Back On It
So, the project at work finally wrapped up, so I should have a little more time on my hands now that I'm not working 80 hours a week to finish it.
However, in the meantime, John found this already-existing asynchronous Go server. Admittedly, it doesn't have all the features we were looking for, but it handles the basic task, so our quest has ended.
Now we're looking for the next thing to do. We all still want to learn Python, but nobody really has a project they want to complete. So instead we're looking at possibly doing a dual study and learning more about design patterns too.
See, I've got this book called the Design Patterns Java Workbook (it's at work, or I'd publish better details than that). However, it stikes me that we could go through the exercises, learn about the patterns, and possibly do the exercises in both Java (or whatever your "native" language is, .NET, etc.) and Python. With a fully formed model in place, and having done all the difficult thinking, you'd then get a chance to "translate" it and learn more about Python. Meanwhile, if someone discovers a neat-o way to handle something in Python, we can swap knowledge and learn even more.
I'm hoping this idea takes off. I think it will, but we need to shout about logistics first.
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