Python is a wonderful programming language that is often underestimated because it's so clear and simple. Oftentimes people mistake this simplicity for being too simple for real-programs. After all, you didn't even struggle to get your program to link against an incompatible static library or battle a DLL version mismatch in your Python app today did you?



Usually we find this simple and clear programming language to be powerful and fast. But what happens when it's not fast enough? Do you have to stop and rewrite it in C, C#, or Java?



Well before you do something drastic, Mike Mueller is here to teach us the techniques and steps to determine why our Python programs might be slow and give us some tips to make them faster.



Links from the show:



PyCon Talk by Mike: youtube.com/watch?v=JDSGVvMwNM8

SnakeViz Project: jiffyclub.github.io/snakeviz

line_profiler: pypi.io/project/line_profiler

Pympler mem profiler: pypi.io/project/Pympler

memory_profiler: pypi.io/project/memory_profiler

Python Academy (Mike's company): python-academy.com

xonsh: xonsh.org

Article: Amazon found every 100ms of latency cost them 1% in sales:

highscalability.com/latency-everywhere-and-it-costs-you-sales-how-crush-it



Stitcher and Talk Python Podcast: A Farewell Letter:

blog.michaelckennedy.net

The Course Everyone New to Python Desperately Needs to Take:

datadependence.com/2016/07/write-pythonic-code-like-a-seasoned-developer


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