PyWeb-IL #49

Hi! This is PyWeb-IL's regular monthly meetup. As usual, we'll have talks given by group members on topics such as Python, web development, Django, databases, JavaScript, and other related (and sometimes not so related) topics.

Agenda:

• Mingling (25 mins)

• Eli Gur: PyTest, the testing framework you've been dreaming of (45 mins)

• Doron Fediuck: PyconIsrael 2016! (10 mins)

• Miki Tebeka: The many ways of defining and calling Python functions (35 mins)

• Aur Saraf: re2: modern regular expression syntax everywhere with a painless upgrade path (15 mins)

This meetup is generously sponsored by Dropbox (https://www.dropbox.com/)!

Python has been the backbone of Dropbox since its early days as it allowed the company to stay lean while scaling to let over 400 million users and 8 million businesses synchronize over 1.2 billion files every day (http://techcrunch.com/2015/06/24/dropbox-hits-400-million-registered-users/). Dropbox co-founder and CEO Drew Houston called Python his favourite coding language and in 2012 Guido Van Rossum, the father of Python, joined the company to ensure Dropbox is using Python as efficiently as possible.

At Dropbox's office in Israel, we're a small team (20+) of talented engineers, building innovative solutions to simplify the way people work together. In addition to making an impact on our products and hundreds of millions of users, you'll be part of the cultural foundation of Dropbox's growing presence in Israel. This is a unique opportunity to work on meaningful big-company engineering projects at scale.For more info check: https://www.dropbox.com/jobs/herzliya