tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8825992.post8300945647021876289..comments2019-02-13T20:54:50.768-08:00Comments on Electric Duncan: Twisting the PlanetUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8825992.post-70688335225428703402009-03-02T14:40:00.000-08:002009-03-02T14:40:00.000-08:00I was one of those lucky enough to just be in the ...I was one of those lucky enough to just be in the room. I'd heard a bit about twisted before attending PyCon 2008 and thought that it was probably too far beyond my grasp to pursue. The session made it obvious that with a bit of code I could create my own asynchronous server application to provide info (process status, data lookups, whatever) to applications without holding those applications hostage while waiting for a reply. (This is true, isn't it?)<BR/>In short, as a total new-comer to twisted, I left with the knowledge that I could use twisted to do some immediately useful stuff that would have been either hard or impossible without twisted. No web app, no Nevow, no Mantissa for me, just something I can use to make the stuff I'm doing now work better now.<BR/>I'd love a screencast that goes no farther than what Steve learned in that session. (Or even the code that was developed in that session) I'd probably send the link to other non-twisted users that I think would be likely to find it useful. Now, what is a deferred anyhow? How do I do that? <BR/>Steve's session was a dramatic demonstration of how twisted can be productive for people who didn't even know they needed it, and were not about to spend a lot of effort learning about it - at least until they saw what it would do with relative ease.Dan Riehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11401019581536883332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8825992.post-42915710780811516152008-05-04T12:59:00.000-07:002008-05-04T12:59:00.000-07:00Noah, I love the "traveling show" idea :-) It's st...Noah, I love the "traveling show" idea :-) It's starting to approach some of the other ideas we've got planned... As for the screencasts, they are definitely in order. However, they will likely be for our more visually oriented stuff (like a quick web app using Nevow or getting started with Mantissa).Duncan McGreggorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17155270977759488515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8825992.post-20571099474585856882008-05-03T20:54:00.000-07:002008-05-03T20:54:00.000-07:00I am glad to hear about this. Maybe you could do ...I am glad to hear about this. Maybe you could do a traveling twisted show to user groups all around the United States. Of course a really kick ass screencast wouldn't hurt either :)Noah Gifthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13144332122855013229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8825992.post-46255752421735205532008-05-02T11:56:00.000-07:002008-05-02T11:56:00.000-07:00Cool -- yeah, I saw your comment there. Steve's ri...Cool -- yeah, I saw your comment there. Steve's right, too: nice sponsor list! I was looking hopefully for Ferrari, but alas! It was nowhere to be seen ;-)<BR/><BR/>Hrm... suggestions. At the moment, no. But I would implore you to listen very carefully to the kinds of questions that the new-comers have, with the intent of identifying general patterns in conceptual misapprehensions or misunderstandings. If someone can walk around the room and assist folks with some one-on-one attention, that would be great. <BR/><BR/>I have a feeling (unsupported by any substantive statistical data) that we loose most of our potential users and future community members in the very early learning stages. If we can learn to communicate some powerful and expressive metaphors at that part of the learning process, we could fix that problem...Duncan McGreggorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17155270977759488515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8825992.post-48705371571409990552008-05-01T23:05:00.000-07:002008-05-01T23:05:00.000-07:00As mentioned on Steve's post, we stole his format ...As mentioned on Steve's post, we stole his format for our second Italian Python conference, and will have two such sessions: "Teach me concurrency" and "Teach me Twisted".<BR/><BR/>Any further insight or suggestion you have about it would be very valuable. :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com