[Wylug-discuss] West Yorkshire Python Group Meeting - Thurs. 10 May - Leeds

[Peter Russell]

== West Yorkshire Python User Group Meeting - Thursday 10 May ==

= Talk: The Twisted Toolbox - Simon Davy =

There are many asynchronous networking libraries for Python, but
Twisted has been around the longest by far. Although it suffers from a
mixed reputation (some deserved, some not), it has one killer
capability that no other async framework has - it's protocol library.
Nearly all standard Internet protocols come implemented out-of-the-box
on twisted, and when you need it, it's just brilliant.

We will look at a simple in-memory SMTP and IMAP server written to
speed up acceptance test runs involving email. This will include
implementing Twisted SMTP and IMAP interfaces, as well as
Twisted.cred, the AUTHN/Z framework.

This talk will not assume any prior knowledge of Twisted, but will aim
to make the case that in this use case, Twisted is hard to beat.

= Date and Time=

Thursday 10 May, talk from 7:30pm.

If you want to arrive before the talk, the venue will be open from
about 6.30. We will be finished by 9, and we will be going to the pub
afterwards.

= Location =

Old Broadcasting House
148 Woodhouse Lane
Leeds
LS2 9EN

We will be holding the talk in the boardroom at the back of the ground
floor of the building. If you arrive late we may not hear the
doorbell, so please phone Peter on 07763 570 860.

= About the Group =

The West Yorkshire Python User Group (WYPy) have been meeting monthly
since 2007. Our meetings are free, and usually include at least one
talk, as well as a trip to the pub.

Our website is at http://wypy.org.uk . We discuss our meetings on the
Python Yorkshire and Humberside Google Group
http://groups.google.com/group/python-yorks-humber/ and you can also
follow us on Twitter at @WYPython.