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Python in Brasil

Luciano Ramalho

Associação Python Brasil

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Brasil is big● Territory larger than the continental USA● Population larger than Russia● Thousands of miles of beaches where you can swim

year-round

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Brasil is complex● The only country in Latin America where Spanish

is not spoken; we speak Portuguese● Belindia: islands of Belgium in a sea of India● THX-cineplexes & slums

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The market● Brazilian Federal Government is a heavy user of

Plone● Presidency, Congress, several ministries

● Serpro, the IT arm of the Brazilian Treasury, uses Plone in it's portal and Python in some systems

● IDGnow, the largest IT news portal runs Plone● No known large corporate users except for media● Some small software companies are switching from

Delphi to Python

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World-class Brazilian Pythonistas● Some world-class Python users have software

development teams in Brasil● Google, Nokia, Canonical, Mandriva

● Several Brazilian Python programmers telecommute to companies in Europe and the US

● Core developers in large Python OSS projects● Python (1)● Plone (4)● Zope (1)

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The community: origins● The year 2000 was key● Mailing lists about Python and Zope created● First FISL

● Fórum Internacional do Software Livre● International Free Softwar Forum● One of the largest OSS conferences in the world

● Aproximately 5000 attendees in recent years● The leading voices met face to face

● friendships and a will to work together were born

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The community: assets● PythonBrasil.com.br

● A Moin-moin wiki● Tchezope.org

● A Plone portal● Mailing lists

● Python-brasil, zope-pt, django-brasil, pyscience-brasil, pygtk-brasil

● PyCon Brasil

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The community: numbers● Attendance at our PyCons

● From 50 to 300 since 2005● Main mailing lists (growth in the last 10 months)

● Python: 2276 to 2847, up 25%● Zope: 965 to 1039, up 7%● Django: 408 to 945, up 132%

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PyCon Brasil● 2005: Campinas, SP● 2006: Brasília, DF● 2007: Joinville, SC● 2008: Rio de Janeiro, RJ● 2009: Caxias do Sul, RS● 2010: undecided● Usually held at a university campus

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PyCon Brasil 2008● Rio de Janeiro● Aproximately 300 attendees● Several high-visibility sponsors● First time we invited international speakers

● Bruce Eckel● Alexander Limi, co-founder of Plone

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Associação Python Brasil● Incorporated in 2007● Certified non-profit (org.br)● Democratic and transparent governance● Yearly elecions for directors and council● Enabled sponsorships

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Come to Brasil!● We will continue to invite international speakers

● Do something cool, get voted, get invited, come!● We welcome international speakers, sprinters and

participants● But get a Visa if you are American or Canadian

(reciprocity, sorry abou that)● Talk to anyone who's been to Brasil and you will know

how welcome you will be● Paul Everitt, Bruce Eckel, Alexander Limi, Nate Aune,

Shane Hathaway, Alan Runyan

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