WTF is Python

WTF is Python

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  WTF is Python? Andwhy you should care
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  Python is amodern programming language. Used by Microsoft, Google, Apple, Lucasfilm, NASA & loads more.
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  What does Pythonlook like? # Print Hello ten times: for __ in range(0, 10): print "Hello" # Work out a factorial: import operator reduce(operator.__mul__, [1, 2, 3, 4, 5])
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  What does Pythonlook like? class User(object): def __init__(self, name): self.name = name def say_hello(self): print “Hello, my name is %s.” % self.name
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  Django
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  Django is aweb framework written in Python. It gives you pretty URLs, a free admin site, and happy, happy staff. It’s been used successfully by The Guardian, The Onion, Google, and us!
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  What does Djangolook like? {% for p in article.photos.all %} <li> <a href=”{{ p.image.url }}”> <img src=”{% thumbnail p.file 100x100 %}” /> </a> </li> {% endfor %}
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  Business
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  How will thishelp us make more money? Hopefully write fewer LOC • Write more code in the same time. • Write more maintainable code. • More time for testing. • More money! Django apps are reusable by design.
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  PHP Python Java/.Net Small Medium Large Huge
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  Still not convinced?
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  Python is fastenough for our site and allows us to produce maintainable features in record times, with a minimum of developers. – Cuong Do (YouTube)
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  People who’ve madethe switch to dynamic languages [Python] seem much, much happier. – Bruce Eckel (Author)
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  Django proved tobe absolutely the right choice. – Jeremy Keith (Clearleft)
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  Moving from PHPto Django radically improved our development speed and the quality of our websites. – Andy Durdin (Mercurytide)
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  Thanks, Questions?