RECENT TOPICS

Concurrency in Python and other Languages By: Daniel Griffin
Date: April 11, 2013, 7 p.m.
- 1 minute pitch about OpDemand and what we do. - Processing HTTP requests with Twisted. - Dealing with blocking code in Twisted (couchdb-python and pika). - Doing long running work with Celery from Twisted. - Communicating between web workers with ZMQ. - Writing code that can be concurrent.
Python Deployments at The Onion (and elsewhere) By: Chris Sinchok
Date: March 21, 2013, 7:20 p.m.
Chris will cover various Python deployment strategies and technologies, ranging from the naïve (git pull) to the more robust (fabric, capistrano) to the "Enterprise" (Python native package deployments, etc). In order to illustrate these different strategies and technologies, he will take examples from my past projects, and the constantly-evolving Onion deploy process.
Using PyJnius to talk to Android devices By: Matt Dorn
Date: March 21, 2013, 8 p.m.
Overview of a library that facilitates communication with Android devices via Python -- depending on interest, could include an overview of other Python/Java libraries and/or other ways to use Python with Android.