Business Development Engineering New Features Python general
See in schedule: Thu, Jul 29, 10:00-10:30 CEST (30 min) Download/View SlidesPython has come a long way since it was created in 1989. The talk will look into the current state, upcoming changes and explore possibilities for its future development, both at a language and application level.
The talk looks at Python's development from a higher level point of view, using a more business oriented approach and analyzing the perspective from a corporate C-level user.
It's an updated version of the talk I've given at Driving IT 2020 and include more recent developments: https://ida.dk/viden-og-netvaerk/videoer-fra-ida/kategorisider/videoer-it-og-innovation/driving-it-talks-thoughts-on-the-future-of-python
Type: Talk (30 mins); Python level: Beginner; Domain level: Beginner
Marc-Andre is the CEO and founder of eGenix.com, a Python-focused project and consulting company based in Germany. He has a degree in mathematics from the University of Düsseldorf.
His work with and for Python started in 1994. In 1997, he became a Python Core Developer. He designed and implemented the Unicode support in Python and continued to maintain the Python Unicode implementation for more than a decade, after it first appeared in Python 2.0. He also authored the well-known mx Extensions, e.g. mxTextTools, mxDateTime and mxODBC, which are now distributed and maintained through eGenix.com.
Marc-Andre currently is Chair of the EuroPython Society (EPS) which organizes the EuroPython conference series and support the Python community in Europe.
He is also a founding member and Fellow of the Python Software Foundation (PSF) and has served on the PSF Board several times.
Today, Marc-Andre spends most of his time consulting and managing large-scale customer projects heavily relying on Python and databases. More details are available on http://www.malemburg.com/.
