Description
Luciano Ramalho is a Technical Principal at ThoughtWorks and the author of the bestselling book Fluent Python (O'Reilly, 2015). Since 1998 he has deployed Python on some of the largest Web sites in Brazil. His speaking record includes PyCon US, OSCON, OSCON-EU, PythonBrasil, RuPy and an ACM Webinar that was attended by more than 900 people. Ramalho is a fellow of the PSF and co-founder of the Brazilian Python Association and of Garoa Hacker Clube, the first hackerspace in Brazil.
Abstract
This talk is about some key insights that made Luciano Ramalho a better Python programmer and resulted in the success of Fluent Python.
Fluent Python was the #1 seller out of all O'Reilly books and videos in September, 2015, the first full month of sales after it was released -- and O'Reilly is the #1 seller of Python books.