The Future of Python

Keynote presentation at PyCon India 2018

Transcript

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   Carol Willing
   @WillingCarol
   The Future of
   
   Python
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   October 7, 2018
   PyCon India 2018
   Python Core Developer
   
   Fellow, Former Director
   
   Python Software Foundation
   Jupyter Core Developer
   
   Steering Council
   
   Project Jupyter
   

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2. @WillingCarol
   now
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4. 1989
   http://python-history.blogspot.com/2009/01/brief-timeline-of-python.html
   @WillingCarol
   349 | 360
   
   http://py3readiness.org
   154,293 projects | 1,094,879 releases
   
   
   1,503,765 files | 268,049 users
   
   https://pypi.org
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5. 41
   @WillingCarol
   basic, fortran, pascal, c, c++,
   java, python, rust, go,
   javascript, processing, julia
   2 million
   
   https://jupyter.org
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6. @WillingCarol
   past
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7. Change is a
   constant
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8. People have
   opinions
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9. Great code
   requires
   communication
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10. @twitter_handle
    

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12. Optimism
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13. Language Design
    In reality, programming languages
    are how programmers express and
    communicate ideas — and the
    audience for those ideas is other
    programmers, not computers.
    http://neopythonic.blogspot.com/2016/04/kings-day-speech.html
    – Guido van Rossum
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14. Python for everyone
    the most important
    lesson I learned...
    sharing
    – Guido van Rossum
    http://neopythonic.blogspot.com/2016/04/kings-day-speech.html
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15. 15
    future
    

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16. Python core
    Pythonistas
    Possibilities
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17. Python
    core language
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18. What
    happens to
    CPython?
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19. CPython
    governance
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    https://www.python.org/dev/peps/
    

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25. @WillingCarol
    pythonclock.org
    python3statement.org
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26. @WillingCarol
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    py3readiness.org
    

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27. Rich ecosystem of libraries
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29. Pythonistas
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30. The future of Python
    must include
    diversity of ideas.
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31. How do I
    learn?
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32. To which
    project should
    I contribute?
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33. How can I
    become a
    speaker?
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34. @WillingCarol
    How do we
    get more
    people at my
    meetup?
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35. How do I
    become a
    core Python
    developer?
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36. Why do I want
    to become a
    core Python
    developer?
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37. inclusive =
    impact
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38. Pythonistas -
    the sequel
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39. Sensible
    Defaults
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40. Respect
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    time
    graceful disagreement
    your approach may not be best
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41. Listen
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    understanding
    consideration
    value ideas of others
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42. Share
    @WillingCarol
    experiences
    knowledge
    risk and reward
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43. Trust
    @WillingCarol
    Negativity shuts down creativity.
    Silencing productive discourse and
    gatekeeping result in toxic workflows.
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44. Humility
    @WillingCarol
    Long term success
    Learning from failures
    Innovation
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45. Possibilities
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46. WebAssembly
    @WillingCarol
    Mobile Gaming Distribution
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47. Interactivity
    @WillingCarol
    Education Research Exploration
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48. Productivity
    @WillingCarol
    Web
    Data Science
    Science
    Education
    Systems
    Open Hardware
    Mobile
    Gaming
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49. Empowerment
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50. Python core
    
    Pythonistas
    
    Possibilities
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51. ...a programming
    language created by a
    community fosters
    happiness in its users
    around the world.
    – Guido van Rossum
    http://neopythonic.blogspot.com/2016/04/kings-day-speech.html
    

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52. the future of
    Python
    is
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53. YOU
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54. Thank you
    @WillingCarol
    What will you do now for
    Python and Pythonistas?
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