Django Rest Framework: Tips, Tricks and Hacks & Django + Jinja2 Templates

Talk #1 - Django Rest Framework: Tips, Tricks and Hacks

Things learned from 2+ years of working with Django Rest Framework.

Rex Salisbury's Bio:

Rex is mostly a backend dev, former ibanker, and passionate about addressing meaningful problems for consumers' financial lives. He's currently working on mortgages at Sindeo. He's also the founder of Fintech Devs & PMS (https://www.meetup.com/fintech-devs-and-pms/).

Talk #2 - A two-step dance with Django and Jinja2 templates

In this talk, Sebastien will present why DjaoDjin decided to switch to Jinja2 templates when Django 1.8 was released, how they did it and tell the fantastic adventures along the way.

Sebastien Mirolo's Bio:

Sebastien is responsible for the code that makes it to production at DjaoDjin, a platform for boutique SaaS businesses. Previously, Sebastien worked as a full stack engineer, writing code for 3D game engines, H264 video codecs, C/C++ compilers and VLIW processors.

Schedule:

6:00pm - Check in and socialize. There will be food and drinks provided by Prezi!

6:30pm - Lightning Talks

Benjamin Lee - Parameterized Tests

David Kern - Containerizing Django with Ansible

6:45pm - Rex's Talk

7:15pm - Sebastien's Talk

8:00pm - Time to head home!

Notes:

• Prezi is generously providing us with their venue space and food. Let's make sure we treat it with respect and clean up after ourselves.