[PyCon 2018] This is a very interesting topics to be one step closer to a Python-guru #python

pycon-2018.md

solve your problem with sloppy python

who's it for?

• you, you, and only you
• not professional
• not checked in

the rules

• fail early and noisily
• stop wrting shell scripts
• have fun

guidelines

• 3.6, f-string
• try automating even more
• try new lib/tech (controversy)

deep dive

mass rename

• use hard links to backup (only while renaming)

provision

• packages
• sublime_text
• ssh known keys
• fonts
• copy over todo lists, personal data
• configure tmux, zsh (fish for mine)
• configure "nemo" as default file manager
• download and build current python 2 and 3
• -------------install -------------------- docs Ref: https://github.com/larryhastings/pyweek24/blob/master/install.my.sincerest.apologies.on.ubuntu.17.10.py

audio download, decant

• make random-named dir
• os.system("unzip " + zipfile)
• flatten_directory(), remove the tree and put all of the files at the root level
• read_all_metadata(), if we have all the metadata we need:

• titlecase and clean up artist / album / title
• rename media files to your fav pattern
• create audio playlist file M3U : "{artist} - {album}.m3u"
• rename directory to "artist - album"

survey

Custom data format: matter= year= month= day= five part story

tips

Don't use: os.system(), this is deprecated, you have to fail early and often, os.system() don't fail early and often, if it fails the remaining Python script still runs :v the command that return anything non-zero should be failed, should stop right immediately.

def run(s):
	subprocess.run(s, check=True, shell=True)

shell=True for piping and sudo