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Python on the Move: The state of mobile Python

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Python on the Move: The state of mobile Python

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.

Tinkering with Tkinter

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Tinkering with Tkinter

Tkinter - the Python wrapper to the Tk graphics library - has been part of the Python standard library since very early on. However, that inclusion hasn't translated into extensive use.

There was a very good reason for this. Tk's documentation was beyond awful. And if you managed to get over that hurdle, Tkinter apps looked awful - they had a woefully inadequate set of widgets, styled with the very best of mid 1990's open source graphic skill.

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 Tkinter was ignored have been quietly fixed. Tk 8.4 massively improved the visual appearance of Tk. tkdocs.com has emerged, addressing many of the problems with Tk documentation.

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.