O’Reilly Book Club: Luciano Ramalho on Fluent Python, second edition
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Learn more about how to make Python work for you
Join us for this edition of O’Reilly Book Club with Luciano Ramalho, author of Fluent Python. Ask questions, learn tricks of the trade, listen to stories, and connect with other fans.
The O’Reilly Book Club series is an interactive opportunity to delve into your favorite O’Reilly books and deepen your understanding of the topics they cover. You’ll hear directly from O’Reilly authors about why they wrote these books, what issues they’re trying to solve, and which challenges they still struggle with. These events are constructed around your questions, so make a list and spend an hour leveling up your skills alongside other avid readers.
This event will be presented in a new format that brings the audience into the action. The first 50 people to join get optional camera and mic access for the opportunity to ask questions and interact directly with your trainer and peers. You can turn your camera off at any time and you can always interact through chat. Please read the O'Reilly learning platform code of conduct
What you’ll learn and how you can apply it
- Learn how to write effective, modern Python 3 code by leveraging its best ideas
- Discover and apply idiomatic Python 3 features beyond your past experience
- Understand how to make your code shorter, faster, and more readable
This live event is for you because...
- You want to go beyond the words on the page and ask your own questions.
- You want to chat with and learn from other Pythonistas about next-level Python tactics.
Prerequisites
- Come with your questions for Luciano Ramalho
- Have a pen and paper handy to capture notes, insights, and inspiration
Recommended follow-up:
- Read Fluent Python, second edition (book)
- Follow and explore Becoming Fluent in Python (expert playlist)
Schedule
The time frames are only estimates and may vary according to how the class is progressing.
Thursday, January 26, 2023, at 7:00am PT / 10:00am ET
- Introduction and presentation (10 minutes)
- Interactive discussion and Q&A (50 minutes)
Your Guest
Luciano Ramalho
Luciano Ramalho was a web developer before the Netscape IPO in 1995 and switched from Perl to Java to Python in 1998. He joined Thoughtworks in 2015, where he’s a principal consultant in the São Paulo office. He’s delivered keynotes, talks, and tutorials at Python events in the Americas, Europe, and Asia and has also presented at Go and Elixir conferences, focusing on language design topics. Luciano is a fellow of the Python Software Foundation and cofounder of Garoa Hacker Clube, the first hackerspace in Brazil.