[pycon-za] Getting the programme rolling

[Neil Muller]

On 1 August 2012 01:49, Simon Cross <simon.cross at praekeltfoundation.org> wrote:
> Greetings
>
> We're close to the point where we'll be calling for talks so I'd like
> to start a discussion about what kinds of things we'd like to be on
> the programme. The final programme obviously depends on finding
> speakers but I think we need to know what sorts of talks to push. I've
> started by listing of topics that seemed important to me below. Things
> that I thought we might want tutorials on I've marked with "(T)"
> although since tutorials are longer, space for those in the programme
> is going to be limited.
>
> If anyone has any topics to add, or thoughts on the direction of the
> programme, please reply.
>
> Possible topics:
>
> Core Python:
> * Python packaging (T)
> * Unit testing (T)
> * Python performance

* Porting to Py3k / approaches for supporting both python 2 & 3 in a
single codebase

> Web development:
> * Django (T)
> * GeoDjango
> * Flask

Given the size of the local plone community, we should definately
include that on the programme.

> Python for science, engineering and data crunching:
> * Scipy
> * Numpy
> * Pypy
> * Pandas
> * Spatial Data Infrastructures
>
> Python development for Mobiles:
> * Writing Android applications in Python
> * Mobile messaging with Python
> * Django for mobi sites (T)
> * Embedded Python
>
> Backend Python:
> * Twisted
> * Managing Cloud Servers (Fabric, Boto)
> * Monitoring (Diamond, Carbon, Graphite)
> * Writing Scalable Python programs
>
> Storing data:
> * SQLAlchemy
> * SQLObject
> * Accessing NoSQL datastores from Python
>
> Community development:
> * Getting involved with Python projects
> * Why you should take part in PyWeek
>
> People doing things with Python:
> * SKA
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