django: Web Development for Perfectionists with Deadlines
Google engEDU
1 hr 14 min – 26-Apr-06

Google TechTalks
April 26, 2006

Jacob Kaplan-Moss

ABSTRACT
Django is one of the premier web frameworks for Python, and is often compared to Ruby-on-Rails. Jacob is one of the lead developers on Django. Read the rest of this entry »

Rapid Development with Python, Django, and Google App Engine Guido van Rossum (Google) Learn how to create great web applications quickly on Google App Engine using the Django web framework and the Python language. Google App Engine lets you host complete, scalable web applications written in Python with minimal fuss. This tutorial assumes basic familiarity with Python but definitely no advanced Python knowlege; Django experience is optional. You will learn how to use the Django web framework with the datastore API provided by Google App Engine, and how to get the most mileage out of the combination. You will also see how to use Django best practices like unit testing when developing for Google App Engine.

Providing the complexity of web applications that can be developed with Django and Google App Engine, the need for Desktops remains present but we can question the need for virtual solutions in common applications such as Virtual Bridges.

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Advanced Topics in Programming Languages Series: Python Design Patterns (Part 1)
Google engEDU
59 min – Mar 14, 2007

Google Tech Talks
March 14, 2007

ABSTRACT

Design Patterns must be studied in the context on the language in which they’ll get implemented (the Gang of Four made that point very strongly in their book, though almost everybody else seems not to have noticed:-). This talk explores several categories of classic "elementary" DPs in a Python context — Creational, Masquerading, Adaptation, and Template. Read the rest of this entry »

Some Python Integrated Development Environments
Google engEDU
1 hr 17 min – Jul 13, 2006

Google TechTalks
July 13, 2006

Bay Area Python Interest Group

http://baypiggies.net/

Topic: Emacs
Presenter: Marylin Davis

Marilyn Davis is the Python Instructor at UCSC-Extension. She is the lead developer at Maildance.com and Deliberate.com.

Topic: Vim
Presenter: Keith Dart

Keith Dart works in QA automation and is the primary developer of the PyNMS network application framework.

Topic: Xcode
Presenter: Mark Ivey

Mark Ivey is a senior engineer at R2 Technology. Although his job doesn’t involve a lot of Python, it is his preferred evenings and weekends language.

Topic: Wing IDE
Presenter: Mike Cheponis

Mike Cheponis is President of California Wireless, Inc., a Silicon Valley consulting firm that specializes in Wireless Communications Systems, designing RF, Analog, Digital, and software subsystems and products. He writes code in assembly languages, Lisp, and Python. Read the rest of this entry »

BayPIGgies: Developing A Product In Python
Google engEDU
1 hr 27 min – Sep 14, 2007

Google Tech Talks
September 13, 2007

ABSTRACT

TBA Read the rest of this entry »