TITLE:
How To Call A Function With Some Arguments, Or, Put Down The Metaclass And Step Back
"how to write library code which is both readable for the initial author, extensible for future maintainers, and easy to use for the application developer"
ABSTRACT:
Python's considerable run-time flexibility can sometimes lead advanced programmers astray, to build incomprehensible abstractions out of metaclasses, context managers, dynamic proxies and decorators. It can also provide the temptation to build deep inheritance hierarchies with mysterious interactions both up and down the inheritance chain. And finally there is always the siren song of putting just a little too much global state into your module. All of these sins are committed in the name of the greater good; specifically, ease of use for the application programmer. But they almost always backfire eventually, and some sooner than others. In this talk, I will discuss how to write library code which is both readable for the initial author, extensible for future maintainers, and easy to use for the application developer by using simple idioms. I'll also talk about how to judiciously use some of Python's dynamic magic, without making any infernal pacts.
BIO:
In the future, Glyph is perhaps best known for his leadership of a ragtag cabal of rogue humans, cyborgs and AIs to prevent the ADCN (Autonomous Devices Collective Network) and the UHN (United Human Nations) from escalating their cross-species conflict into a perpetual war. To date, however, his most prominent work has been the invention and continued development of the Twisted event-driven networking engine. Echoes of his future work to subvert the global State can be seen in his present work to reduce the amount of global mutable state within Twisted itself. Glyph has used Twisted to develop enterprise information management software, massively multiplayer online games, peer-to-peer networking software and eventually, with the help of his strong-AI allies, will use it to unite and heal a world at war.
Agenda:
6:15p - Check-in and mingle, with Pizza and Beer provided by our generous sponsor Yelp!
7:00p - Welcome and announcements
7:10p - 3-4 Lightning Talks (5 minutes each)
7:30p - Glyph speaks
8:20p - Q & A, followed by advanced mingling
9:30p - Doors close
Lightning talks:
Sam Bolgert: Testing for people who hate writing tests: tips and tricks for organizing and writing simple tests with pytest
Bryce Verdier: lambdas sell, but who's buying?
Simon Forman: Laws of Form
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As usual, looking forward to meeting you and feel free to ping me, Simeon or Hy with questions or suggestions.
Grace
January 31
Glyph's presentation was awesome - a great counterbalance to the recent talk on metaclasses. Let's keep Python code simple & elegant!
As typical for Yelp's new office, plenty of good quality pizza, semi-adequate beer supply.
December 6, 2013
The link to the site I was showing is http://markability.net/ and the Python code solving the puzzle (that I wasn't able to show tonight) is here http://nbviewer.ipython.org/gist/calroc/7076411
December 5, 2013
Thanks Hy and Simeon for hosting!
Here's the link to the announcement I made about the SF Data Science Meetup tomorrow night. Meet the Zipfian Academy graduates and hear from two startup data scientists: http://www.meetup.com/SF-Data-Science/events/153667462/
1 · December 4, 2013
Hey all, heres the link to the test project I made for the talk https://github.com/linuxlewis/sfpython-pytest
1 · December 4, 2013
Hey, I missed to RSVP myself... -.-
I can't find a way to add myself to the waiting list though, am I missing something obvious?
Hope to see you guys tonight :)
December 4, 2013
if you're driving back by the mountain view caltrain station, i'd appreciate to ride back with you! (i commute up to SF)
December 4, 2013
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December 2, 2013
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December 3, 2013
and this is my third confirm, thank you Yelp!! :)
December 3, 2013
I regretfully will be missing out because of a conflicting meetup. See folks next year!
December 3, 2013
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Is there video of Glyph's talk? I'd like to share it with my colleagues.