South: stable and databas­e-independent migrations with Anna Callahan

The South migration package (http://south.readthedocs.org/) is about to become part of Django proper -- and it’s about time! South is a must-have tool for keeping your database updated.

This talk will introduce South, cover the basics, and dive into a few more advanced uses. In addition to a well-rounded intro, we’ll cover: schema migrations, data migrations, and rolling back; how South deals with model inheritance; and shortcuts to hairy data migrations like moving models from one app to another.

About the speaker

Anna Callahan is a Django and iOS developer. She is the founder and CTO of ZoomTilt (http://zoomtilt.com) (Django); did iOS development at Raizlabs (http://www.raizlabs.com/); was a Python and Rails programmer at 3M; and considers herself lucky to no longer be programming in C++ and PHP.

About the sponsor

Thanks to Startup Institute (http://startupinstitute.com) for buying drinks for everyone at Mead Hall afterwards. Startup Institute works with professionals, career changers, and dynamic individuals to equip them with the skills needed to have an immediate impact on the startup company they join. They're now accepting applications for the fall 2013 class. Find out more at http://startupinstitute.com