[TriPython] TriPython December 2016 Meeting: Deploying Serverless WSGI Apps with Zapp

[Chris Calloway]

Big news. We are consolidating our Durham meeting locations into one: 
Caktus Group. Both the third Monday project nights and our trimonthly 
Durham featured speaker meetings will now be in the same place. This 
will make explaining our meeting locations and times much simpler. 
Thanks, Caktus!

http://tripython.org/Members/cbc/dec-16-mtg/

When: Thursday, December 15, 7pm
Where: Caktus Group, 108 Morris St., Durham
What: Brian Elliott Jinwright says, "Ok I lied there are servers, but 
you (the developer) don't have to manage them. By using a combination of 
AWS services like Lambda, API Gateway, CloudFront, and Route53 you can 
deploy globally scalable WSGI apps. In addition, to replacing WSGI app 
servers, you can also use Zappa and Lambda to replace most Celery 
tasks." Brian is a Senior Software Engineer at MetaMetrics in Durham. 
Most of his time is spent working on education tools that help match 
students with appropriate text for their reading level and just beyond. 
Recently, Brian has taken on a new role exploring options to reduce 
server costs and deployment turn around times. He is a core committer 
for the Zappa project. Extemporaneous "lightning talks" of 5-10 minute 
duration are also welcome and don't need to be pre-announced. This will 
be our first monthly meeting at our Durham location, the same place 
we've been meeting for Durham project nights for a few years now, Caktus 
Group. Park in the municipal deck on the other side of the Arts Council 
across W. Morgan St. The meeting will be followed by our usual 
after-meeting at a nearby tavern for food and beverage. Come join us for 
a fun and informative evening.

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Sincerely,

Chris Calloway, Applications Analyst
UNC Renaissance Computing Institute
100 Europa Drive, Suite 540, Chapel Hill, NC 27517
(919) 599-3530