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            <p>First meetup was an exiting experience. There were 43 participants including presenters.</p>
<p>Started at 4.35, <a href="https://twitter.com/MathewsBabu" target="_blank">Mathews</a> introduced Kochi Python meetup. Had an icebreaking session. Everyone introduced themeselves.</p>
<p><a href="https://twitter.com/theCoderDotIn" target="_blank">Rahul Ramesh</a> was the first speaker. Introduced Vagrant, for easy setup of Development workflows, Docker for the production deployment. Demonstrated simply how they help to reduce devleopment/production time in python webapp development.</p>
<p><ahref="https://twitter.com/jasimmk" target="_blank">Myself</a> took a flash session on how Ansible could be used for automating production deployment and maintance.</p>
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<p><a href="https://twitter.com/nuventuretech" target="_blank">Nuventure</a> had arranged snacks cookies for the tea break. And we resumed the sessions after 15 minutes.</p>
<p><a href="https://twitter.com/FarisAbubakar" target="_blank">Faris Aboobacker</a>, COO of Nuventure, gave a small intro about Nuventure Technology solutions, how nuventure contributing to the python community.</p>
<p>In a quick sesion, <a href="https://twitter.com/sreekanthp91" target="_blank">Sreekanth</a> exihited how anyone could write a blog post on <a href="http://kochi.python.org.in" target="_blank">KochiPython blog</a> using <a href="http://docs.getpelican.com" target="_blank">Pelican framework</a>.</p>
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<p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100005948133334&fref=ts" target="_blank">Arun Jayan</a> demoed various libraries in python for hardware interaction. He explained very well on PySerial, Microhope, PyVoltmeter and his experiences as a developer at ExpEYES hardwares.</p>
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<p><a href="https://twitter.com/07_Joju" target="_blank">Joju Rajan</a> gave vote of thanks.</p>
<h3>Meetup Photos here..</h3>
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