Sessions at PyCon AU 2011 about Web Frameworks with video

Saturday 20th August 2011

• Pyramid: Lighter, faster, better web apps

  by Dylan Jay

  Introduction to the Pyramid, the new web framework taking the python world by storm. This tutorial will cover the basics of a hello world app and cover some of the advanced features of pyramid that give it it's power such as traversal. Pyramid is part of the pylons project and is a successor to pylons and a continuation of the BFG framework. It's very simple to learn, runs fast yet has powerful concepts which help keep large web app creation a sane process.

  • Pyramid
  • Python
  • Web Frameworks

  At 1:10pm to 1:55pm, Saturday 20th August

  Coverage note video slide deck

Sunday 21st August 2011

• Web micro-framework battle

  by Richard Jones

  In this talk I'll be running through the current choices of web micro frameworks and comparing them by implementing a simple application.

  • Python
  • Web Development
  • Web Frameworks

  At 1:10pm to 1:55pm, Sunday 21st August

  Coverage video slide deck

• Panel: Python in the webs

  by Richard Jones, Dylan Jay, Russell Keith-Magee and Malcolm Tredinnick

  This will be a panel discussion wherein we wax philosophical about the state of web frameworks in Python - talking about invention, reinvention, multitudes of choice, how all of them suck, etc. Panelists will include Dylan Jay, Malcolm Tredinnick, Russell Keith-Magee and Richard Jones.

  • Django
  • Python
  • Web Development
  • Web Frameworks

  At 2:05pm to 2:50pm, Sunday 21st August

  Coverage video