PYthon Piedmont Triad User Group meeting
Come join PYPTUG at out next monthly meeting (November 24th 2015) to learn more about the Python programming language, modules and tools. Python is the perfect language to learn if you've never programmed before, and at the other end, it is also the perfect tool that no expert would do without. Monthly meetings are in addition to our project nights.
What
Meeting will start at 6:00pm. PLEASE NOTE, 6PM!We will open on an Intro to PYPTUG and on how to get started with Python, PYPTUG activities and members projects, then on to News from the community (Matplotlib and learn, etc). We will also talked a good bit about TensorFlow. What are the implications of Google TensorFlow for you, your business or industry? More than you might think. And we will update you on the progress of our UAV quadcopter.
We will also hear from the Flying Turtles! They won first place at Civicon 2015 earlier this month: http://hackathon.codeforgreensboro.org
Then on to the main talk.
Main Talk:
Agile testing and ATDD
by Pradeep Macharla
Bio:
Pradeep Macharla leads
Continuous Delivery practices at Inmar. Pradeep has 14 years of High-Tech experience
consulting and working with small, medium & large companies. He spent the
last several years helping organizations increase their agility through a
combination of lean and Agile-XP principles.
He
speaks and contributes to open source efforts involving ATDD, Extreme
Programming, DevOps, Test Automation Design Patterns and Software
Craftsmanship. Pradeep’s work resulted in a number of framework patterns that
are being used across various companies and his open source work can be found
in multiple repositories at
Abstract:
This session persuades the need to collaborate
effectively in a high-tech environment. It further emphasizes the need to
automate systems to keep up with business agility. It also talks about trends
on Agile Testing and Acceptance Test Driven Development. In this
session we also address questions viz.
1)
Why
is it extremely important for the 3 amigos – Product Owner, Developer and
Tester to be on the same page until a piece of software is delivered to the
customer?
2)
Why
is Continuous Integration, probably the most mature way to keep up with the
pace of business & technical agility?
We will
reflect on some of the proven and successful Agile methodologies that are
helping companies in various industries keep up with technology changes.
Lightning talks!
We will have some time for extemporaneous "lightning talks" of 5-10 minute duration. If you'd like to do one, some suggestions of talks were provided here, if you are looking for inspiration. Or talk about a project you are working on.
We will have a lightning talk on handling unicode (somewhat) transparently.
When
Tuesday, November 24th 2015
Meeting starts at 6:00PM
Meeting starts at 6:00PM
Where
Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC 27109
Map this
See also this campus map (PDF) and also the Parking Map (PDF) (Manchester hall is #20A on the parking map)
And speaking of parking: Parking after 5pm is on a first-come, first-serve basis. The official parking policy is:
Don't forget to sign up to our user group mailing list:
https://groups.google.com/d/forum/pyptug?hl=en
It is the only step required to become a PYPTUG member.
In order to get a feel for how much food we'll need, we ask that you register your attendance to this meeting on meetup:
http://www.meetup.com/PYthon-Piedmont-Triad-User-Group-PYPTUG/events/226799661/
See also this campus map (PDF) and also the Parking Map (PDF) (Manchester hall is #20A on the parking map)
And speaking of parking: Parking after 5pm is on a first-come, first-serve basis. The official parking policy is:
"Visitors can park in any general parking lot on campus. Visitors should avoid reserved spaces, faculty/staff lots, fire lanes or other restricted area on campus. Frequent visitors should contact Parking and Transportation to register for a parking permit."
Mailing List
Don't forget to sign up to our user group mailing list:
https://groups.google.com/d/forum/pyptug?hl=en
It is the only step required to become a PYPTUG member.
Meetup Group
In order to get a feel for how much food we'll need, we ask that you register your attendance to this meeting on meetup:
http://www.meetup.com/PYthon-Piedmont-Triad-User-Group-PYPTUG/events/226799661/