February: If Python is your Valentine...

Hi Pythonistas,

Your monthly session of Python-love is back, to continue our discussions of all things Python-related.

There are a bunch of potential topics to chat about this month.

Several of us expressed interest in exploring Python's recently acquired async features. Does anyone have anything they'd like to show or explain about this?

Jonathan would be delighted to skip through the opening parts of David Beazley's old presentation on 'generator tricks' if those present haven't already seen it. It was pretty mind-blowing for me when I first saw it, really opened my eyes to some of the things Python's capable of, and much of the code I write these days is influenced by it.

RethinkDB (the NoSQL project) looks to have successfully managed the transition to open source stewardship, after RethinkDB Inc. (the company) closed down at the end of 2016. This grants a new lease of life to this powerful document store. Jonathan could talk about what he liked about using it on recent projects, compared to alternatives like MongoDB or Cassandra.

As always, we love it when folks bring their own topics, so please have a think whether you have any:

• Questions for the group, big or small

• Code you love, or hate, and could show-off

• Features of Python, or its ecosystem, you'd like to discuss

The room has a projector (With DVI and VGA inputs - I'll bring my HDMI converter too) so we can geek out (with snacks & drinks) while people show us their code or whatevs.