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IndyPy: 15 Years of Celebrating Python

  • IndyPy
  • Python
  • Python Event

As the 15-year celebration of IndyPy nears, I look back at the road that has led to this point and some of the things I am hopeful for as IndyPy continues to move ahead.

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Calvin Hendryx-Parker Calvin Hendryx-Parker | April 28, 2022

To pyenv or Not To pyenv, That is The Question

  • Python
  • Best Practices

Learn the benefits and steps for installing pyenv without letting it take over your shell's environment.

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Rob McBroom Rob McBroom | April 11, 2022

Safety and pip-audit: Comparing Security Tools

  • Best Practices
  • Python

Learn about Safety and other tools you can use to secure your Python software supply chain.

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Kalim Gazi Kalim Gazi | February 25, 2022

How to Set Up Python on Your New Mac

  • Python
  • Best Practices

Learn the steps needed to install Python and start working with virtualenv projects on your new Mac.

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Chrissy Wainwright Chrissy Wainwright | February 1, 2022

The Importance of Precise Error Messages

  • Python
  • Django
  • AWS
  • Cloud

Using the S3 Presigned URLs and Presigned Posts features almost had the Six Feet Up team stumped, but after some troubleshooting, uploads were a breeze.

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Dave O'Connor Dave O'Connor | December 15, 2021

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Secrets of Building Python Container Images for AWS Lambda

  • AWS
  • Best Practices
  • Cloud
  • Python

Today, developers can use container images for AWS Lambda code — a helpful way to run much more complex code in a familiar package. However, there are some non-obvious differences that can make building Python app images for AWS Lambda frustrating.

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Peter Hull Peter Hull | August 12, 2021

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The Zen of Python: Bootstrapping Your Local Python Environment

  • Python
  • Best Practices

Established, senior developers might be able to install Python easily, but are they following the Zen of Python when it comes to best practices for environment settings and versioning? In his talk, “Bootstrapping your Local Python Environment,” Calvin discusses how to optimize system setups.

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Calvin Hendryx-Parker Calvin Hendryx-Parker | July 22, 2021

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Serverless Django: Exploring the State of the Art on AWS

  • AWS
  • Python
  • Best Practices
  • Cloud
  • Django

As deployment options for web apps have multiplied in the past few years, AWS Lambda continues to stand out as a powerful, simple way to run a web app with minimal maintenance and cost — if there is low traffic.

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Shane Hathaway Shane Hathaway | April 12, 2021

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Hacking Django Channels for Fun (and Profit)

  • Python
  • Cool Factor
  • Django
  • Best Practices

LoudSwarm by Six Feet Up, a Django-based virtual event platform, has always supported Slack for instant, in-app text communication. In addition to Slack, clients were requesting Discord integration, so Six Feet Up’s expert team of developers found a solution.

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Peter Hull Peter Hull | March 18, 2021

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How to Leapfrog a Massive Django/Python Upgrade Successfully

  • Django
  • Best Practices
  • Python

Migrating from Django 1.7 to 3.1 is no small task. Besides having to deal with the upgrade of Django itself, you shouldn't forget that an upgrade like this implies an upgrade from Python 2 to 3 as well.

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Roché Compaan Roché Compaan | February 17, 2021

Process thousands of JSON files

Get your JSON Configuration In Line with GenSON

  • Python

Using JSONSchema and Python GenSON to standardize thousands of JSON files

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Glenn Franxman Glenn Franxman | January 29, 2021

Why Python?

4 Reasons to go with Python over ${language}

  • Python

It can be hard to know which programming language is "the right tool for the job", but there's one language that keeps coming to mind...

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Calvin Hendryx-Parker Calvin Hendryx-Parker | October 28, 2020

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Electron, Desktop Development at the Speed of Electricity

  • Python
  • Open Source

If you have used Electron before, your initial experiences may have been less than ideal. It might be time to give it a second (or first, or third) look!

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Shane Hathaway Shane Hathaway | August 24, 2020

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10 Tips for Upgrading to Python 3

  • Python
  • Best Practices
  • Open Source

Upgrading legacy systems to Python 3 doesn't have to be a hassle. Here are 10 tips and tricks to help with your upgrade project...

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Kim Nguyen Kim Nguyen | December 19, 2019

Top Reasons to Upgrade to Python 3, A Review

Why You Should Upgrade to Python 3

  • Python
  • Best Practices
  • Open Source

Python 2's End of Life is January 1, 2020. At Six Feet Up, we're prepared a critical list of reasons why you need to upgrade to Python 3...

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Chrissy Wainwright Chrissy Wainwright | December 19, 2019

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What is Faceted Search or Faceted Navigation?

  • Python
  • Django
  • Plone
  • Best Practices

Faceted search provides site visitors with a quick and intuitive way to narrow down their search results in real time...

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Calvin Hendryx-Parker Calvin Hendryx-Parker | July 24, 2019

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How to start with Machine Learning

  • Open Source
  • Python
  • Cool Factor
  • AWS
  • Cloud
  • Machine Learning

Machine Learning initiatives can be powerful when you need to analyze large amounts of data, especially when it makes sense to analyze data points together to gain greater insights or find patterns...

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Calvin Hendryx-Parker Calvin Hendryx-Parker | June 3, 2019

How to write an RFP

How to write an RFP for your Web Portal project

  • Best Practices
  • Python
  • Django
  • Plone

Whether your web portal project is about a corporate intranet, an online collaboration platform for researchers or a app designed to help members manage their data, you will most likely need to write an RFP to identify possible suitable vendors...

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Gabrielle Hendryx-Parker Gabrielle Hendryx-Parker | May 17, 2019

Use PyCharm to power your Django and Plone projects

Kick Start your Django/Plone Buildout with PyCharm

  • Python
  • Django
  • Plone

PyCharm has great features, such as a Debugger, code completion, syntax highlighting and code formatting for Buildout configuration files. Here are several tips to help you get going...

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Calvin Hendryx-Parker Calvin Hendryx-Parker | August 5, 2017

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High Availability and Horizontal Scaling with Celery

  • Python
  • Open Source

Long running tasks can be put on a Celery job queue to help decouple and run asynchronous work loads, and therefore strengthen the main program...

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Calvin Hendryx-Parker Calvin Hendryx-Parker | February 1, 2017

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Write Better Programs with pytest

  • Python
  • Best Practices

Getting a set of fast running tests can dramatically speed up the development process as well as ensure developers don't introduce regressions...

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Calvin Hendryx-Parker Calvin Hendryx-Parker | September 26, 2016

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A More Flexible and Intuitive Python-Based LDAP Library

  • Python

A new, pure Python LDAP library is out and easier to work with…

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Rob McBroom Rob McBroom | August 30, 2016

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Managing complex Bacula configurations with YAML, Jinja and Python

  • Python
  • Performance

How to make sure all servers are backed up, and do so in a way to avoid a performance hit…

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Calvin Hendryx-Parker Calvin Hendryx-Parker | August 12, 2016

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My Take-Aways From PyCon 2016

  • Cool Factor
  • Python

Useful tidbits of information collected at the annual Python conference in Portland, OR...

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Calvin Hendryx-Parker Calvin Hendryx-Parker | June 17, 2016

Building Python Command Line Tools, Part 4: CSV Importing and Time Zones

  • Python
  • Best Practices

In the final part of our series on Python Command Line Tools, we'll put our application to work. I'll show you how to import the CSV module and handle timezones post import.

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Calvin Hendryx-Parker Calvin Hendryx-Parker | March 13, 2015

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PyTennessee 2015 Recap

  • Python
  • Cool Factor

Here's a recap from the Sixies who headed South to PyTennessee...

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March 7, 2015

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Building Python Command Line Tools, Part 3: Bootstrapping Pyramid

  • Python
  • Best Practices

For the third part of our series on Python Command Line Tools, I'll show you how to use your console_script to bootstrap a Pyramid App.

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Calvin Hendryx-Parker Calvin Hendryx-Parker | March 2, 2015

5 Critical Considerations for Python Testing

  • Python
  • Best Practices
  • Performance

Resulting from our recent Python Testing and Debugging event, check out these five key considerations developers should understand before diving into Python testing.

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February 26, 2015

Building Python Command Line Tools, Part 2: Console Scripts

  • Python
  • Django
  • Best Practices

In this second part of our series on Python Command Line Tools, I'll show you how to make the agrparse script executable and ready to be installed as a console script when someone installs your Pyramid or Django app.

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Calvin Hendryx-Parker Calvin Hendryx-Parker | February 9, 2015

Building Python Command Line Tools, Part 1: ArgParse

  • Python
  • Django

This article is part one of a four-part series on building and using python command line tools. Get ready to learn how to parse command line arguments and import csv files for a Django or Pyramid app.

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Calvin Hendryx-Parker Calvin Hendryx-Parker | January 26, 2015

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