PyTexas 2013

The Flying Circus: An Opinionated "Setup Talk" for Beginners

Andrew Yurisich

Python is great, but without a supporting cast of version control, a modern interpreter, a built in debugger, and a host of other supplemental resources, beginners may find themselves needlessly spinning their wheels. Watch everything come together as proper environment management, lint checkers, and test driven development keep this talk light on Python, and heavy on useful practices. Save yourself months of headache in less than an hour!

This talk is aimed primarily at non "professional" users of Python, who find themselves tinkering alone with different projects, but are looking to learn more about working on projects with others. This talk is crucial to making that transition into collaborative efforts as smooth as possible.

Status: Accepted