Using Python to improve government - Pycon UK 2014

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Michael Brunton-Spall! Technical Architect! Government Digital Service! @bruntonspall

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Using python to improve government GDS Michael Brunton-Spall

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Who am I? GDS Michael Brunton-Spall

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Government Digital Service GDS Michael Brunton-Spall

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A digital civil service GDS Michael Brunton-Spall

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1. Build a centre of excellence in digital GDS Michael Brunton-Spall

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2. Fix publishing GDS Michael Brunton-Spall

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3. Fix transactions GDS Michael Brunton-Spall

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Identify 25 projects GDS Michael Brunton-Spall

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Insolvency Service GDS Michael Brunton-Spall

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Redundancy Payments GDS Michael Brunton-Spall

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The size of the problem GDS Michael Brunton-Spall

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GDS Michael Brunton-Spall

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Forms? GDS Michael Brunton-Spall

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I think the web might have a solution for this! GDS Michael Brunton-Spall

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An underused, under- invested in team GDS Michael Brunton-Spall

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Code freeze - 1 year and counting GDS Michael Brunton-Spall

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.NET, no consistent test or build systems GDS Michael Brunton-Spall

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How can we help? GDS Michael Brunton-Spall

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User centered design GDS Michael Brunton-Spall

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Nobody wants to claim redundancy GDS Michael Brunton-Spall

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They just want to get paid GDS Michael Brunton-Spall

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Start afresh, new language, new ways of working GDS Michael Brunton-Spall

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But what language? GDS Michael Brunton-Spall

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Considered: JVM, .NET, Ruby, Node.js, Python GDS Michael Brunton-Spall

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Have to convince some very skeptical senior managers GDS Michael Brunton-Spall

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Need a language that is GDS Michael Brunton-Spall

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Easy to learn GDS Michael Brunton-Spall

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Simple ecosystem GDS Michael Brunton-Spall

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Lots of pre-existing packages GDS Michael Brunton-Spall

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Good support for tests GDS Michael Brunton-Spall

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Performant and production capable GDS Michael Brunton-Spall

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Cross-OS support GDS Michael Brunton-Spall

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"Batteries included" GDS Michael Brunton-Spall

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Python was a clear winner GDS Michael Brunton-Spall

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(we might have been biased to start with) GDS Michael Brunton-Spall

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GDS Michael Brunton-Spall

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The team learnt: GDS Michael Brunton-Spall

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A new language GDS Michael Brunton-Spall

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Agile development GDS Michael Brunton-Spall

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Test driven design GDS Michael Brunton-Spall

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DevOps - Puppet, Ansible GDS Michael Brunton-Spall

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Linux Servers GDS Michael Brunton-Spall

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Cloud computing GDS Michael Brunton-Spall

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Continuous Integration GDS Michael Brunton-Spall

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Deployment GDS Michael Brunton-Spall

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All within a “secure” government context GDS Michael Brunton-Spall

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all in 12 months GDS Michael Brunton-Spall

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Not bad! GDS Michael Brunton-Spall

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Next challenges GDS Michael Brunton-Spall

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Repeat on other services GDS Michael Brunton-Spall

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Move into the backend services GDS Michael Brunton-Spall

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Be a good citizen, work for your government! GDS Michael Brunton-Spall

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Michael Brunton-Spall! Technical Architect! Government Digital Service! @bruntonspall