Resource hub
Learn more about Pants and related topics from these talks, posts and podcasts featuring Pants contributors and users.
Talks
EuroPython 2021
"Python monorepos: what, why and how"
July 30, 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4stnR1gCR4
https://speakerdeck.com/benjyw/python-monorepos-what-why-and-how-europython-2021
A discussion of the advantages of monorepos for Python codebases, and the kinds of tooling and processes we can use to make working in a Python monorepo effective.
Build Meetup
"Faster Incremental Builds with Speculation"
June 24, 2021
https://meetup.build/
Djangocon Europe
"Managing Multiple Django Services in a Single Repo"
June 3, 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Glillzb_TqQ
https://cfp.2021.djangocon.eu/2021/talk/CTXYZE/
Pyninsula Meetup
"Effective Python Monorepos with the Pants Build System"
May 25, 2021
https://youtu.be/a15T-D-f9a8?t=1225 (starts at timestamp 20:25)
Pycon US
"Creating Extensible Workflows With Off-Label Use of Python"
May 14, 2021
https://youtu.be/HA5gzP4Ncao
https://speakerdeck.com/benjyw/creating-extensible-workflows-with-off-label-use-of-python
A dive into how Pants 2 benefits from making unconventional use of certain Python 3 features.
"Cuándo Usar Extensiones Nativas en Rust: Rendimiento Accesible y Seguro"
May 14, 2021
https://youtu.be/gMFY0uUQexE
https://speakerdeck.com/ericarellano/cuando-usar-extensiones-nativas-en-rust-rendimiento-accesible-y-seguro
Cuando hay problemas de rendimiento, las extensiones nativas de Python se empoderan para mejorar el rendimiento del "critical path", y también seguir usando Python y evitar una reinscripción costosa.
Pycon Israel
"Python Monorepos: What, Why, and How"
May 3, 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6ENyH4_r8U
https://speakerdeck.com/benjyw/python-monorepos-what-why-and-how
SF Python Meetup
"How the Pants Build System Leverages Python 3 Features"
May 13, 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLyW6oAExW0
https://speakerdeck.com/benjyw/how-the-pants-build-system-leverages-python-3-features
Podcasts
Humans of Devops
Season 3, Episode 69: The Curse of Knowledge
March 7, 2022
https://audioboom.com/posts/8043212-the-curse-of-knowledge-with-eric-arellano-and-nick-grisafi
Pants core maintainer Eric Arellano and Pants contributor Nick Grisafi discuss what Pants team has learned from philosophical concepts such as The Curse of Knowledge, Beginners Mind, and The Power of the Outsider.
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Episode 352: Simplify And Scale Your Software Development Cycles By Putting On Pants (Build Tool)
February 14, 2022
https://www.pythonpodcast.com/pants-software-development-lifecycle-tool-episode-352/
Pants core maintainers Stu Hood, Eric Arellano, and Andreas Stenius guest.
Software Engineering Daily
Build Tools with Benjy Weinberger
January 17, 2022
https://softwareengineeringdaily.com/2022/01/17/build-tools-with-benjy-weinberger/
Semaphore Uncut
Episode 33: Monorepo and Building at Scale
April 13, 2021
https://semaphoreci.com/blog/monorepo-building-at-scale
Pants core maintainer Benjy Weinberger guests.
Angelneers
Episode 28: Shifting Build Execution Paradigm
February 12, 2021
https://angelneers.com/podcast/28-shifting-build-execution-paradigm/
Pants core maintainer Benjy Weinberger guests.
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Episode 290: Pants Has Got Your Python Monorepo Covered
November 23, 2020
https://www.pythonpodcast.com/pants-monorepo-build-tool-episode-290/
Pants core maintainers Stu Hood and Eric Arellano guest.
YouTube
Pants Build project's official channel
Home: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCcfCbDqtqlCkFEuENsHlbQ
Pants Build 2 Tour: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwPRXwjURiOzXjgqydxZE9RVjZqaB6OXb
Posts & Articles
Suresh Joshi
April 4, 2022
[Tutorial] "It's Pants Plugins All the Way Down"
https://sureshjoshi.com/development/pants-plugin-code-quality
A follow-up to "Your first Pants plugin" detailing how to manage code quality via plugins, continuous integration checks, and pre-commit hooks.
Suresh Joshi
January 25, 2022
[Tutorial] "Your first Pants plugin"
https://sureshjoshi.com/development/first-pants-plugin
A newcomer's walk-through of the code and experience of writing one's first Pants plugin.
Software Development Times
January 18, 2022
"The monorepo approach to code management"
https://sdtimes.com/softwaredev/the-monorepo-approach-to-code-management/ "If you’re responsible for your organization’s codebase architecture, then at some point you have to make some emphatic choices about how to manage growth in a scalable way..."
Twitter Engineering
December 31, 2021
[Case Study] "Advancing Jupyter Notebooks at Twitter - Part 1"
https://blog.twitter.com/engineering/en_us/topics/infrastructure/2021/advancing-jupyter-notebooks-at-twitter---part-1--a-first-class-d
About the intersection of Twitter data science, monorepos, Pants, Pex, and the pants-jupyter-plugin.
Gordon Cassie
October 30, 2021
[Tutorial] "Getting Started With Pants and Django (Part 1)"
https://g-cassie.github.io/2021/10/30/django-pants-tutorial-pt1.html
October 2, 2021
[Case Study] "Putting Pants On: One Thing We Did Right After 5 Years with Django"
https://g-cassie.github.io/2021/10/02/django-pants.html
Semaphore Blog
June 9, 2021
"Building Python Projects at Scale with Pants"
https://t.co/WuXPqwQ9KX
Towards Data Science
Sept 3, 2020
"Building a monorepo for Data Science with Pants Build"
https://towardsdatascience.com/building-a-monorepo-for-data-science-with-pantsbuild-2f77b9ee14bd
Repositories
Example: Python with Pants and PEX
"A running example of the Pants Build system and Python packaging with PEX."
https://github.com/StephanErb/pexample
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