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New year python meme, 2012
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:date: 07-01-2013
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This series, also known as "`Tarek Ziadé <http://ziade.org>`_ strikes again",
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is a good occasion to take a look back at 2012 and see what I've done related
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to python. So, let's try.
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**1. What’s the coolest Python application, framework or library you have
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discovered in 2012 ?**
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I discovered `Pyramid
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<http://docs.pylonsproject.org/en/latest/docs/pyramid.html>`_ this year and
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quite enjoyed it. I like the way they bring back some nice concepts on the
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table, and how they compete with other frameworks. That's nicely decomposed and
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everything fits together really well. I learned a bit about its internal
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routing mechanism when working on `Cornice <http://cornice.rtfd.org>`_, and
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it's really well done.
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**2. What new programming technique did you learn in 2012 ?**
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I learned about asynchronous programming, something I wasn't really aware of.
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(Yes, that's a shame). This was really helpful to understand some bits of
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`Circus <http://circus.io>`_. I also started to learn about some related
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concepts present in `go <http://golang.org>`_ or in `erlang
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<http://erlang.org>`_ with `the actor model
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<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Actor_model>`_
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**3. Which open source project did you contribute to the most in 2012 ? What did
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you do ?**
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I worked a bunch on `Cornice <http://cornice.rtfd.org>`_ and `Circus
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<http://circus.io>`_, not as much as I would like, but that was two really
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interesting projects. For Cornice, I completely `refactored the internals
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<http://blog.notmyidea.org/refactoring-cornice.html>`_ back in May, and since
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that, I added support for `SPORE <https://github.com/SPORE/specifications>`_
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and am currently working on porting it to Python 3 and adding support for `CORS
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<http://www.w3.org/TR/cors/>`_. For Circus, I worked on the web interface and
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on other bits of the projects related to stats.
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I didn't contributed that much to `Pelican <http://getpelican.com>`_, mainly
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because I'm less excited about it than I was previously: the project is
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working and needs to focus more on code quality than features. We started in
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this direction, hopefully it will pay-off; but I committed a lot less code than
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previously.
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**4. Which Python blog or website did you read the most in 2012 ?**
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I really don't know. I found some interesting python-related news on `hacker
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news <http://news.ycombinator.com/>`_ and on the printed version as well,
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`hacker monthly <http://hackermonthly.com/>`_. Twitter and IRC got me some
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interesting articles as well.
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**5. What are the three top things you want to learn in 2013 ?**
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On the computer science side, I want to learn more about other paradigms, maybe
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in other languages. I like python, but I want to learn about other concepts,
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maybe some of them don't really fit with python.
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For instance, I don't know that much about pattern matching or about the actor
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model. Well I know what it is, but I would like to make good use of them in
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order to have something nice and useful.
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Also, I want to learn how to make a product. From scratch. Which means
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designing, implementing and maintaining something. Maybe this will be the case
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with `daybed <https://github.com/spiral-project/daybed>`_ ? Who knows.
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I want to get better at building communities. Working with others is something
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that can be complex and quite hard sometimes. I want to learn how to handle
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this better.
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On the other side, I want to learn about tons of other non-tech things: taking
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pictures, finding a good balance between life and work, working with children,
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teaching and animating workshops, writing articles, be better at reading (being
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critic when I'm thinking!).
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**6. What is the top software, application or library you wish someone would
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write in 2013 ?**
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The one missing thing, IMO, is a **good** webmail reader, in python. One we
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could contribute to, one we could write features for, and one that could come
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and compete with gmail, in term of features of UI.
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However, most of the time, I'm just impressed by the new ideas that come from
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others. I would like to have a library to handle the actor model in a nice way
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in Python, I would like to see packaging fixed in python :-)
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Want to do your own list? Here's how:
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* copy-paste the questions and answer to them in your blog
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* tweet it with the #2012pythonmeme hashtag
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