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Presentations for category: Try-It Lab Workshop

The Try-It Lab will be available throughout the three days of the conference. In addition, there will be a few 2-3 hour workshops held in the Try-It lab.

So, you've been using git in your projects. It's crazy fast, you're able to create and switch branches in the blink of an eye, and already you're liking it better than any other VCS (version control system) you've ever used. But... if that's all you do with git, did you ...
Start: Oct 08, 1:30 p.m. End: Oct 08, 2:30 p.m. Room: 209
We're going to mesh TDD, a desire to learn Python and Brazilian BBQ. Bring your laptop (having Python 2.x installed). This is hands on! You will program! Just like at the BBQ, everyone gets a red/green. You start hungry and leave stuffed. We assume you know nothing and will stuff ...
Start: Oct 08, 3:00 p.m. End: Oct 08, 4:00 p.m. Room: 209
Graphics Minicourse I - Image organizing/versioning with F-Spot - Basic editing with F-Spot - Getting creative with images (making static web galleries - F-Spot, slideshows - Imagination, posters/collages - Fotowall)
Start: Oct 08, 6:00 p.m. End: Oct 08, 7:00 p.m. Room: 209
If you are wondering how to modify your digital photographs, this is the class for you. Using GIMP, a free and open source photo-editing software package, you'll learn how to crop, adjust colors, straighten, and correct your photographs so they are perfect. This is a hands-on demonstration, so make sure ...
Start: Oct 09, 11:30 a.m. End: Oct 09, 12:30 p.m. Room: 209
A hands-on experiment using Futures to create a contact list application. Aimed for those familiar with JavaScript (have used a framework, such as jQuery, with callbacks) the exercise takes 2 to 3 hours. The Problem: Procedural-driven assignment-programming is horrid. It sets you up to hack-job-duct-tape coding rather than being the ...
Start: Oct 09, 1:30 p.m. End: Oct 09, 2:30 p.m. Room: 209
This is the second session of the Python Full Meal Deal.
Start: Oct 09, 3:00 p.m. End: Oct 09, 4:00 p.m. Room: 209
So, you've been using git in your projects. It's crazy fast, you're able to create and switch branches in the blink of an eye, and already you're liking it better than any other VCS (version control system) you've ever used. But... if that's all you do with git, did you ...
Start: Oct 09, 3:00 p.m. End: Oct 09, 4:00 p.m. Room: 223
This hands on workshop provides you with the skills to build your first website using WordPress. We will briefly walk through creating a MySQL database on a Linux Apache system and installing WordPress. Then we will immediately start adding pages and blog posts to your websites navigation menus. You will ...
Start: Oct 09, 4:30 p.m. End: Oct 09, 5:30 p.m. Room: 223
Graphics Minicourse II - Working with RAW images (UFRaw/Rawstudio) - Batch Image Processing (Phatch) - Filters and Layers in Gimp if time allows.
Start: Oct 09, 4:30 p.m. End: Oct 09, 5:30 p.m. Room: 209