It’s time again for me to offer a free Webinar, as well as two online courses:
- I’m repeating my hour-long free Webinar about functional programming in Python on Wednesday, October 22nd.  When I offered it last month, more than 200 people got tickets, and 70 participated.  I had a blast, and nearly 2,000 people have viewed the YouTube version online.  Well, I have updated and improved this seminar, and we’ll be using technology (Google Hangouts On Air) that will let people participate with less hassle.  So if you’ve always wanted to learn about functional programming in Python, or if you have questions you would like to ask, please join me!
- I’m also repeating my live, day-long class in functional Python programming on Monday, October 27th. This class goes into far more depth than the Webinar, and includes many exercises, as well as explanations of what functional programming is, what techniques are available in Python, and how we can use them to improve our program’s efficiency and maintainability.  We’ll cover some of the most powerful, but also misunderstood, aspects of Python programming, including list/set/dict comprehensions and the oft-maligned “reduce” function.
- Finally, I’m offering a new live, day-long class in object-oriented Python programming on Monday, October 27th. This class starts off by describing what objects are, and quickly works its way toward classes, instance vs. class attributes, methods, class and static methods, inheritance, and even the basics of iteration. In my experience, many people who have been writing object-oriented Python for a year or more can benefit from this class; it’ll really help to solidify the concepts, and help you to understand how Python’s objects work behind the scenes.
These classes are versions of what I have taught many times at such companies as Apple, Cisco, HP, SANDisk, and VMWare around the world. Â They have helped many Python programmers to become more proficient with the language, and to solve bigger and better problems in less time, and without sacrificing maintainability.
Even if you aren’t interested in the paid courses, you’re more than welcome to join the free Webinar.
As always, if you have questions, please let me know at reuven@lerner.co.il.