Pythonic Naming (PyCon AU 2015 Lightning Talk)

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1. Pythonic Naming PyCon Australia, 2015

2. Hello, I’m Amber Brown (HawkOwl)

3. Twitter: @hawkieowl

4. None

5. The biggest two problems in programming

6. Cache invalidation

7. Naming

8. Off by one errors

9. We need a PEP for Python names

10. The regulation should be that the name should be:

11. A common word (werkzeug is German, it counts)

12. Easy to spell (parameeko? paramako?)

13. Easy to pronounce
 (lol django???)

14. A horrible pun.

15. This is why Twisted is the best Python package on

    PyPI.
16. None

17. the curses replacement: insults

18. RPC framework: spread (made up of banana and jelly)

19. The channel-esque package: Twisted Tubes

20. live telnet/ssh debugger: manhole

21. the Flask clone: Klein (a twisted flask is a klein

    bottle)

22. the Django runner: Hendrix (a twisted Django Rinehart is Jimi

    Hendrix)

23. dual-direction WebSockets: autobahn

24. But some people are getting good on PyPI

25. (not considering that the Cheeseshop itself is a Monty Python

    sketch)

26. py2 x py3 compat: six

27. internationalisation: babel

28. process pooling: billiard

29. Python interpreter written in Python: pypy

30. SOAP client: suds

31. ASPIRE TO THIS

32. I expect better from you all!

33. If you write a client for elasticsearch, don’t call it

    pyES

34. don’t call it ‘elasticsearch’

35. Call it ’stretchyadder’ (or something idk)

36. Make it amusing!

37. Make it a play on words! (extra points for obscurity)

38. Make it really easy to Google

39. Because nobody else but a Pythonista would call their pride

    and joy such a dumb name

40. Keep Python Weird