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NEXT EVENT
CHIPY __MAIN__ MEETING

When: June 11, 2025, 6 p.m.

Where: Stripe

350 N Orleans Wolf Point Plaza, 5th Floor Chicago, IL 60654

Directions:

One in the wolf point plaza roundabout, enter 350 from the south entrance. If you have the bar-code email you can skip the security desk and go up the escalator. Use the bar code to go into the gates by elevator bank. Go up to the fifth floor and turn east.

RSVPs

Registration for this event will close on Wednesday June 11 at 12:00 p.m.

Attendance:
In Person Pythonistas: 20

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TOPICS FOR NEXT EVENT

Flexible, Maintainable Python: A Gentle Intro to Dependency Injection
By: Paul Zuradzki
Experience Level: Intermediate

Dependency injection (DI) isn’t just for enterprise Java. DI is a simple, versatile design technique that can help you write less coupled, more modular, and more testable code. By the end of this talk, you'll be able to:

  • Spot implicit dependencies in your code

  • Understand what dependency injection is and why it matters

  • Apply simple DI in your Python code using functions or parameters

  • Know when not to …

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To pickle or not to pickle
By: Joshua Herman
Experience Level: Intermediate

We will go over the implications of how deciding a serialization format (also known as a data interchange format) can have on your performance, security and readability. We will study JSON, pickle and safetensors and understand the decision making and the specifications of those formats have and why you should choose one over the other. We will also show the implications of how others have used and when these formats while are a good idea before start to change in …

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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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