Python Packages You Should Know and Love

A short guide to python / Django packages you should know and love.

This is a lightning talk I delivered at the SF Django meetup. This talk is geared towards new Django / python programmers.

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1. Python Packages You Should Know and Love A Short Guide @rdegges
2. Randall Degges github.com/rdegges • 107 repos (mostly python) • tons of django / flask libraries / tools @rdegges • random tweets rdegges.com • embarrassing personal writings :) I LOVE CODING!
3. bcrypt $ pip install bcrypt Makes user passwords harder to crack. Very easy to use. No reason NOT to use it!
4. rq $ pip install django-rq Ships with great monitoring software. Simple and elegant. Makes running background tasks easy.
5. from django_rq import job @job def long_running_func(): pass # run a task long_running_func.delay()
7. django rest framework $ pip install djangorestframework Makes building REST APIs easy.
9. django-sslify $ pip install django-sslify Forces SSL sitewide. Very simple to use. (I wrote it!)
10. django-debug-toolbar $ pip install django-debug-toolbar 100% awesome.
11. django compressor $ pip install django_compressor Minifies CSS / Javascript. Simple. Really well tested.
12. gunicorn $ pip install gunicorn Pure python web server. Really fast. Easy to deploy!
13. newrelic $ pip install newrelic Third party service. Free for small projects. I refuse to work without it.
15. heroku $ git push heroku master Third party service. Free for small projects. FUCKING AMAZING!