Top 10 Highlights From PyCon India 2013
1. A lot of people use IPython Notebooks.
2. A lot of people use Python for Data Analysis, and Scientific Computing, and especially Machine Learning.
3. Python is up and coming, it's used increasingly in production, and people love its simplicity and elegance.
4. Web Frameworks like Django and Flask are popular. The former being an all-in-one solution and the latter a light weight get-your-app-running-in-five-minutes type.
5. Some people are targeting python early in education, and are campaigning towards a notion of fun and easy coding for kids. It's already part of School Syllabus in CBSE, and some parents are worried about this.
6. Python is diverse in its capabilities, from telephony to robotics, and even to predict black swan events!
7. People are hiring if you are capable of conversing in python. (shouldn't take an awful lot of time thanks to its simplicity)
8. The Tee Shirt sizes were properly thought out, mine fit me!
9. Students of India are an enthusiastic lot, so are the corporates. Enthusiasm was everywhere.
10. Python, although gaining more popularity by the day, is still not being used in highly scalable, and time-efficient systems.
