Building a Reasonably Popular Web Application for the First Time
Lessons learned scaling a SaaS web app: logging, monitoring, profiling, error handling, secrets management, scalability, database planning, feature testing, and code quality considerations.
Against the Silos - Usable Encrypted Email & the Quest for Privacy-Aware Services
Explore usable encrypted email and privacy-aware services. Learn about LEAP's efforts to make secure communications accessible, including key management, software updates, and encrypted data storage.
Metaclasses for Fun and Profit - Making a Declarative GUI Implementation
Explore metaclasses for declarative GUI implementation in Python, focusing on clean layout description and leveraging advanced language features for efficient widget structure creation.
The Gilectomy
Explore CPython's Global Interpreter Lock removal, its impact on performance, and potential solutions for multi-core utilization in this technical deep dive.
LIGO - The Dawn of Gravitational Wave Astronomy
Explore the groundbreaking discovery of gravitational waves by LIGO, its significance in astronomy, and the crucial role Python played in this scientific milestone.
Using Service Discovery to Build Dynamic Python Applications
Learn to build dynamic, distributed Python applications using service discovery technologies like Consul, etcd, and Zookeeper. Compare their strengths and weaknesses through code examples and a live demo.
FAT Python - A New Static Optimizer for Python 3.6
Explore FAT Python, a new static optimizer for Python 3.6, featuring runtime guards and AST rewriting to implement optimizations without compromising Python's dynamic nature.
Moving Away from NodeJS to a Pure Python Solution for Assets
Explore a pure Python approach to asset management in web development, eliminating the need for NodeJS and simplifying project setup and deployment processes.
Real Virtual Environments Without Virtualenv
Explore Docker as an alternative to virtualenv for creating isolated, immutable, and repeatable Python development environments, enhancing consistency from development to production.
EPS General Assembly
Comprehensive overview of EuroPython Society's annual activities, including reports, resolutions, and board elections. Insights into conference planning, finances, and organizational structure.
Cybersecurity in the Financial Sector with Python
Explore cybersecurity beyond ethical hacking, focusing on crucial aspects in finance. Learn Python applications for protecting financial systems and data.
Managing Mocks
Explore effective mocking techniques in Python for improved unit testing. Learn to create, manipulate, and inspect mock objects, handle common scenarios, and maximize the unittest.mock library's potential.
Help Us Build the Next Edition
Discover how to contribute to EuroPython 2017's organization through the workgroup model. Learn about various roles and opportunities to shape the next edition of this major Python conference.
What's the Point of Object Orientation?
Explore the fundamentals of Object Orientation, its underlying theory, and practical applications in Python. Gain insights to improve design decisions and maximize OO benefits.
What is the Best Full Text Search Engine for Python?
Explore and compare full text search engines for Python, including ElasticSearch, Postgres Full Text Search, Sphinx, and Whoosh. Gain insights on performance, features, and selection criteria.
Simplifying Computer Art in Python
Explore Python-based computer art creation using PygletHelper, a simplified OpenGL interface. Learn to draw and animate geometric shapes without extensive graphics knowledge.
Leveraging Documentation Power for Better Web APIs
Explore leveraging documentation and type systems for web APIs, offering features like browsable interfaces, input/output validation, and automated testing to enhance development and user experience.
Documentation-Driven Development
Explore documentation-driven development's impact on code quality, community growth, and programmer development, drawing insights from Django's successful approach.
Async-Await in Python 3.5 and Why It Is Awesome
Explore async/await in Python 3.5: its implementation, benefits, and impact on asynchronous programming. Learn from the PEP 492 author about this powerful feature's journey from concept to reality.
Come for the Language, Stay for the Community
Explore the Python community's impact, benefits, and future challenges. Learn about the Python Software Foundation's goals and how to contribute to building stronger local and global Python communities.
Asynchronous Network Requests in a Web Application
Explore techniques for implementing asynchronous network requests in web applications, including Twisted event loops, coroutines, and asyncio, and their compatibility with WSGI server parallelization models.