[NCLUG] PyCon discussion

[Bill Cthulhu]

Hi all,

I thought I'd talk about pycon at the next nclug meeting.   Here's my list
of talks:


== python talks worth watching ==
QuickCheck for Python
slides:
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1IF3DHYTz2b8gazUaZLF4QhSMBc6xHVIGbS_08pdl2EM/mobilepresent?pli=1&slide=id.p

source website: http://hypothesis.works/
talk video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvwfDdgg93E


== Django for the realtime web  (learning to use python websockets) ==
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sEPipctTxw


== Refactoring Python ==
Managing a changing api, provide warnings for deprecated functionality
(Seems like he's trying to sell his book: _Effective Python_
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d46PjvFki38



== Machette Mode ==
Doing crazy things to debug a problem (Ned Batchelder)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XvAVgcbmdY


== Gilectomy ==
Removing the GIL, and the choices & consequences thereof (Larry Hastings)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3AyI_u66Bw


== Power Debugger (Smiley) ==
Talking thru the process of building a tool.. false leads, dead ends..
(Doug Hellmann)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8kF9tuYZ6s


== Framework for communication ==
(Lorena Barba)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckW1xuGVpug


There's was also this keynote guy that played the electric bassoon:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSfe5M_zG2s



See you next month,

-Bill