#185 Creating a Python 3 Culture at Facebook

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English - November 09, 2018 08:00 - 1 hour - 38.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 418 ratings
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Do you or your team maintain a large Python 2 code base? Would you like to move to Python 3 but there's just too much in place keeping you on legacy Python? Then you will definitely enjoy this story from Jason Fried. He created a grassroots campaign to move Facebook's massive Python 2 codebase to Python 3 and he made Python 3 part of the culture. There are lessons here for every listener.

Links from the show

PyCon 2018 talk: youtube.com

PyOhio 2016 talk: youtube.com

Instagram Keynote: youtube.com

Python 3 Statement: python3statement.org

Python 2 Death Clock: pythonclock.org

Anthony's Python 2 to 3 course: pluralsight.com

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