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NEXT EVENT: CHIPY __MAIN__ MEETING

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Come join us in person for our monthly __main__ meeting.

Food and beverages will be provided before/during the talks. Our talks kick off promptly at 6:30.

When: May 9, 2024, 6 p.m.

Where: N/A

RSVPs

Registration for this event will close on Wednesday May 8 at 11:59 p.m.

Attendance:
In Person Pythonistas: 13

TOPICS FOR NEXT EVENT

What to do at PyCon?
By: Raymond Berg
Experience Level: Novice

First time at PyCon? Not sure what to do while you are there? How do you network? Will it hurt?

All your questions about about America's biggest Python conference will be answered in a way that will probably help anyone at any conference.

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Shipping ChiPy: Running ChiPy.org on a Kubernetes Cluster
By: Joe Jasinski
Experience Level: Intermediate

Join us for an insightful talk where we delve into Kubernetes, the industry-standard deployment technology. Experience firsthand the deployment of a Python application as we transform the chipy.org website to operate on Kubernetes. Explore essential concepts including Nodes, Deployments, Jobs, Services, Ingress, PV/PVCs, Operators, ServiceAccounts, ConfigMaps, Secrets, and more!

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Understanding Unicode
By: Evan Hahn
Experience Level: Intermediate

The farmer emoji (👩🏾‍🌾) is a bit of a mystery.

In Python, its length is 4.

Same in Ruby. In JavaScript, its length is 7. It's 15 in Go and 12 in Java. There's just one character here...shouldn't they all have the same length: 1?

To understand this madness, you need to understand a little about Unicode. Many developers, myself included, get intimidated by Unicode. What's "UTF-8"? What's a "code point"? What does "U+1F937" mean?

In this talk, I'll …

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Founded in 2003, Chicago Python User Group is one of the world's most active programming language special interest groups with over 1,000 active members and many more prestigious alumni. Our main focus is the Python Programming Language. There are many ways to get and stay involved. Meetings are open to all levels. Our main meetings are on the 2nd Thursday of every month and happen online remotely. We have SIGs (Special Interest Groups) in: Mentorship, Data Science, Web technologies, and Finance.
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