WTF is Python?
And why you should care

Python is a modern programming
language.
Used by Microsoft, Google, Apple,
Lucasfilm, NASA & loads more.

What does Python look 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])

What does Python look like?
class User(object):
def __init__(self, name):
self.name = name
def say_hello(self):
print “Hello, my name is %s.” % self.name

Django

Django is a web 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!

What does Django look like?
{% for p in article.photos.all %}
<li>
<a href=”{{ p.image.url }}”>
<img src=”{% thumbnail p.file 100x100 %}” />
</a>
</li>
{% endfor %}

Business

How will this help 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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Still not convinced?

Python is fast enough for our site and
allows us to produce maintainable
features in record times, with a
minimum of developers.
– Cuong Do (YouTube)

People who’ve made the switch to
dynamic languages [Python] seem
much, much happier.
– Bruce Eckel (Author)

Django proved to be absolutely the
right choice.
– Jeremy Keith (Clearleft)

Moving from PHP to Django radically
improved our development speed and
the quality of our websites.
– Andy Durdin (Mercurytide)

Thanks, Questions?