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Why you should care about types: How Python typing helped my team scale

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Channel: PyCon AU · 2018 · Education

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Luka Sterbic

https://2018.pycon-au.org/talks/45224-why-you-should-care-about-types-how-python-typing-helped-my-team-scale/

By now you have probably all heard about Python static typing. But why should you care? Are types in Python even Pythonic? Is Python turning into Java? In this talk I’ll try to answer these questions and explain how type annotations helped my team scale 4x and make developers happier.

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This video is licensed under CC BY 3.0 AU - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/

PyCon Australia (“PyCon AU”) is the national conference for the Python Programming Community, bringing together professional, student and enthusiast developers with a love for developing with Python.

PyCon AU, the national Python Language conference, is on again this August in Sydney, at the International Convention Centre, Sydney, August 24 - 28 2018.

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