Hey NEWPATH! This is the Python rapid development talk. I will be here for the whole time to answer any questions about tools and stuff, but you'll mostly be working with each other (in teams) to do the task below.

Feel free to get started on the 'Getting Setup' section before the meeting starts, or while I am talking at the beginning.

$ # to get started, clone the repo and enter it
$ git clone https://github.com/buckmaxwell/pic-picker.git
$ cd pic-picker
$
$ # now make sure you have python installed
$ sudo apt-get install python
$
$ # then install pip, the python package manager
$ sudo apt-get install python-pip
$
$ # install and activate a virtualenv
$ sudo pip install virtualenv
$ virtualenv venv
$ source venv/bin/activate
$
$ # Now install the requirements
$ pip install -r requirements.txt
$
$ # Run the project locally
$ python app.py 
$ 

Nice! Visit http:https://localhost:5000?search=Tina+Belcher to see if you're up and running.

1. Create a team of 2 to 3 developers, 3m
2. Read the task, 5m
3. Read the tips, 2m
4. Get started, 25m
5. Discussion, 15m

The task is simple(ish), but the client who assigned it doesn't seem to quite know what they want.

From the conversations you've had with them you know they need a RESTful API that when given text, returns an image. While they haven't explicitly said it, you are aware that almost every image being queried for, and in their existing database, is an image from an animated show or movie. There are not very many images in the existing database (but the client often refers to it as "big data").

The API you build will be called by mobile app, built by other developers. You have not talked to them before, and have been told they live in a different country.

Aside from these things, which you know from meeting with the client, you also have a list of "deliverables" from the client which you must produce.

• Build an API that returns a matching picture for some text
• Do not include NSFW results
• Always return results
• Results must be good

At any time you can ask the client (me) questions. We will discuss your solution after 25 minutes.

Here are some tips to help you on your way.

• You've only got 25 minutes. That's not enough time to do whatever you have in mind.
• Arguing over implementation is a luxury you might not have
• If you use your team well, it's like you have 75 minutes
• Do a good enough job to get a second meeting

• Data -- a folder with the images the client currently has
• app.py -- a bootstrap file (place to start)
• Python 2.7 Documentation
• Flask Documentation
• HTTP Requests Library Documentation
  • The requests library is not necessarily needed, but could come in handy