At PyCon US 2016, Philip James became a Core Contributor to BeeWare!
He wrote up some of his thoughts about the process in his article Tips for Becoming a Core Contributor.
Katie McLaughlin, who got her commit bit at DjangoCon Europe 2016, followed up with a post of her own, describing her path to becoming a core contributor.
For those who aspire to become contributors to open source projects, it's helpful to hear how others got there.
Russell, Philip and Katie will be attending PyCon US 2016 from June 01 - June 03, 2016!
Python is enjoying a surge in popularity due to it's features as a language. However, over the last 10 years, mobile platforms have increased in importance, and Python doesn't have a good story on these platforms. In this talk, Dr Russell Keith-Magee will give a technical dive into the work the BeeWare project has been doing to make Python as simple to use on Mobile as it is on other platforms.
As seen at PyCon 2016.
Django is over 10 years old; but the web that it was built for - the world of "Web 2.0" - doesn't really exist any more. Yes, we still need to rapidly develop database-backed websites, AJAX-enabled, but the modern web is faced with new problems and new challenges. Many of those challenges involve interacting with devices that aren't desktop machines, and platforms that aren't a traditional browser - places where Python isn't a first-class citizen.
Does this mean we have to abandon Django and Python for other frameworks and languages? Can we keep using Python and Django on the server side and interact with independent client side frameworks? Or can we push Python and Django into these new environments?
In this talk, Dr Russell Keith-Magee will explore the problems, and the potential solutions, to these problems.
As seen at DjangoCon Europe 2016.
Over the last 5-10 years, the "desktop/server" split that dominated computing in the 80s, 90s and early 2000s has been joined by a third player - mobile devices such as phones and tablets.
So, what is the story for running Python on these devices? Although there hasn't been much to say in the past, the good news is that over the last year, there's been some significant changes in the landscape, and Python on Mobile is now teetering on the brink of being a genuine reality.
In this talk, Dr Russell Keith-Magee will survey the current state of using Python on mobile devices, the work that is currently being done, areas where more work is required, and the prospects for the future.
As seen at PyCon AU 2015.
In this lightning talk, Dr Russell Keith-Magee announces Toga, a cross-platform widget tool kit.
As seen at PyCon AU 2014.
In this talk, Dr. Russell Keith-Magee describes how development tools have lacked the progression of the applications made with them.
As seen at Linux Australia 2014 - Open Programming Miniconf.
There was a very good reason for this.
And then, the world got obsessed with web frameworks, and the desktop was declared as dead.
However, in the last few years, many of the reasons
In this talk, you'll get a re-introduction to an old friend, and an explanation of why, in a web and mobile world, you should care.
As seen at PyCon AU 2013.