python-for-humans/3_proposal/0_proposal.md

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Let's Build Things.

Python needs more Pragmatic Packages.

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pra•gmat•ic |pragˈmatik|, adj:

Dealing with things sensibly and realistically in a way that is based on practical rather than theoretical considerations.

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Some Examples

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NOT PRACTICAL

[fucking urllib2 code]

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NOT PRACTICAL (cont)

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The Codez, they are ugleh.

[trollface or something]

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Unless there's an explicit requirement,

a student should never see urllib2.

No excuses.

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Practical.

@@@ ruby
ruby codez

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Pragmatic.

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import requests

url = 'https://api.github.com/user'
auth = ('username', 'password')

r = requests.get(url, auth=auth)
print r.content

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Fit the 90% Use Case.

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The API is all that matters.

Everything else is secondary.

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Everything.

• Features.
• Efficiency.
• Performance.
• Corner-cases.

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urllib2

"I'd rather be writing ColdFusion."

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subprocess

A powerful module that .

@@@ python
import envoy

c = envoy.run('ls')

.

@@@ pycon
>>> c.status_code
200