Django-NYC Lightning Talks + May Hacknight at thelab

Scheduled Lightning Talks (Starting at 6:30pm)
• How Django hashes passwords and how to customize it by David Burke
• Django Rest Framework and Kakfa by Alex Zhang
• Django Database Mistakes We Made So You Don't Have To
• scikit-learn and Django – Building a Production Machine Learning System

Interested in giving a lightning talk? We will host a small round of lightning talks if we get folks willing to share! Talks should be around 5-7 minutes.

Join us for our hacknight for Django developers + newcomers to work on their projects and/or connect with other developers. For best results, bring your laptop.

For those building and refining their Django skills, the following resources are recommended:

• DjangoGirls Tutorial (http://tutorial.djangogirls.org/)

• Marina Mele's Taskbuster Tutorial (http://www.marinamele.com/taskbuster-django-tutorial)

• Test-Driven Development with Python (http://chimera.labs.oreilly.com/books/1234000000754/index.html)

• Mastering Django (http://masteringdjango.com/)

• Django REST Framework Tutorial (http://www.django-rest-framework.org/tutorial/quickstart/)

About our sponsor thelab (http://thelabnyc.com/)

We are an agency of makers with deep expertise in solving creative, production and technology challenges.

Our focus is on making better work, to help brands work better. We partner directly with clients to think big, build from scratch, and design for reality. And our production roots ensure that every great idea gets delivered right. Lean and nimble, we like moving quickly and decisively. From branding & design, production workflow solutions, ecommerce builds or anything in between, thelab mixes inspiration and hard work to produce results that mean business. Oh, and we host a mean barbecue too.