Sailing to Python 3 land
asldevi (~asldevi) |
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Description:
There is lot of advancement in adoption of Python 3 lately. If you're still using Python 2.x in your project(s), this talk is for you.
The focus of the talk is on the following
- Why should one migrate to Python 3
- shiny new features out there that one shouldn't resist to make use of
- status of major library support
- What are the tools available to make the switch easy
- Picking your migration strategy
- Experiences with the migration
- Common pitfalls
Prerequisites:
Some experience with Python 2.x is preferred, although not mandatory.
Content URLs:
The outline of the presentation is here on which I'll improve upon.
Speaker Info:
Devi is a software consultant and a trainer. She has been using Python as a primary tool in web development, machine learning etc for the past 8 years. Currently she works as a Lead backend developer/Architect at PowerToFly. She worked with Avaaz, HasGeek, AMD, C-DAC before, among others.
She has done M.Tech in Computational Science from IISc, before which she tried out teaching Mathematics.
Speaker Links:
Devi has given a workshop on Web Development - Code to deployment at PyCon India, 2012 and a talk on ReST APIs at PyCon India, 2015. Both the talks were well received.