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0_intro/1_assumptions.md

@@ -5,14 +5,13 @@
 - *Not* anarchy
 
 !SLIDE
-# This talk is not...
-- A call for anarchy
-- A criticism of Python
-- A dump of language-level issues
+# For the record...
+
+- *Not* a
 
 !SLIDE
-# This talk is...
+# This talk is:
 
 - A call for reevaluate our values
-- A manifesto?
+- A
 - Most of the problems that we're going to discuss today are simple.

1_context/0_philosophy.md

@@ -23,17 +23,11 @@
 !SLIDE
 > Readability counts.
 
-!SLIDE
-> Although practicality beats purity.
-
 !SLIDE
 > If the implementation is hard to explain, it's a bad idea.
 
 !SLIDE
 # Welcome to paradise.
 
-!SLIDE
-> There should be one—and preferably only one—obvious way to do it.
-
 !SLIDE
 # LIES!

2_problem/0_problem.md

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+
 !SLIDE
 # Part II: Beginnings
 
@@ -101,25 +102,48 @@ Let's play around. Maybe play with the GitHub API?
 
 If this was you, you'd leave Python and never come back.
 
-!SLIDE
-# Step 3: Install Packages.
-* Setuptools? Distribute?
-* Pip? Easy_install?
 
 !SLIDE
-# "I'll just stick my dependencies in the path."
-
-* Only works for pure-python modules.
-* Only works with relative imports.
-
-* Virtualenv?
-
-* Easy_uninstall?
+# http/url/lib/2
 
+- Which module to use?
+- Worst API ever.
+- An *extremely* common use case.
+- I'd rather be writing ColdFusion™.
 
 !SLIDE
-# Common Pitfalls
-* easy_uninstall?
+# XML
+
+- `etree` is terrible.
+- `lxml` is awesome, but difficult to install.
+
+!SLIDE
+# File and System Operations
+- sys | shutils | os | os.path | io
+- Really difficult to run external commands.
+- This blocks dev+ops folks from adopting Python.
+
+!SLIDE
+# Packaging and Depdencies
+- pip or easy install?
+- setuptools isn't included with python? Distribute?
+- No easy_uninstall?
+- Broken `setup.py`s
+- "Released" packages not in the Cheeseshop
+
+!SLIDE
+# Date[time]s.
+- Which module to use?
+- Timezones
+- The stdlib can generate but not parse ISO8601 dates
+
+!SLIDE
+# Unicode.
+- LOLWUT
+
+!SLIDE
+# Testing.
+
 
 !SLIDE
 # Installing Dependencies
@@ -128,6 +152,7 @@ If this was you, you'd leave Python and never come back.
 * python-mysql
 * mod_wsgi
 
+!SLIDE
 # Integration Time
 
 !SLIDE

3_proposal/0_proposal.md

@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@
 
 Python needs more Pragmatic Packages.
 
-!SLIDE small
+!SLIDE dark
 
-pra•gmat•ic |pragˈmatik|,
-*adj*, dealing with things sensibly and realistically in a way that is
+## pra•gmat•ic |pragˈmatik|, *adj*:
+Dealing with things sensibly and realistically in a way that is
 based on practical rather than theoretical considerations.
 
 !SLIDE
@@ -20,10 +20,23 @@ based on practical rather than theoretical considerations.
 !SLIDE
 # NOT PRACTICAL (cont)
 
+
+!SLIDE
+# The Codez, they are ugleh.
+
+[trollface or something]
+
+!SLIDE
+## Unless there's an explicit requirement,
+## a student should never see urllib2.
+
+# No excuses.
+
 !SLIDE
 # Practical.
 
     @@@ ruby
+    ruby codez
 
 !SLIDE
 # Pragmatic.
@@ -42,13 +55,34 @@ based on practical rather than theoretical considerations.
 # Fit the 90% Use Case.
 
 !SLIDE
-# Fit the 90% Use Case.
+# The API is all that matters.
+
+## Everything else is secondary.
+
+!SLIDE incremental
+# Everything.
+
+- Features.
+- Efficiency.
+- Performance.
+- Corner-cases.
 
 !SLIDE
 # urllib2
 
 "I'd rather be writing ColdFusion."
 
-!SLIDE
+!SLIDE small
 # subprocess
-- envoy
+
+A powerful module that .
+
+    @@@ python
+    import envoy
+
+    c = envoy.run('ls')
+.
+
+    @@@ pycon
+    >>> c.status_code
+    200

3_proposal/1_guide.md

@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+!SLIDE
+## The Hitchhiker's Guide to Python
+
+# DON'T PANIC!
+
+http://python-guide.org
+
+!SLIDE
+- A guidebook for newcomers.
+- A reference for seasoned veterans.
+
+!SLIDE
+# There's only one rule.
+
+!SLIDE
+> There should be one—and preferably only one—obvious way to do it.
+
+!SLIDE
+# Topics
+
+!SLIDE
+# Installing Python Properly
+
+!SLIDE
+# Installing
+
+!SLIDE
+# Installing Python Properly
+
+!SLIDE
+# Installing Python Properly
+
+!SLIDE small
+# Best Practices
+
+- Will recommend **distribute**, **pip**, and **virtualenv** out of the box.
+Explicit directions for setup on every major OS.
+- Instill a resistance to `doctest`
+- Teach `datetime.utcnow()`
+
+
+!SLIDE small
+# Installation Guides
+
+- PIL
+- Python-MySQL