An opinionated Python toolkit

In this talk, I recommend tools, Tips, and Tricks for your development, review, testing, and deployment workflows for Python projects.

Video: https://youtu.be/WDt88WhJuFc

Included are:
- Tools
- Practices
- Resources

In these four workflows:
- Development
- Review
- Testing
- Deployment

Transcript

1. 3RD ANNUAL PYCON SUMMIT KE
   Biggest Gathering For People & Organisations Interested In The
   Python Programming Language & Its Ecosystem
   3RD ANNUAL PYCON SUMMIT KE
   Biggest Gathering For People & Organisations Interested In The
   Python Programming Language & Its Ecosystem
   An opinionated Python
   toolkit
   Tools, Tips, Tricks I recommend for your
   development, review, testing, and deployment workflows
   for Python projects
   

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2. 3RD ANNUAL PYCON SUMMIT KE
   Biggest Gathering For People & Organisations Interested In The
   Python Programming Language & Its Ecosystem
   Stanley Ndagi alias Stan_MD
   Digerati:
   • Software Engineer (6+ years)
   Tech Stack: Python, JavaScript
   • Technical Writer (3+ years)
   Web profile:
   www.md.engineer
   Et al:
   • GitHub stars program
   • CircleCI technical writers program
   • TechKln community - techkln.org
   

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3. 3RD ANNUAL PYCON SUMMIT KE
   Biggest Gathering For People & Organisations Interested In The
   Python Programming Language & Its Ecosystem
   This talk, what to expect
   Included:
   • Tools
   • Practices
   • Resources
   Limited
   • Hands-on coding
   NOT
   • One tool to fix them all
   

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4. 3RD ANNUAL PYCON SUMMIT KE
   Biggest Gathering For People & Organisations Interested In The
   Python Programming Language & Its Ecosystem
   Introduction
   Opinionated?
   Firmly adhering to one's own view / judgement or to
   preconceived notions
   Python?
   Simple yet satisfying
   Toolkit?
   Tools make work easier
   A toolkit contains tools
   

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5. 3RD ANNUAL PYCON SUMMIT KE
   Biggest Gathering For People & Organisations Interested In The
   Python Programming Language & Its Ecosystem
   Tools: Timber DIY
   

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6. 3RD ANNUAL PYCON SUMMIT KE
   Biggest Gathering For People & Organisations Interested In The
   Python Programming Language & Its Ecosystem
   Tools: Software
   • Dotfiles
   • Scripts
   • Templates
   • Starter packs
   • Programming languages
   • Frameworks
   • Libraries
   Tinker,
   Break,
   Build,
   Repeat
   

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7. 3RD ANNUAL PYCON SUMMIT KE
   Biggest Gathering For People & Organisations Interested In The
   Python Programming Language & Its Ecosystem
   Python Toolkit
   Workflows:
   1. Development
   2. Review
   3. Testing
   4. Deployment
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8. 3RD ANNUAL PYCON SUMMIT KE
   Biggest Gathering For People & Organisations Interested In The
   Python Programming Language & Its Ecosystem
   Python Toolkit:
   Development Workflow
   Set up
   • Local set up
   • Version control
   • IDE
   

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9. 3RD ANNUAL PYCON SUMMIT KE
   Biggest Gathering For People & Organisations Interested In The
   Python Programming Language & Its Ecosystem
   Python Toolkit:
   Development Workflow
   Set up
   • Local set up
   • Multiple python versions
   • Virtual envs & Docker
   • Version control
   • GIT
   • IDE
   • VS Code
   

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10. 3RD ANNUAL PYCON SUMMIT KE
    Biggest Gathering For People & Organisations Interested In The
    Python Programming Language & Its Ecosystem
    Python Toolkit:
    Development Workflow
    Writing code
    • Prototyping
    • Dependencies
    • Reference
    

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11. 3RD ANNUAL PYCON SUMMIT KE
    Biggest Gathering For People & Organisations Interested In The
    Python Programming Language & Its Ecosystem
    Python Toolkit:
    Development Workflow
    Writing code
    • Prototyping
    • REPL
    • bpython
    • pipx
    • Dependencies
    • requirements.txt
    • Piplock
    • Reference
    • Python docs
    • Real Python
    • Python guide
    • Devdocs
    • Django Girls
    

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12. 3RD ANNUAL PYCON SUMMIT KE
    Biggest Gathering For People & Organisations Interested In The
    Python Programming Language & Its Ecosystem
    Python Toolkit:
    Development Workflow
    Writing code (cont.d)
    • Linting
    • Formatting
    • Miscellaneous
    

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13. 3RD ANNUAL PYCON SUMMIT KE
    Biggest Gathering For People & Organisations Interested In The
    Python Programming Language & Its Ecosystem
    Python Toolkit:
    Development Workflow
    Writing code (cont.d)
    • Linting
    • Flake8
    • Formatting
    • Editorconfig
    • black
    • isort
    • pyupgrade
    - Miscellaneous
    • http.server
    • Flask
    • FastAPI
    • Scrapy
    • django-browser-reload
    • django-upgrade
    • PySnooper
    • Snyk: vulnerabilities
    • Jupyter
    

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14. 3RD ANNUAL PYCON SUMMIT KE
    Biggest Gathering For People & Organisations Interested In The
    Python Programming Language & Its Ecosystem
    Python Toolkit:
    Development Workflow
    Documentation
    • README
    • Licencing
    • Documentation generator
    

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15. 3RD ANNUAL PYCON SUMMIT KE
    Biggest Gathering For People & Organisations Interested In The
    Python Programming Language & Its Ecosystem
    Python Toolkit:
    Development Workflow
    Documentation
    • README
    • Markdown
    • Best practices
    • Badges
    • Licencing
    • Documentation
    generator
    • Sphinx
    - Changelog
    

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16. 3RD ANNUAL PYCON SUMMIT KE
    Biggest Gathering For People & Organisations Interested In The
    Python Programming Language & Its Ecosystem
    Python Toolkit:
    Review Workflow
    • Local
    • Online
    - Project Management
    

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17. 3RD ANNUAL PYCON SUMMIT KE
    Biggest Gathering For People & Organisations Interested In The
    Python Programming Language & Its Ecosystem
    Python Toolkit:
    Review Workflow
    • Local
    • GitHub desktop
    • IDE - VSCode
    • Precommit
    • Online
    • GitHub PRs
    • GitLab MRs
    • Project Management
    • Shortcut
    • GitHub Projects
    

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18. 3RD ANNUAL PYCON SUMMIT KE
    Biggest Gathering For People & Organisations Interested In The
    Python Programming Language & Its Ecosystem
    Python Toolkit:
    Testing Workflow
    • Unit tests
    • Pytest
    • CI - Continuous Integration
    

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19. 3RD ANNUAL PYCON SUMMIT KE
    Biggest Gathering For People & Organisations Interested In The
    Python Programming Language & Its Ecosystem
    Python Toolkit:
    Deployment Workflow
    Instances
    • Ngrok
    • Heroku
    • Docker
    CI/CD
    

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20. 3RD ANNUAL PYCON SUMMIT KE
    Biggest Gathering For People & Organisations Interested In The
    Python Programming Language & Its Ecosystem
    Python Toolkit:
    Deployment Workflow
    Publishing
    • Tagging
    • Test Python Package Index (TestPyPI)
    • Python Package Index (PyPI)
    

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21. 3RD ANNUAL PYCON SUMMIT KE
    Biggest Gathering For People & Organisations Interested In The
    Python Programming Language & Its Ecosystem
    Conclusion
    The software landscape is every changing,
    ALWAYS fine tune your toolkit as well.
    @NdagiStanley
    www.md.engineer
    

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22. 3RD ANNUAL PYCON SUMMIT KE
    Biggest Gathering For People & Organisations Interested In The
    Python Programming Language & Its Ecosystem
    THANK YOU
    

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