In this workshop, we'll talk about how easy it is to get started writing GNOME applications using Python and GObject. You'll learn about the tools and resources that will help you get started, how the object model works, and walk through some examples of working code. You'll start writing your own small GUI program and debug it collaboratively with help from your peers. You need to know basic Python to be fully successful in this workshop, but you can learn a lot even if you don't. If you read and understand Chapters 1-5 of Dive Into Python (http://www.diveintopython.net/toc/index.html) you'll be ready.