Hello, my fellow Freedom-loving geeks!

This is an announcement for the third-Saturday TALUG
meeting for the month of June.  Generally we try to
cover more advanced topics in our third-Saturday
meetings.  This month's presentation should fit the
bill with Carsten Haese covering several diverse
aspects of Programming with Python.

[paraphrasing from "Learning Python"
 by Mark Lutz & David Ascher...]

    Python is a popular, open source, object-oriented
    language used for both stand-alone programs and 
    scripting applications in a variety of domains.  It
    is free, portable, powerful, stable, and remarkably
    easy to use.  Python code is designed to be
    readable and thus maintainable.  Its focus on
    readability, coherence, and quality sets it apart
    from "kitchen sink"-style languages like Perl.

Carsten is a Software Engineer at Unique Systems, Inc.
(which generously hosts our website and mailing lists).
He is also the maintainer of the Python Informix
database module and has a lot of experience using
Python and other programming languages.  After reading
the feedback that we received on the main list, he has
selected the following topics for his presentation:

 - Python basics
 - String processing and Regular expressions
 - XML parsing
 - Database programming
 - OpenOffice.org scripting
 - GUI programming (time permitting)

Flyers have been posted to the website.  If you have
access to a nice geeky place to hang it, please print
one out and help to publicize for the LUG.

Any extra time will be used for a geek-out (mill
around, fix stuff, hack, play, talk, whatever).

Even if it's a nice, sunny day out, this is one
presentation whose educational value should more than
outweigh a walk in the park... or mowing the yard!  :-)


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         TALUG Meeting Announcement
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Topics: Programming with Python
         - basics
         - strings, regexps
         - XML parsing
         - database programming
         - OpenOffice.org scripting
         - GUI programming (time permitting)

When:   Saturday, June 17th
        2:00pm - 5:00pm

Where:  Stautzenberger College
        5355 Southwyck Blvd
        Toledo, OH 43614

Who:    Presented by the Toledo Area Linux Users Group
        Open to the public


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