Eric Matthes
Eric is the author of Python Crash Course from No Starch Press. He also writes a weekly newsletter called Mostly Python. He is the maintainer of django-simple-deploy, which automates deployment of Django projects to a variety of platforms.
Eric was a math and science teacher for many years. He is now a full time writer and programmer.
Session
Deployment has been a notorious sticking point in Django for a long time now. django-simple-deploy
offers a simple, reliable way to carry out successful deployments to a variety of platforms, the first time you try. The plugin model makes it possible to collect our shared wisdom around deployment, and to support a growing number of hosting platforms as well. This talk will explore how django-simple-deploy
works, what platforms it currently supports, and how you can contribute to its growing plugin ecosystem.