines have `L' stops nearby.
Plan a public transportation route with Trip Planner

Driving and Parking

On-street metered parking (check the map)
There is a parking lot at the corner of Madison and Des Plaines and a parking garage in 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 e-mail us as you RSVP.

About Us

Many of us are members of chipy. We have a mailing list and some of us like to hang out on the #chipy irc channel on freenode.net. Chipy meets every 2nd Thursday of the month.
Many of us are also members of Pumping Station: One. Every 1st and 3rd Thursday of the month we have python office hours. Check the events calendar for python events and other PS:One activities.

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-* [http://mit.edu/jesstess/www/BostonPythonWorkshop6/bpw_next.pdf wrap-up slides]
 * [http://codingbat.com/home/bostonpythonworkshop@gmail.com/Friday Friday CodingBat]
 * [http://codingbat.com/home/bostonpythonworkshop@gmail.com/SaturdayMorning Saturday morning CodingBat]
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-Orbitz Worldwide (Citybank Building / Ogilvie Transportation Center)<br />
+Orbitz Worldwide (Citibank Building / Ogilvie Transportation Center)<br />
 West Madison Street<br />
 Chicago, IL 60661<br />
 ([http://goo.gl/maps/W9nd google map])
+Once you are in the Citibank building, take the escalators to the 3rd floor and sign in at the security desk.
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 * Orbitz is in the same building as the [http://metrarail.com/metra/en/home/maps_schedules/metra_system_map/up-w/station.OTC.html Ogilvie Transportation Center] station. The station website lists connecting services.
-* The brown and green lines have `L' stops nearby. Washington/Wells brown line, Clinton green line
+* The brown and green lines have `L' stops nearby.
 * Plan a public transportation route with [http://www.transitchicago.com/travel_information/trip_planner.aspx Trip Planner]