DjangoConAU 2019

Speakers

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  Tim Savage savage_drummer Safely eval Python syntax using the AST module

  Allow your users to supply queries or define rules using Python syntax and safely eval them. Processing an AST into safely executable code.

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  Parth Shandilya ParthS0007 Web Accessibility In Django

  Many developers want to build accessible applications, but don’t know where to start. This talk will cover common accessibility issues and how to address them. The audience will learn about how disabled users interact with web apps, how to build more accessible sites and W3C accessibility guidelines.

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  Noah Kantrowitz kantrn Forklifting Django: Migrating A Complex Django App To Kubernetes

  Everyone is talking about Kubernetes, but migrating existing applications is often easier said than done. This talk will cover the tale of migrating our main Django application to Kubernetes, and all the problems and solutions we ran into along the way.

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  Russell Keith-Magee freakboy3742 WASM matter?

  One of the biggest developments in web technology in the last few years is the emergence of WASM - Web Assembly. But what is WASM? Can you use it in your web projects? Should you? And if so… how?

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  Andrew Godwin andrewgodwin Just Add Await: Retrofitting Async Into Django

  Writing async code from scratch is hard; trying to add it into a large, existing framework is harder. Learn about the problems we face trying to make Django async while maintaining backwards compatibility, as well as the problems maintaining hybrid sync-and-async Python codebases in general.

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  Tobias Kunze rixxtr Pony, Cat, and Paw: Getting Started with the Open Source Menagerie

  The way to your first open source pull request leads through many implicit conventions and tools you’re expected to learn. Let’s look at what you’ll need for your first Django contribution, where to find help, and what challenges you’re likely to encounter.

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  Melanie Crutchfield HelloMelanieC The Unspeakable Horror of Discovering You Didn't Write Tests

  I didn’t write tests. I’m here to help you avoid making the same mistake.

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  Tom Eastman tveastman Using Python, Django, and ruthlessness to protect people from social media harassment.

  In this talk, I present ‘secateur’, a tool for Twitter users to protect themselves from some forms of online harassment. I discuss using Python and Django to create tools that integrate with Twitter, use its APIs, and block lots of people (LOTS of people).