Dabeaz

For the past 10 weeks, my upcoming Advanced Python Mastery course has been sold out. However, a last-minute cancellation has opened up one slot. Here are five, somewhat dubious, reasons why you should attend my August 17-19 course at the last minute:

1. You want to get fired (JetBlue version). Scream "I'm not going to take it anymore!", grab your Python books, and make a mad dash to Chicago while leaving your coworkers to meet your project deadline. Yes, I'm looking at you Java.
2. You want to get fired (alternate version). If you apply everything that you will learn in this class to someone else's code, they will almost certainly want to fire you.
3. You want to keep your job. If you apply everything that you will learn in this class to your own code, you will earn a "job security" merit badge.
4. You want to gain 10 pounds. Did I mention that the venue for this course is completely surrounded by a wall of bakeries and coffee shops?
5. You want to create a new web framework. Well, maybe you won't do that, but if you take this course you will explore almost every diabolical Python feature framework builders use to perform magic (decorators, metaclasses, descriptors, context managers, generators, coroutines, and more). It will completely change the way you look at Python code. Plus, it's just cool.

If this sounds interesting, registration information is available at http://www.eventbrite.com/event/619728625. Hopefully I'll see you in Chicago next week!

8/16 (Last Chance!) Space is still available and as if you don't need another dubious reason to go, you'll get a chance to do peeks and pokes on the vintage OSI home computer my brother and I resurrected over the weekend.

posted by Dave Beazley  # 8:04 AM