Django on App Engine and the Datastore & Django Migrations

Talk #1 - Django Migrations

This talk will discuss the basics of Django migrations, why they should be squashed periodically, walk you through the process of how to do so and discuss some of the pitfalls you might encounter.

Olatope Agboola is a boot camp grad transitioning into the workforce. Her most recent experience is at Doctor On Demand as a Software Engineer. She's most excited about not only learning new skills as an engineer but growing as a tech leader as well.

Talk #2 - Django on App Engine and the Datastore

Google App Engine is a PaaS (similar to Heroku) with its own peculiarities when used for Python web applications. What are some of those advantages and disadvantages when used to host Django applications? What things work well and what things will never work, particularly when using Google's NoSQL database?

David Buxton is a Senior Engineer at Potato, a digital agency with offices in San Francisco and the UK, where he helps deliver projects for clients including Google and Microsoft. Before working in web development, David learned Python while managing print production workflows for an advertising agency in London.

Lightning Talks

Eric Zarowny - Python 3 + GeoDjango

Host

Doctor On Demand’s mission is to improve the world’s health through compassionate care and innovation. With a backend powered by Django and Celery, we enable anyone to see a Physician, Psychologist or Psychiatrist using their smartphone or computer anytime, anywhere. Less than five years after launch, we are one of the leading telemedicine providers in the US. Though we have offices in SF, Minnesota and DC we also have a strong remote culture and are always looking for talented individuals excited about improving healthcare!

Doctor On Demand will be providing food and drinks. Please respect their space and make sure we clean up after ourselves.