Rodrigo Girão Serrão

In this talk we’ll go over two quintessential features of Python programming (generators and duck typing) and you’ll learn how to use them effectively. We’ll also look at branchless conditionals and understand how this unusual idea can shape the way you think about coding. In the end, we’ll put...

The module `itertools` provides 20 tools. There's 19 iterables and then there's `tee`... But what does `tee` do and why is it the only thing in the module `itertools` that's not an iterable? In this talk you will understand what `tee` does and when to use it, but most importantly, you will...

This talk walks you through the 20 tools available in itertools, a module you should be proficient in if you aspire to write Python code that makes efficient use iterables.

Everyone knows the dunder method `__init__`. But have you heard of `__init__`'s big brother, `__new__`? This talk shows you what the dunder method `__new__` does and how it works. Join me and dip your toes in the world of metaprogramming in Python!

Descriptors used to confuse the heck out of time... But then, one day, it clicked! 💡 As soon as they clicked, I started preparing this talk so that descriptors can also click for you! And that's what I'll do: I'll make sure you understand descriptors for good.

I've been working full-time on a Python FOSS project for 503 days, so what did I learn? Am I a better (Python) programmer? Better teammate? Better person? In this talk I will share some lessons I learned over the course of these 503 days: - how to get a tech job in this day & age - how to put...

Frameworks like Django use advanced Python features to provide devs with the magical tools they know and love. In this live-coded talk we’ll take a look at a couple of Django snippets that use descriptors under the hood and we’ll use them as motivating examples for why Python needs descriptors....

The idea of this talk is to present descriptors to an audience that is familiar with how properties work in Python. # Abstract Descriptors are one of those things that many don't even bother to learn because they look confusing. Thankfully for you, I figured out how descriptors work 20 minutes...

In this hands-on tutorial, we go over the basic steps needed to create a programming language like Python, from scratch. Aimed at curious people that have no experience writing interpreters or compilers, this workshop follows the steps needed to implement a programming language from scratch: 1....