[ADD] Adding blog post describing pydelhi conf 2017. (#16)

* [ADD] Adding blog post describing PyDelhi conf 2017. Mr. Daniel Foerster (#python-offtopic), Mr. Dhavan Vaidya, Mr. Sayan Chowdhury, Mr. Trent Buck (twb@#emacs).

Author: ultimatecoder

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+title: "PyDelhi Conf 2017: A beautiful conference happened in New Delhi, India"
+date: "2017-07-21 18:14:03 +0530"
+tag:
+  - python
+  - conference
+  - django
+  - talks
+---
+
+![PyDelhi Conf
+2017]({{site.url}}/assets/images/pydelhi_conf_2017/group_photo.jpg)
+
+## TL;DR
+
+[PyDelhi conf 2017][pydelhi_conf_2017] was a two-day conference which featured
+workshops, dev sprints, both full-length and lightning talks. There were
+workshop sessions without any extra charges. Delhiites should not miss the
+chance to attend this conference in future. I conducted a workshop titled
+**“Tango with Django”** helping beginners to understand the Django web
+framework.
+
+
+## Detailed Review
+
+
+### About the [PyDelhi community][pydelhi_community]
+
+
+![PyDelhi
+Community]({{site.url}}/assets/images/pydelhi_conf_2017/pydelhi_community.jpg)
+
+<p class="center"> PyDelhi conf 2017 volunteers </p>
+
+The [PyDelhi community][pydelhi_community] was known as NCR Python Users Group
+before few years. This community is performing a role of an umbrella
+organization for other FLOSS communities across New Delhi, India. They are
+actively arranging monthly [meetups][pydelhi_meetup] on interesting topics. Last
+[PyCon India](https://in.pycon.org/2016/) which is a national level conference
+of Python programming language was impressively organized by this community.
+This year too they took the responsibility of managing it. I am very thankful to
+this community for their immense contribution to this society. If you are around
+New Delhi, India then you should not miss the chance to attend their
+[meetups][pydelhi_meetup]. This community has great people who are always happy
+to mentor.
+
+
+### [PyDelhi conf 2017][pydelhi_conf_2017]
+
+
+![Conference T-shirt]({{site.url}}/assets/images/pydelhi_conf_2017/t_shirt.jpg)
+
+<p class="center"> Conference T-shirt </p>
+
+PyDelhi conf is a regional level conference of Python programming language
+organized by PyDelhi community. It is their second year organizing this
+conference. Last year it was located at [JNU University](http://www.jnu.ac.in).
+This year it happened at [IIM, Lucknow](https://www.iiml.ac.in/) campus based in
+Noida, New Delhi, India. I enjoyed various talks which I will mention later
+here, a workshops section because I was conducting one and some panel
+discussions because people involved were having a good level of experience. 80%
+of the time slot was divided equally between 30 minutes talk and 2-hour workshop
+section.  10% were given to panel discussions and 10% was reserved for lightning
+talks.  The dev sprints were happening in parallel with the conference. The
+early slot was given to workshops for both the days. One large conference hall
+was located on a 2nd floor of the building and two halls at the ground floor.
+Food and beverages were served on the base floor.
+
+![Panel discussion]({{site.url}}/assets/images/pydelhi_conf_2017/pannel_disussion.jpg)
+
+<p class="center"> Panel Discussion </p>
+
+![Desk]({{site.url}}/assets/images/pydelhi_conf_2017/desk.jpg)
+
+<p class="center"> Registration desk </p>
+
+![Lunch]({{site.url}}/assets/images/pydelhi_conf_2017/lunch.jpg)
+
+<p class="center"> Tea break </p>
+
+
+### Keynote speakers
+
+
+![Mr. Richardo Rocha]({{site.url}}/assets/images/pydelhi_conf_2017/ricardo.jpg)
+
+* [**Mr. Ricardo Rocha:**](
+  https://www.linkedin.com/in/ricardo-rocha-739aa718/?ppe=1) Mr. Rocha is a
+  software engineer at [CERN][cern]. I got some time to talk with him
+  post-conference. We discussed his responsibilities at [CERN][cern]. I was
+  impressed when he explained how he is managing infrastructure with his team.
+  On inquiring opportunities available at [CERN][cern] he mentioned that the
+  organization is always looking for the talented developers.  New grads can
+  keep an eye on various Summer Internship Programs which are very similar to
+  Google Summer of Code program.
+
+![Mr. Chris Stucchio]({{site.url}}/assets/images/pydelhi_conf_2017/chris.jpg)
+
+* [**Mr. Chris Stucchio:**](https://www.chrisstucchio.com/) Mr. Stucchio is
+  director of Data Science at [Wingify/ VWO](https://vwo.com/). I found him
+  physically fit compared to other software developers (mostly of India). I
+  didn’t get much time to have a word with him.
+
+
+### Interesting Talks
+
+Because I took the wrong metro train, I was late for the inaugural ceremony. I
+also missed a keynote given by Mr. Rocha. Below talks were impressively
+presented at the conference.
+
+* [**Let’s talk about GIL by Mr. Amit Kumar:**](
+  https://youtu.be/CwTnUvHo6d8?list=PL3Aq1JLV2oFZFzSGsDUcc6BieBEvUDzJg)
+  [Mr. Kumar](http://iamit.in/) discussed various ways to trace threads first and
+  then moved the track towards Global Interpreter Lock. He described why the GIL
+  is important in [CPython][cpython].
+
+* [**Concurrency in Python 3.0 world - Oh my! by Mr. Anand Pillai:**](
+  https://youtu.be/QCZ31d9dqF4?list=PL3Aq1JLV2oFZFzSGsDUcc6BieBEvUDzJg)
+  [Mr. Pillai][mr_anand] is well experienced in programming using Python
+  language. I like getting his advices on various programming topics. He
+  explained how [async][async] IO can be leveraged to boost your programs. I got
+  few correct references on understanding latest API of the [async][async]
+  library.
+
+
+* [**Property based testing 101 by Aniket
+  Maithani:**](https://youtu.be/n5xUTcsrRns) I always enjoy chit chatting with
+  [Mr. Maithani](http://www.aniketmaithani.net/) during conferences. He has
+  jolly nature and always prepared with one liner. He discussed various
+  strategies for generating demo data for test cases. I was amazed by his
+  references, tips and tricks for generating test data.
+
+I love discussing with people rather than sit in on sessions. With that
+ace-reason, I always lose some important talks presented at the conference. I do
+not forget to watch them once they are publicly available. This year I missed
+following talks.
+
+* [**Optimizing Django for building high-performance systems by Mr. Sanyam
+  Khurana**](https://youtu.be/I41LTEWzluU)
+
+* [**Mocking in Python by Mr. Saurabh Kumar**](https://youtu.be/xo9QhfaefzY)
+
+
+### Volunteer Party
+
+I got a warm invitation by the organizers to join the volunteer party, but I was
+little tensed about my session happening on the next day. So, I decided to go
+home and improve the slides. I heard from friends that the party was awesome!
+
+
+### My workshop session
+
+![Tango with Django]({{site.url}}/assets/images/pydelhi_conf_2017/talk_2.jpg)
+
+<p class="center"> Me conducting workshop </p>
+
+I conducted a workshop on Django web framework. “Tango with Django” was chosen
+as a title with a thought of attracting beginners. I believe this title is
+already a name of famous book solving the same purpose.
+
+
+* [Slides](https://www.slideshare.net/jaysinhp/tango-with-django-78119081)
+
+* [Video Youtube](https://youtu.be/jr6LWM7Yquk)
+
+
+### Dev sprints
+
+![Dev sprints]({{site.url}}/assets/images/pydelhi_conf_2017/devsprint.jpg)
+
+<p class="center"> Me hacking at dev sprints section </p>
+
+The dev sprints were happening parallel with the conference.  [Mr.
+Pillai][mr_anand] was representing
+[Junction](https://github.com/pythonindia/junction). I decided to test few
+issues of [CPython][cpython] but didn’t do much. There were a bunch of people
+hacking but didn’t find anything interesting. The quality of chairs was so an
+impressive that I have decided to buy the same for my home office.
+
+
+### Why attend this conference?
+
+* **Free Workshops:** The conference has great slot of talks and workshops.
+  Workshops are being conducted by field experts without expecting any other
+  fees. This can be one of the great advantages you leverage from this
+  conference.
+
+* **Student discounts:** If you are a student then you will receive a discount
+  on the conference ticket.
+
+* **Beginner friendly platform:** If you are novice speaker than you will get
+  mentorship from this community. You can conduct a session for beginners.
+
+* **Networking:** You will find senior employees of tech giants, owner of
+  innovative start-ups and professors from well-known universities participating
+  in this conference.  It can be a good opportunity for you to network with
+  them.
+
+
+### What was missing?
+
+* **Lecture hall arrangement:** It was difficult to frequently travel to the
+  second floor and come back to the ground floor. I found most people were
+  spending their time on the ground floor rather than attending talks going on
+  upstairs.
+
+* **No corporate stalls:** Despite having corporate sponsors like Microsoft I
+  didn’t find any stall of any company.
+
+* **The venue for dev sprints:** The rooms were designed for teleconference
+  containing circularly arranged wooden tables. This was not creating a
+  collaborative environment. Involved projects were not frequently promoted
+  during the conference.
+
+
+### Thank you PyDelhi community!
+
+I would like to thank all the known, unknown volunteers who performed their best
+in arranging this conference. I am encouraging [PyDelhi][pydelhi_community]
+community for keep organizing such an affable conference.
+
+* [Conference Photos](https://www.flickr.com/groups/pydelhi/)
+
+* [Talk videos](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3Aq1JLV2oFZFzSGsDUcc6BieBEvUDzJg)
+
+
+###### Proofreaders: [Mr. Daniel Foerster](https://medium.com/@pydsigner), [Mr.
+Dhavan Vaidya](http://codingquark.com/), [Mr. Sayan
+Chowdhury](https://sayanchowdhury.dgplug.org/), [Mr. Trent
+Buck](https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/TrentBuck)
+
+[pydelhi_conf_2017]:https://conference.pydelhi.org
+[pydelhi_community]:https://pydelhi.org/
+[pydelhi_meetup]:http://wwww.meetup.com/pydelhi
+[cern]:https://home.cern/
+[mr_anand]:https://youtu.be/I41LTEWzluU
+[cpython]:https://github.com/python/cpython
+[async]:https://docs.python.org/3/library/asyncio.html