PyCon US Courses

From 0 to 60 in 2,592,000 Seconds

Discover strategies for creating an effective and scalable onboarding process for new engineers, ensuring quick integration and fair treatment within the team.

• YouTube
• 21 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Docker and Python - Making Them Play Nicely and Securely for Data Science and ML

Docker best practices for data science and machine learning: optimizing image builds, ensuring security, and implementing efficient deployment workflows for data-intensive applications.

• YouTube
• 40 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

How Multilingual Is Your NLP Model?

Explore multilingual NLP challenges, language identification techniques, and BERT's capabilities for handling diverse linguistic data in the evolving landscape of global communication.

• YouTube
• 45 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Practical Privacy-Preserving Machine Learning in Python

Explore privacy-preserving machine learning techniques in Python, including federated learning and encrypted data algorithms, to build accurate models while protecting user privacy.

• YouTube
• 19 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

How to Build an Intelligent Indoor Garden

Learn to create an automated indoor garden system using sensors, microcontrollers, and CircuitPython. Explore web app development, Raspberry Pi setup, and IoT data analysis for plant care automation.

• YouTube
• 28 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Big O No - Django ORM Runtime Complexity and How to Avoid It Using LATERAL JOINS

Optimize Django ORM queries using SQL aggregations and LATERAL JOINs to solve N+1 query problems and improve performance in complex data retrieval scenarios, especially for GraphQL and REST APIs.

• YouTube
• 16 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

The Limitations and Danger of Facial Recognition

Explores ethical concerns, biases, and societal impacts of facial recognition technology, emphasizing the need for responsible development and deployment in various applications.

• YouTube
• 27 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

If Statements Are a Code Smell

Explore techniques to replace complex conditional logic with simple Python classes, improving code readability and maintainability through object-oriented principles and polymorphism.

• YouTube
• 31 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Function Dissection Lab - Learn How Functions Work

Explore Python function internals, including argument handling, variable scoping, and bytecode. Gain deeper understanding of function objects and their attributes.

• YouTube
• 28 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

The Joy of Creating Art with Code

Explore the fusion of art and code through generative algorithms, creating autonomous aesthetic forms using Processing and PyCairo. Learn about randomness, shapes, and advanced techniques like fractals and genetic algorithms.

• YouTube
• 32 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Write Less and Test More with Data Regression Testing

Explore data regression testing with pytest-regressions to enhance test completeness for complex data structures, simplifying testing of datasets, objects, and APIs.

• YouTube
• 32 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Building Interactive Applications for Image Data

Interactive Python tools for image processing, combining Dash for web apps and scikit-image for advanced algorithms. Explore, annotate, and analyze scientific and business images efficiently.

• YouTube
• 29 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Python in High Energy Physics

Explore Python's growing role in High Energy Physics, from its adoption and key libraries to its impact on data analysis and machine learning in particle physics research.

• YouTube
• 31 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Using Python to Detect Vulnerabilities in Binaries

Explore Python-based CVE Binary Tool for detecting software vulnerabilities. Learn its functionality, usage, and contribute to enhancing cybersecurity for all.

• YouTube
• 24 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

A Guide to Unicode

Demystifying Unicode: Learn its history, concepts, and practical implementation in Python, including handling text, encodings, and special characters.

• YouTube
• 44 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk