We Were At PyCon APAC 2010 – 9th – 11th June
PyCon Asia Pacific 2010 represents a conference dedicated to the Python programming language in Asia-Pacific and hosted for the first time in Singapore.
We couldn’t miss this opportunity to talk with like-minded people, so we were actively involved with the organizers and the whole community.
The first day was tutorial day. Calvin showcased some of the awesome features in Django, a very versatile web framework for perfectionists with deadlines.
The 2nd and 3rd day were dedicated to talks about some of the best tools and techniques for using Python.
Early in the 2nd day I gave a talk on Test Driven Development in Django. Slides can be found here. Oh, you’re not sure how to apply TDD in Django? Don’t hesitate to ask here, because the benefits are priceless.
Wesley Chun’s keynote on Python 3, showed everyone why Python 3 is under development and what to expect from this backwards incompatible update as well as promoting the usefulness of deploying highly scalable applications in the cloud, Google App Engine to be more precise.
Steve Holden, chairman of The Python Software Foundation, had a keynote about the hurdles and the benefits of building a international Python community. His second talk was about dealing with the meta-class madness in Python.
From NoSQL, to web frameworks, language processing, bio-science and Python in education, all of the important subjects in a healthy coding community were taken care of.
The Python Coder’s Tournament brought together the best coders, to have fun while solving as fast as possible some witty coding problems. The platform used was SingPath, a cloud application for learning Python. The mythical cloud took the load of >50 participants surprisingly well. In typical Odeon manner, we had a remote participant, Stefan. Congrats to all the guys who won, they deserved it. Some of them are strong Python coders since more than 10 years.
More pictures can be found here: http://picasaweb.google.com/110465643935555027803/PyConAP2010#5481703086242237810
What have I learned from PyCon?
- Python 3 is ready to be used, but only if you're starting a project without legacy code
- Never make dark slides for a talk
- Test Driven Development can save you even when changing some fundamentals in your software. E.g. switching from multi-thread to single-thread
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