Thursday 11 a.m.–12:30 p.m. in Room 23

Deploy Your Python Apps Quickly with Heroku

Ian Stapleton Cordesco

Description

A crash course on deploying Python applications to Heroku. We'll take a pre-made Django app, spin it up locally, then deploy it to Heroku. We'll then go over the tools that Heroku provides for managing your applications.

Abstract

This tutorial will present a hands-on, step-by-step process of deploying Python applications to Heroku. Topics covered: - A brief history of web application deployment - An in-depth overview of the Twelve-Factor application methodology - An explanation of Heroku’s place in the deployment ecosystem - Local development environment setup and configuration - The step-by-step process of deploying a simple Django application to Heroku - An overview of Heroku management tools and services Prerequisites — This tutorial assumes these basic prerequisites: - POSIX development environment (OSX, Linux) - Working knowledge of Web Frameworks - Working knowledge of Python - Working knowledge of Git - Windows users are welcome to attend the tutorial, but this is only recommended for users familiar with using Git and Python in that environment. - I will try to be accommodating as possible to newcomers, but not at the expense of the other attendees.