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PyCamp :: August 7-11, 2006
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 Photos • Mersh • When and where? • How to register? • Who sponsors PyCamp? • What to expect? • What you need to bring? • What you need to do to prepare? • Who's coming to PyCamp? • Where to stay? • Where to eat? • Who's responsible?For more information, please email pycamp@trizpug.org.
When and Where
Phillips Hall Room 332 is centrally located on campus and is a state of the art high technology classroom. There are wired 100Mb Ethernet connections and grounded AC power outlets at every seat. A video projection screen monitors the presentation computer at the front of the room. Boot Camp consists of two parts:
How To RegisterThanks to strong support from the TriZPUG community, PyCamp is now full and registration is closed. PyCamp will occur again. Subscribe to the TriZPUG email list for future notifications. The registration schedule was as follows: Complete by May 31, 2006 for early bird registration ($250). Complete by June 30, 2006 for regular Complete by July 31, 2006 for late registration ($350). PyCamp is made possible by the kind sponsorship of the Carolina Cardiovascular Biology Center and CapStrat. Carolina Cardiovascular Biology Center is a multidisciplinary, multidepartmental facility which serves as a focal point for interactions among basic, translational, and clinical scientists studying all aspects of cardiovascular disease. Areas of specific interest include atherosclerosis and other vascular diseases, angiogenesis and cardiovascular development, cardiovascular physiology, and diseases of hemostasis. Capstrat is the strategic communications firm that organizations turn to when the stakes are high and they can’t afford to lose. Capstrat helps clients tell their stories powerfully and effectively to the audiences that matter most—customers, prospects, the media, policymakers, employees, opinion leaders and shareholders. Capstrat draws on a wide array of disciplines, fueled by strategy and creativity. Every communication is targeted to meet strategic goals and deliver more value in the process. Check out the PyCamp final syllabus. This syllabus has been revised due to testing during the first TriZPUG PyCamp. It reflects what beginners can be reasonably expected to usefully comprehend and retain in one week. Syllabi for Advanced PyCamp and SciPyCamp are also linked on the PyCamp syllabus in order to show the forward progression of the TriZPUG pedagogy. Successful PyCamp alums are encouraged to enroll in Advanced PyCamp and then SciPyCamp. PyCamp represents a unique pedgogical approach. You will learn: Edgewall is a company which makes cool open source project management software with Python called Trac. When you learn Python, you learn the scripting language for Trac, and can extend it for any systems engineering approach. TriZPUG uses Trac for collective programming projects. The material for PyCamp is in a Trac instance where you can participate in developing it yourself. See the list of participants. The Hampton Inn Chapel Hill (1740 Fordham Blvd.) is the official hotel of PyCamp. Bus routes to Phillips Hall are available in the Accommodations Guide: | ||||
Where To Eat
Each day of boot camp, TriZPUG will lead an expedition of PyCampers by foot to a nearby inexpensive restaurant for group lunch. You may also bring your own lunch but the classroom will be locked during lunch. There will be a complimentary beverage and snack service in the classroom all day every day of PyCamp (coffee, bottled water, sodas, granola bars, fruit, hard candies, gum). Out of town PyCampers will be supplied with a restaurant guide for evening and morning dining. A posse of TriZPUGers is usually available each evening of PyCamp for group dining (especially if it's dining on eastern NC style BBQ). The PyCamp official hotel provides a full complimentary breakfast each morning.
Who is Making PyCamp Happen
TriZPUG makes PyCamp happen. And TriZPUG is an all-volunteer organization. PyCamp is happening by popular request of people in the Triangle area who want a more convenient path to learn Python. TriZPUG answered the call because TriZPUG is focused on improving the usability of Python products through self-education and outreach. 100% of proceeds from PyCamp go to support TriZPUG's continued outreach efforts.
TriZPUG is a very loose organization with no official membership, dues, or charter, although we are mostly composed of developers from local universities, government agencies, NGOs, and private industry. Python tutorials and training schools are in abundance around the world. But we find that knowing where to start in your learning path is an obstacle, as well as the cost and travel involved in for-profit Python instruction. Therefore, PyCamp is our developmental effort to establish a Python pedagogy we can use in for our particular needs.
PyCamp would not be happening without the help of several TriZPUG volunteers who we wish to acknowledge here:
- Chris Calloway, UNC Marine Science - Instruction, course development, website, facilities, organization
- Rob Lineberger, Carolina Cardiovascular Biology Center - Concept, logo, materials design, lunch outings, rapporteur, sponsorship
- Ben Best, Duke Nicholas School of the Environment - Complimentary services, materials assembly, administration
- Jim Allman, Interrobang Digital Media - Complimentary services, OSX testing
- Carol Ludwig, Office of the Chief Medical Examiner - Linux testing
- Kevin Morgan, UNC School of Nursing - Networking services
- Jesse Cleary, UNC Marine Science - Remote hosting support
- Steven Cory, Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute - Transportation services
- Edmund Moseley, Office of the Chief Medical Examiner - Photography
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