"I like seeing where the industry is heading, how SysAdmins/engineers are evolving, tools they are using, common problems and solutions across the world."
LISA14 Attendee
"Great sessions, great presenters, great community. I feel like I can make up a year of following news and forums on the subject in a week."
LISA14 Attendee
"This was my first LISA. It was great attending a conference that focused on my role without trying to shoehorn every challenge into a specific vendor's solution. The same mix of awesome sessions, speakers, and other attendees will bring me back every year."
LISA14 Attendee
"LISA is the best mix of training, talks, and networking of any events I've been to. That's the reason I've been to 11 of them.”
LISA14 Attendee
"In a world where technology changes rapidly, it's hard to find great resources for in-depth expertise. LISA has a terrific combination of people who create the technology and people who implement it effectively for their companies."
Matt Simmons, Northeastern University
"No matter if you are dealing with the latest tech or trying to maintain something from the dark ages of the ‘90s, there are people at LISA who are experienced with it. Heck, many of the people who _developed_ this tech attend. This is a great place to get answers and ideas."
Lee Damon, University of Washington
"If you're a sysadmin slaving away in a metaphorical basement and re-inventing the wheel every time your employer's business goals change slightly, LISA will help pull you into the light."
Marc Chiarini, Long-Time IT Admin and Researcher, MarkLogic Corp
"LISA is the home of ops people who do ops correctly. I’m always motivated by the conference content and hallway conversations to be better, and I take home the knowledge needed to move closer to that goal. "
Got the basics of Python down but want to dig in a little more?
Have you wondered about functional programming, closures, decorators, context managers, generators, or list comprehensions, when you should use them, and how to test them? This hands-on tutorial will cover these intermediate subjects in detail.
Who should attend:
Developers with a basic understanding of Python who want to learn more advanced features
Take back to work:
You will go back to work with a knowledge of advanced Python constructs and idioms, and know when to use them.
Topics include:
Closures
Decorators
Class decorators
Properties
Context managers
List comprehensions
Iterator pattern
Generators
Additional Materials:
Please install Python (2 or 3) on your laptop. Most Linux and Mac computers already have Python installed. Windows users can find a download at python.org.
