NYC LOCAL: Wednesday 19 May 2004 NYLUG Meeting: Dave Aitel on PythonGTK Graphical Interface Creation, Design

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May 19th, 2004
Wednesday
6:30PM-8:00PM
IBM Headquarters Building
590 Madison Avenue at 57th Street
12th Floor, home to the IBM Linux Center of Competency

** RSVP Instructions **
    Unless you have already rsvp'ed for a prior meeting, everyone
    should RSVP to attend. http://rsvp.nylug.org
    Check in with photo ID at the lobby for badge and room number.


                        Dave Aitel (Immunity, Inc.)
                                    -on-
               PythonGTK Graphical Interface Creation, Design


   Python is the fastest growing language among both experienced
   programmers and novices for several reasons, one of those reasons is
   the pyGTK graphical widget set toolkit (Python Gimp Tool Kit). pyGTK
   offers a quick and easy way to build complex Graphical-User-Interface
   driven applications that are robust and cross platform.

   This month Dave Aitel will begin the meeting with a brief introduction
   of the Python language suitable for both programmers and
   non-programmers, and then show how easy it is to use Python and the
   Glade GUI builder to create applications with pyGTK. His experience
   with pyGTK stems from his companies decision to use pyGTK as the GUI
   framework for their flagship product, CANVAS.

   Here is an outline of the meeting:

     * What decisions went into using Python for CANVAS
     * A very brief demo of CANVAS so you can see the kinds of
       functionality pyGTK offers
     * A brief introduction to Python
     * A brief hands on demonstration of using pyGTK
     * Some discussion of advanced pyGTK topics, such as threading and
       asynchronous communications
     * A discussion of proper GUI application design

   Whether you are an advanced programmer who wants to pick up new
   tricks, or a novice looking for their first foray into programming,
   Dave's talk will arm you with insights into how applications are
   developed using Open Source tools in the real world.

  For More Information Visit:

     * Bone up on the Python Language (especially the tutorials)
        http://www.python.org/
     * ``Beginner's Guide to Using pyGTK and Glade''
        http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=6586
     * PyGTK Docs
        http://www.gnome.org/~james/pygtk-docs
     * PyGTK FAQ Index
        http://www.async.com.br/faq/pygtk/index.py?req=index

  About Dave Aitel:

   Dave Aitel has spent 3 years in the private sector researching
   vulnerabilities, after six years working with the NSA. He is currently
   running Immunity, Inc., a NYC based consulting and security services
   firm. Immunity is best known for its donations of SPIKE and SPIKE
   Proxy to the security community, and their flagship product CANVAS.

Free Stuff!
    Swag of undetermined value and quantity may be distributed on a
    first-come, first-served basis. Arrive early for the best selection.

Keysignings
    GPG cryptography. Immediately after the presentation and continuing
    at Stammtisch we will be gathering for a keysigning. For those who
    already have keys, please remember to bring paper printouts of your
    40-character key fingerprint, as per the instructions in our howto
    docs. If you haven't created a key yet, and for keysigning details,
    our howto docs are a must read. http://www.nylug.org/keys

Stammtisch
    After the meeting ... Join us around 8:30pm or so at TGI Friday's,
    located at 677 Lexington Avenue and 56th Street, second floor.
    Northeast corner.

Please see our home page at http://www.nylug.org for the HTMLized
version of this announcement, our archives, and a lot of other good
stuff.

Monthly Reminder!
    Please read the NYLUG-Talk Posting Guidelines at:
    http://www.nylug.org/mlistguide/

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Jay Sulzberger <secretary@lxny.org>
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