It was a mixed bag outside where it's sunny one minute and hailing the next, but one thing is for sure, we had a class full of enthusiastic workshoppers who can't wait to learn about Python.
After handing out stickers and announcement of 5 private repositories for participants for 1 year (thanks github), we got straight into making sure everyone is settled in and that they are set up for the upcoming lectures.
Rigel began by going through Saturday's lecture notes.
Rigel giving lecture at #codinggrace #Python workshop. twitter.com/CodingGrace/st…
— Coding Grace (@CodingGrace)
Lunch time came along at 12pm with some nice sandwiches from Sweet Cicely. Food & drink was kindly sponsored by Engine Yard and Propylon.
Some of the sambos from @sweetcicely_ie at #CodingGrace. twitter.com/CodingGrace/st…
— Coding Grace (@CodingGrace)
After lunch, it was lightning talks on various topics
#CodingGrace lightning talks - IDLE, @ipythondev, pip, @djangoproject, @raspberry_pi, MaKey MaKey, Project Euler and Python Debugger
— Coding Grace (@CodingGrace)
Here are several links for reference:
- IDLE, a Python IDE built with the tkinter GUI toolkit. - http://docs.python.org/2/library/idle.html
- iPython - IPython provides a rich architecture for interactive computing - http://ipython.org/
- pip installer - http://www.pip-installer.org/en/latest/installing.html#using-get-pip
(Just follow the 2-line instructions in "Using get-pip") - Django, Python web framework - https://www.djangoproject.com/
- Raspberry Pi - http://www.raspberrypi.org/
- MaKey MaKey - http://www.makeymakey.com/
- Project Euler - http://projecteuler.net/
- Python Debugger - http://docs.python.org/2/library/pdb.html / Slides
After the lightning talks, I finished the rest of the Python lecture and wrapped up by going through one of the examples from ColorWall. We didn't have enough time to go through Wordplay or Twitter.
The long day was coming to a close, I'm sure there was information overload for those taking part in the workshop, I was really tired by this stage (as was everyone including the volunteers) and with help of Rigel and Mick's prompting I was able to continue on after my little hamster in my brain refused to work when I started the lecture; tiredness or stage fright (or both). It was my first time and I actually enjoyed it given the circumstances. And Mick did make a nice assistant pointing at the whiteboard for me during Colorwall. :-)
Wrap-up slides: https://speakerdeck.com/whykay/coding-grace-python-workshop-1-wrap-up
A big shout out:-
Did I mention that @cctcollege is an awesome host? If I did, a big thanks again for a fantastic venue and awesome rec room. :-)
— Coding Grace (@CodingGrace)
And finally... a huge thanks to all the volunteers and all the participants for making it happen. /whoop whoop 
