Knock Yourself Out With 91 Python Videos

August 9, 2022

The presentations and tutorials presented at the 4th Annual Python Web Conference are now available for free. Topics ranged from code and technology to social and business advice.

Six Feet Up’s Python Web Conference 2022 (#PWC2022) was a virtual event that ran from March 21-25 and was geared toward Python web developers. It brought together 90 international experts presenting 85 topics such as Django, CI/CD, containers, serverless, REST API, web security and microservices, divided into 6 tracks. Tickets were priced at $99 for students and $199 for pros, and attendees were 376 developers from 36 countries.

Post-event presentations and recordings were shared as a huge playlist on YouTube. Development discussions covered topics such as:

Deployment/Automation/Containers/Serverless

Natural Language Processing (NLP)

Artificial Intelligence (AI)

machine learning

big data

Plone

Simplified software development

Flask/Pyramid/Tornado

native cloud

REST-APIs

Django

IC/CD

Team Building / Remote work

Front end development

Websockets/AsyncIO

Scale/scalability

Web Security

Microservices

As is obvious, there are too many videos for me to detail, but here is my selection of the best and must-haves:

Python coding errors, causes of vulnerabilities and how to fix them! by Christopher Van Der Made

Towards Reliability by Jayesh Ahire

A vulnerable story about burnout by Julia Simon

Why should developers care about container security? by Eric Smalling

You Won’t Have a Password: Modern Authentication for Web Applications by Eli Holderness

How to TDD a REST API by Gil Zilberfeld

CI/CD with Python: From Code to Cloud by Daniel Keler

Production-Ready Python Serverless Web APIs by Raphael Jambalos

From Scratch to Production-Ready: A Best Practices Process for Docker Packaging by Itamar Turner-Trauring

Writing Better Developer Documentation by Meredydd Luff

Tutorial: End-to-End Testing with Playwright by Andrew Knight

Communication is just as important as code by Mr. Scott Ford

Of course, the conversation wasn’t just about code. Other presentations included:

An Imposter Is Among Us (Pretty Sure It’s Me…): Battling Imposter Syndrome by Elizabeth Gray

Be the CEO of Your Career by Mike Mead
What does career success mean to you? How are you going to achieve this? In this session, whether you want to move up the corporate ladder or grow more in your current role, you’ll learn creative methods to help you achieve ultimate career success.

Joe Developer Confessions by Daniel Roy Greenfeld
During 17 years of professional Python development at Octopus Energy, NASA, and various agencies, Daniel Roy Greenfeld has learned many easy tricks stolen from the best and brightest in the software community that make him look good in front of his peers and colleagues.

Enterprise-Wide Tech Communities by Marianna Polatoglou and Monica Ho
Bring the techs together and the tech communities will form organically. It is therefore a question of perpetuating and encouraging this collaboration to promote their success.

Musicha Christmas Flower
Whoever tells the most compelling story shapes the future. What story does your work tell? When you’re gone, what will be the proof of your life?

It was certainly a great event with quality material and the fact that the lectures were made available for free after the event is something much appreciated. So choose your favorite and go watch it!