Google I/O 2008 - Painless Python Part 2 of 2

Painless Python for Proficient Programmers Part II
Alex Martelli (Google)

Python is a popular very-high-level programming language, with a clean and spare syntax, simple and regular semantics, a large standard library and a wealth of third-party extensions, libraries and tools. With several production-quality open-source implementations available, many excellent books, and growing acceptance in both industry and academia, Python can play some useful role within a huge variety of software development projects.

Moreover, Python is really easy to learn, particularly (though not exclusively) for programmers who are skilled at such languages as Java, C++ and C. This talk addresses software developers who are experienced in other languages but have had limited or no exposure to Python yet, and offers a rapid overview of the main characteristics of the language, plus a brief synopsis of its main implementations, its standard library, and Python's use with Google App Engine.

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  Science & Technology

[shonzilla]

Turn the volume down at 6:58 - there's a (loud) glitch in the recording.

[Alex Averbuch]

real nice and useful presentation.

one complaint @ camera operator or editor: when there is something useful on the slides WHY do you focus on the speaker for so long, it would be nice to only focus on speaker when it is absolutely necessary as the real information is on the slides

[Alex Martelli]

Heh, couldn't have done it earlier as I didn't know this talk was available as an online video, just stumbled on it today.

[Zazimuth]

Woah, thanks for the reply 4 years later! :D

[Alex Martelli]

Yep, you need `key=lambda x: len(indx[x])` rather than just indx.get.

[VondaFononono]

It was really painless.

[voltagedrop]

I wish I had scanned the comments, the audio glitch got me.

[Boaz Fishman]

I always imagine Arnold Schwarzenegger lecturing...

[santiks]

that 6:58 sound gave me a shock!... keep it volume slightly lower when reaching 7 minutes.

[jethromayham]

Horse shit. Place the killer between two horses.

[filipemtx]

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