Raymond Hettinger

Show the specific features that make Python more than just another scripting language.

This is a short, but thorough tutorial on the Python's built-in toolset for creating classes. We look at commonly encountered challenges and how to solve them using Python.

Learn to take better advantage of Python's best features and improve existing code through a series of code transformations, "When you see this, do that instead."

All problems have simple, easy-to-understand, logical wrong answers. Subclassing in Python is no exception. Avoid the common pitfalls and learn everything you need to know about making effective use of inheritance in Python.

Keynote by Raymond Hettinger.

This is a panel discussion in which Nick Coghlan, Raymond Hettinger and Richard Jones discuss the state of Python 3, some of the new features, the 3rd party adoption, migration strategies and open to the floor for questions.

[EuroPython 2011] Raymond Hettinger - 23 June 2011 in "Track Spaghetti"

[EuroPython 2011] Raymond Hettinger - 20 June 2011 in "Track Spaghetti"

[EuroPython 2011] Raymond Hettinger - 21 June 2011 in "Training Pizza Margherita"

[EuroPython 2011] Raymond Hettinger - 23 June 2011 in "Track Spaghetti"

[EuroPython 2011] Raymond Hettinger - 23 June 2011 in "Track Spaghetti"

[EuroPython 2011] Raymond Hettinger - 24 June 2011 in "Track Spaghetti"

[EuroPython 2011] Raymond Hettinger - 20 June 2011 in "Track Spaghetti"

[EuroPython 2011] Raymond Hettinger - 21 June 2011 in "Training Pizza Margherita"

[EuroPython 2011] Raymond Hettinger - 21 June 2011 in "Track Spaghetti"

API lessons learned from a decade of core Python development.

Spend ten minutes each learning to work with Counters, named tuples, new string formatting, and the LRU cache. Learn the basic API, see how it works under the hood, enjoy a simple example, and then have fun pushing it to the limit in interesting ways.