I consider myself a python newbie, although I must admit that when
I’m reading other people’s python code, it looks fairly
straightforward. I still need to get some of the fundamentals down, and
have therefore designed an independent study for myself including the
following lessons.

• Continue with Mark Pilgrim’s Dive into Python
• Go through the examples in Andy McCay’s Definitive Guide to Plone
• Rafael Ritz’s MySite Tutorial
• Try to make some UML models using Poseiden and then convert into a Plone product using ArchGenXML (I know this might be considered by some to be cheating, but hey.. i’m a lazy programmer!)

Some other more project related tasks:

• Try out the Customization Policy and SetupWidget examples from
  the sample chapter from Cameron Cooper’s new book that David Convent
  sent me.
• Try subclassing the ATEvent content type in ATContentTypes to allow for an event to be linked to a place (Venue) object.