Dabeaz

After teaching a variety of Python classes on the road in the US, Europe, and India, I'm back in Chicago to enjoy summer in the city. You should come to Chicago to enjoy the lakefront, summer festivals, and take one of my Python classes. Here's a brief preview:

Python Networks and Distributed Systems, June 21-23, 2010.

This 3-day course is actually a greatly expanded version of my infamous Python Concurrency Workshop from 2009. It includes a wide mix of topics from network programming, concurrent programming, and distributed computing. Over the past year, I've been refining and improving the material. Ultimately, I might turn it into a new Python book, but if you want an early cutting-edge preview, you should come to the class.

Jamming with Django, June 24, 2010.

I'll freely admit that when it comes to Django, I don't know much beyond the fact that it's written in Python. So, if you're like me and you'd like to learn more about it, you should come to this one-day course, taught by Chicago-area Django developers Chad Glendenin and Rodrigo Guzman. I'm both hosting and taking the course.

Introduction to Python Programming, July 13-15. 2010

This is the standard 3-day Python programming class that I've taught at numerous on-site locations around the world. If you've programmed before, but never used Python, then this is the class that you want. Even if you've been programming Python already, you'll learn a variety of new tricks.

Advanced Python Mastery, August 17-19, 2010.

If you've been programming Python for awhile, but want to take your knowledge to a whole new level, this might be the course for you. In short, this course goes far beyond what you find in a basic tutorial and focuses on some of Python's most advanced features. This includes metaprogramming, generators, coroutines, C extensions, performance optimization, inner workings of the object system, and more.

If you want more information about the courses go here. Hopefully I'll see in Chicago!