Monday

Objectives

• Understand the structure and uses of the Deque data structure
• Generate the basic structure for our learning journal project
• Understand how to start a Pyramid project
• Get familiar with how Pyramid works at a high level
• Learn the way that database sessions are connected to the request/response cycle in Pyramid

Readings

• Request Processing in Pyramid
• Routes and URL Dispatch in Pyramid
• View Callables in Pyramid

Review

Concepts

• Deque
  • Definition
  • Motivation
  • Attributes
  • Operations
• Python Web Frameworks in the Wild
  • Frameworks We Teach
  • The Wider World of Python Frameworks
• Getting Started With Pyramid
  • Installation
  • Writing a “Hello World” App
  • Using cookiecutter to Create a Scaffold
  • Pyramid is Python
  • Routes and The MVC Controller
  • Testing Your Pyramid App
  • Recap
• Deploying Pyramid to Heroku
  • Heroku’s Environment
  • Heroku Build Needs
  • Set Up Heroku and Deploy
  • Cleaning Up the Edges
  • Only Once You Start Using Postgres

Demo

Deploy a Pyramid Starter App to Heroku

Assignments

• Implement a Deque in Python
• Python Learning Journal: Step 1
• Group Project: Pitch Ideas
• Algorithm Analysis
• Today I learned...
• Technical Blog Post: Outline a Post (due Friday)