Python Ecosystem for Beginners - PyCon Uruguay 2013

1. From a python beginner to a django developer in 6 months* *The python eco system for beginners Hannes Hapke PyCon Uruguay, November 2nd, 2013 De principiante en python a desarrollador de Django en 6 meses* Friday, 8 November 13

2. Who is that guy? ¿Quién es este tipo? Friday, 8 November 13

3. Hannes Hapke @hanneshapke Python developer and co-founder of renooble.com Electrical engineer with business experience German living in Santiago, Chile at the moment Absolute python beginner in 2010 Languages: Pascal, Delphi, Java, PHP, Python Principiante total de Python en 2010 | Alemán Friday, 8 November 13

4. What does he want? ¿Qué es lo que quiere? Friday, 8 November 13

5. Speed up the learning process for beginners Acelerar el proceso de aprendizaje para principiantes Friday, 8 November 13

6. Compile best learning practices Compilar las mejores técnicas de aprendizaje Friday, 8 November 13

7. But why should I worry about beginners learning? ¿Por qué debería preocuparme? Friday, 8 November 13

8. Let it not become the next Latin (or Basic) Que no se convierta en el próximo Latin Friday, 8 November 13

9. User conversion* * Jacob Kaplan-Moss StarTechConf, 25/10/13 Conversión de usuarios* Friday, 8 November 13

10. Tweet to @hanneshapke Your thoughts will be added to this presentation Envíe sus ideas y las añadiremos Friday, 8 November 13

11. Vamos ... Let’s start ... Friday, 8 November 13

12. In 2010 ... En 2010 ... Friday, 8 November 13

13. Python was ... Python era ... Friday, 8 November 13

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15. Django was ... Django era ... Friday, 8 November 13

16. Source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f5/Django_Reinhardt_(Gottlieb_07301).jpg Friday, 8 November 13

17. and Celery was ... y apio era ... Friday, 8 November 13

19. One night, @alphydan and I were dreaming about building a search engine for renewable energy ... Estábamos soñando con montar el google de la energía renovable ... Friday, 8 November 13

20. While envisioning renooble, he told me “Hey, I have heard about something much better than PHP ...” Hey, hay algo mejor que PHP ... Friday, 8 November 13

22. And so we had a goal ... Y así que nos ﬁjamos una meta ... Friday, 8 November 13

23. But now we had to learn Python, Django, tools, etc. Pero ahora teníamos que aprender Python, Django, herramientas, etc. Friday, 8 November 13

24. deployment strategies fabric django-extensions Friday, 8 November 13

25. We wanted to get to this ... Queríamos llegar aqui... Friday, 8 November 13

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28. A long way starts with a small step ... El camino se hace al andar, caminante ... Friday, 8 November 13

30. Wohoo, our ﬁrst Django app Wohoo, nuestra primera aplicación con Django Friday, 8 November 13

31. Documentation First Django App datetime(2010,9,12,1,0) datetime.now() Learning Curve Documentación > nuestra primera aplicación Django Friday, 8 November 13

32. Ofﬂine tools: Books Libros Friday, 8 November 13

33. Django Practices, Pro Django, Two Scoops for Django, Python Geospatial Development Friday, 8 November 13

34. Books PostgreSQL datetime(2010,9,12,1,0) datetime.now() Learning Curve Libros > PostgreSQL Friday, 8 November 13

35. Online tools: Websites Paginas web Friday, 8 November 13

36. planet.python.org planetdjango.org b-list.org godjango.com Friday, 8 November 13

37. Websites/Blogs GeoDjango, South, Fabric datetime(2010,9,12,1,0) datetime.now() Learning Curve Paginas web/Blogs > GeoDjango, South, Fabric Friday, 8 November 13

38. Online tools: Stackoverﬂow Stackoverﬂow Friday, 8 November 13

40. Stackoverﬂow Django cities datetime(2010,9,12,1,0) datetime.now() Learning Curve Stackoverﬂow > Django cities Friday, 8 November 13

41. Online tools: Learning from other projects Aprender de otros proyectos Friday, 8 November 13

42. github.com pinaxproject.com Friday, 8 November 13

43. Other projects Folder structures datetime(2010,9,12,1,0) datetime.now() Learning Curve Otros proyectos > estructuras de carpetas Friday, 8 November 13

44. Ofﬂine tools: Meetups events Eventos de Meetups / Encuentros Friday, 8 November 13

45. Melbourne Python User Group Source: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Af4tnnzCMAIbyLR.jpg Grupo de Usuarios de Melbourne Python Friday, 8 November 13

46. Python Meetups > The Zen of Python datetime(2010,9,12,1,0) datetime.now() Learning Curve Python Meetups > import this Friday, 8 November 13

47. Ofﬂine tools: Interact with other Developers Interactuar con otros desarrolladores Friday, 8 November 13

48. Django shop: Common Code Friday, 8 November 13

49. Code shop Programming styles datetime(2010,9,12,1,0) datetime.now() Learning Curve Code shop > estilos de programación Friday, 8 November 13

50. Django meetup at Startup Chile Santiago, August 2013 Django meetup en Startup Chile Friday, 8 November 13

51. Talks with devs > Django Packages datetime(2010,9,12,1,0) datetime.now() Learning Curve Conversaciones con los desarrolladores > paquetes de django Friday, 8 November 13

52. Meet other developers at PyCons PyCon Australia, Hobart, 2012 Conoce a otros desarrolladores en PyCons Friday, 8 November 13

53. PyCons > Implementation Ideas datetime(2010,9,12,1,0) datetime.now() Learning Curve PyCons > como implementar ideas nuevas Friday, 8 November 13

54. That was one story, but how did the pros learn? ¿Cómo aprenden los profesionales? Friday, 8 November 13

55. I interviewed Selena @selenamarie Michelle @pythonchelle Eric @ericholscher Yo entrevisté ... Friday, 8 November 13 Javier @candeira Jacob @jacobian

56. I asked 4 questions ... Hice 4 preguntas ... Friday, 8 November 13

57. 1) How did you get started with Python? ¿Cómo empezaste con Python? 2) What on/ofﬂine resources are you using to stay up-to-date? ¿Cómo te mantienes al día? 3) Your recommendation for a beginner? ¿Qué recomendaciones tienes para un principiante? 4) How can an advanced beginner contribute to the community? ¿Cómo puede contribuir a la comunidad un principiante avanzado? Friday, 8 November 13

58. Selena Deckelmann Contributor to PostgreSQL, organizer of Postgres Open and PyLadiesPDX @selenamarie Started > Long-time contributor to PostgreSQL, got introduced to Python in 2010, develops with Python at Mozilla since 2012 Resouces Online > email, phone Ofﬂine > PyCons, PyLadies, dev network Recommendation > Start with a online programming class, seek a one-to-one mentor relationship, don’t be shy and ask questions Contribute > Selena recommends women to join PyLadies, and everyone join their local Python group Empieza con una clase de programación online, busca un mentor y no temas hacer preguntas Friday, 8 November 13

59. Michelle Rowley Founder of CodeScouts, organizer of PDXPython @pythonchelle Started > Got introduced to Python/Django in 2007 by a friend Resources Online > email, planet python Ofﬂine > Meetups, CodeScounts.org, PyCons, dev network, Two scoops ... Recommendation > Key is the mentorship or personal interaction with other users/beginners. Learn the programming language your friend is using/learning. Contribute > Share your experience as volunteer at codescouts.org Clave es la mentoría y contacto con otros principiantes: escoje el programa que tus amigos usan Friday, 8 November 13

60. Eric Holscher Key person behind readthedocs.org, worked for the Lawrence Journal @ericholscher Started > Started with Perl (2000) to cheat video games, trained by mentor, stumbled upon Python and Django Resources Online > b-list.org, pycoders.com, django-round-up, Planet Python Offline > PyCons, meetups (Boston Python meetup), dev network Recommendation > Seek active feedback, find a mentor (pythonmentors.com), respect their time, read the FAQs, learn bestpractices from Two Scoops for Django Contribute > Contributing to a projects documentation isn’t easy, but valuable; Also submit an app fix through github Busca feedback sobre proyectos (solo leer es demasiado pasivo), respeta el tiempo del mentor Friday, 8 November 13

61. Javier Candeira Teaches at Monash University, helps organize Melbourne PUG @candeira Started > Taught himself Python after becoming interested in Semantic Web and after he met Python programmers First project: Score screen for a pinball emulator Resources Online > reddit (/r/python), @raymondh, pymotw.com, wordaligned.org Ofﬂine > Meetups, PyCons, dev network, Python Standard Library By Example (book by Doug Hellmann) Recommendation > Find a project that is small enough to ﬁnish, but challenging enough (e.g. cataloguing your DVDs) Contribute > PUGs are awesome and the culture is great, join them Empieza un proyecto tan pequeño que lo puedas terminar, pero que sea un reto Friday, 8 November 13

62. Jacob Kaplan-Moss Django core developer, Heroku Director of Security @jacobian Started > Worked with Python since 1998, joined the Django dev team in 2004, proud to make Django open-source Resources Online > IRC, mailinglists, pyvideo.org, stackoverﬂow.com Ofﬂine > PyCons, dev network, books (two scoops for Django) Recommendation > Have a project/problem, which is meaningful to you and solve it with Python Contribute > Support a 3rd party app or put your work open-source Busca un proyecto/problema que te importe a ti y resuelveló con Python Friday, 8 November 13

63. Recommendations from the community Friday, 8 November 13

64. • Books Two Scoops of Django (2scoops.org), Pro Django (prodjango.com), The Python Standard Library by Example (thanks @candeira) • Websites pymotw.com (thanks @candeira) wordaligned.org (thanks @candeira) • Newsletters Pycoder’s Weekly pycoders.com (thanks @ericholscher) • Blogs Collection of Python blogs planet.python.org Collection of Django blogs planetdjango.org James Bennett’s blog b-list.org Friday, 8 November 13

65. • Podcasts Django Round Up bit.ly/13tRbwg (thanks @ericholscher) • Twitter + Reddit reddit (/r/python) @raymondh (thanks @candeira) • Videos pyvideo.org (thanks @jacobian) godjango.com learnpythonthehardway.org (thanks @alphydan) MIT Programming class bit.ly/Dkk11 (thanks @alphydan) Friday, 8 November 13

66. Resources in Spanish Friday, 8 November 13

67. • Python Python Argentina python.org.ar Guía Python www.maestrosdelweb.com/guias/#guia-python Cursos de Programación cursos.eugeniabahit.com/curso-python (thanks @visigoten) • Django Curso Django www.maestrosdelweb.com/guias/#guias-django (thanks @visigoten) Friday, 8 November 13

68. Conclusions Conclusión Friday, 8 November 13

69. Have a challenging project Contar con un proyecto desaﬁante Friday, 8 November 13

70. Learn with/from a friend Aprenda con un/a amig@ Friday, 8 November 13

71. Don’t be shy No sea tímido Friday, 8 November 13

72. Read the docs Lea la documentación Friday, 8 November 13

73. Join a Python group early Únase a un grupo Python pronto Friday, 8 November 13

74. Groups Grupos mailinglists PyCons IRC Python Meetups stackoverﬂow PyLadies Online En-Línea Desconectado blogs books planet python pythonvideo Individual Individual Friday, 8 November 13 Ofﬂine

75. Thanks to ... @jacobian @pythonchelle @selenamarie @ericholscher @candeira @commoncode @srikanth_chikoo @timdegraw @alphydan The Python community The Django community Gracias a ... Friday, 8 November 13

76. Gracias! hannes@renooble.com @hanneshapke Tweet your thoughts! Thank you! Friday, 8 November 13