How we use Python at Bitbucket

A talk about how Atlassian uses Python to build Bitbucket given at the the Austin Python Meetup on

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1. MARK ADAMS • SOFTWARE DEVELOPER • BITBUCKET • @MARKADAMS How we use Python at Bitbucket (tldr; We use it for everything)
2. WHAT IS BITBUCKET What is Bitbucket? •Distributed code hosting •Perfect for individuals or teams • Git or Mercurial • Free for 5 users +
 Unlimited private repositories
 Try it out! - http://bitbucket.org
3. •Main web application
 https://bitbucket.org
 •REST API
 https://api.bitbucket.org Web Tier
4. •HA Proxy
 TCP load balancing •Nginx
 SSL Termination •PostgreSQL
 Relational database •Redis
 Caching Web Tier
5. CELERY Distributed Tasks • Celery • Used for asynchronous event processing • Sending notifications • Updating pull requests • Updating activity feed
 • RabbitMQ used as the message broker
6. OROCHI Orochi • Translated “8-branched giant snake" • Abstraction library for Git and Mercurial • Written entirely in Python • Simplifies the interaction with repositories
 Git & Hg have similarities: • Both store your code • Both have commits • Both have branches Django Celery Orochi Storage Layer
7. GIT + HG OPERATIONS Git & Hg Operations •HTTP • WSGI apps - One for Git, One for Hg •SSH • OpenSSH - Customized! • Launches another process (conq) to perform authentication and execute DVCS operations
8. Can you guess what language?
9. Nope, Go
10. But really Python
11. We dogfood our stuff!
13. Feedback? MARK ADAMS • SOFTWARE DEVELOPER • BITBUCKET • @MARKADAMS
14. We’re hiring! MARK ADAMS • SOFTWARE DEVELOPER • BITBUCKET • @MARKADAMS