Sessions at EuroPython 2011 with slides and video on Monday 20th June

Gevent (http://gevent.org) is a coroutine-based library that enables you to write highly-concurrent network and web applications. Learn in detail what Gevent is, what it does and how it does it.

I will introduce a coroutine-based approach to network programming, explain it benefits and pitfalls.We will walk through the Gevent API, including the most recent additions, and understand how it is implemented. I will make a quick overview of the most interesting 3rd party add-on and applications after that.

The PSF recently adopted a diversity statement. While some argue that we should do this just because it's "the right thing to do", others question why we, as a technical community, should even worry about diversity. This talk addresses the diversity question, not in moralistic or ethical terms, but in pragmatic ones. Studies on creativity and productivity demonstrate the potential benefits of diversity for the Python community. Making Python the best language it can be is not merely helped by increasing diversity, but may be dependent on diversity.