Python sprints website

This is the website of the Python sprints group.

It was started by the London Python Sprints meetup, but open to any other Python User Group (PUG), interested in running sprints.

Website set up

The website is built using Jekyll, a Ruby (yes, Ruby ;) static website generator supported by GitHub pages. To build the website locally you need to:

Install ruby and ruby-dev
- dnf install ruby ruby-devel on Fedora, CentOS and RedHat
- apt-get install ruby-full ruby-dev on Debian and Ubuntu
- brew install ruby on MacOS
- More information about installing Ruby is here https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/documentation/installation/.
Install Jekyll with gem install jekyll bundle.
Install dependencies with bundle install in the project directory.
Run the server with bundle exec jekyll serve.
Open the rendered website at http://localhost:4000/

How to add your chapter

Send a pull request adding a new file _chapters/<your-chapter-name>.md, where <your-chapter-name> is the name of your chapter in ascii lowercase, and separating words with underscore (e.g. london_pyton_sprints).

The content of the file has a header section with some fields (started and finished with ---), and the main description of the chapter afterwards. We are using markdown files to store your data and they can contain either markdown tags for text formatting or pure html - it is up to you how to style your content.
The image that will represent your chapter should be in jpeg format. The size the content is optimized for is: 1920 x 600 px. Please name it <your_chapter_name_1920x600px.jpg>. This is the format:

---
category: "the-city-where-your-chapter-is-located-in"
title: "Name of your chapter"
meetup_link: <url-of-your-other-website-if-any>
address: "Description of your location, usually City, Country"
country_code: <2-digit-country-code-used-for-the-flag>
image: <relative path to the chapter image>
lat: <float-number-with-latitude-for-the-marker-in-the-map>
lng: <float-number-with-longitude-for-the-marker-in-the-map>
sponsors:
    - <first-sponsor-id-to-be-listed-in-your-page>
    - <second-sponsor-id-to-be-listed-in-your-page>
    - <feel-free-to-add-as-many-as-you-want>
---

Here you can add any information about your group. How it started, which are the goals,
what people can expect from it.

This is a good time to remind you, that no sort of discrimination (gender, religion,
age, sexual orientation...) is tolerated in the Python sprints (or in the Python
community in general). And as an organizer you must not allow any sort of harassment
in the events. Feel free to add in your chapter description to policies you have to
make sure the events are as diverse and welcoming as possible.

Example chapter setup

---
category: "london"
title: "London Python Sprints"
meetup_link: https://www.meetup.com/Python-Sprints/
address: London, United Kingdom
country_code: gb
image: static/images/chapters/london_python_sprints_1920x600px.jpg
lat: 51.512344
lng: -0.090985
sponsors:
  - harvey_nash
  - touch_surgery
  - bloomberg
---
The content of your chapters description goes below ---.

How to add an event

Before sending an event, you need to have your chapter set up. See the section How to add your chapter for more information on how to do it.

You can also add a sponsor, to give credit to the companies/institutions supporting your group with a venue, pizzas, beers... And if you are sprinting in a project not in the system, you may also want to add it.

To create an event, you need to add a new file to the _posts directory with the file name following the format YYYY-MM-DD-slug-of-the-event.md. Were YYYY-MM-DD is the date of the event (this will be the date shown on site), and the slug of the event is the title in a format URL friendly (only lowercase ascii letters and numbers, separating words with hyphens). For example 2017-12-31-django-bugfixing.md could be the name of a sprint "Django bugfixing" happening on December 31st of 2017.

The content of the file has a header section with some fields (started and finished with ---), and the main description of the event afterwards. This is the format:

---
category: "<same-as-category-of-your-chapter>"
title: "Short summary of your event"
level: "Target audience of the event (e.g. Beginners, All levels, Advanced,...)"
time: "hh:mm"
rsvp_link: <url-of-your-meetup-eventbrite-etc-page>
project: <id-of-the-project-you-will-work-on>
sponsor: <id-of-the-sponsor-for-the-event>
---

This space is the main description of the event, where you can provide further details.

Note that you don't need to add information about the project, as the description of the
project, the logo, and the environment set up instructions should be rendered automatically
after specifying the id of the project.

Also, by specifying the id of the sponsor, a box with its information will appear.

Example event setup

---
category: "london"
title: "Pandas internals"
level: "All levels"
time: "18:30"
rsvp_link: https://www.meetup.com/Python-Sprints/events/249350212/
project: pandas
sponsor: harvey_nash
---
The content of your event's description goes below ---.

You may want to copy one of the last events in _posts to be used as reference.

How to add a sponsor

If you need to add your local sponsor which is not already in the _sponsors folder you can do so easily.
To add a sponsor logo please copy it to the static/images/sponsors folder with a name matching the obj_id of your sponsor. We use png files for our sponsors. The maximum size is: 258px x 82px so please scale them down to match one of those dimensions.

Create an <name_of_your_sponsor>.md file using the format below:

---
obj_id: <unique_identifier_of_your_sponsor>
name: "name of your sponsor"
logo: <relative path to your sponsor logo>
link: <website link to your sponsor>
address: "sponsor's full address"
lat: <float-number-with-latitude-for-the-marker-in-the-map>
lng: <float-number-with-longitude-for-the-marker-in-the-map>
---
Here you can place a short description of your sponsor's business etc.

Example sponsor setup

---
obj_id: quantum_black
name: "Quantum Black"
logo: static/images/sponsors/quantum_black.png
link: https://www.quantumblack.com/
address: "Kinnaird House, 1 Pall Mall<br/>London, SW1Y 5AU, UK"
lat: 51.507954
lng: -0.130718
---
QuantumBlack is an advanced analytics firm operating at the intersection of strategy, technology & design to improve performance outcomes for organisations. With roots in Formula One, we now work across sector with some of the world's leading organisations in advanced industries, healthcare and finance.

How does Jekyll work?

Posts (files in _posts/*.md) are the event pages in markdown
Projects (_project/*.md) are the open source projects we contribute to
Sponsors (_sponsors/*.md) are the companies providing the venue and pizzas
Layouts (files in _layouts/*.html) are equivalent to Django templates, and used to render the posts (events)
CSS is managed with scss/sass and built by Jekyll
GitHub pages automatically builds the site when the repository is updated

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