Resources

The event

• PyCon Taiwan 2026 Sprints: official HackMD
• Registration page (KKTIX)

Learning Python

• PyLadies workshop curriculum: exercises recommended for beginners
• Learn X in Y Minutes: Python: a fast tour for people who already program
• W3Schools Python: reference for filling gaps
• Python typing module
• unittest

Tools the project lead asks about

• mypy documentation
• coverage.py documentation

Apache Spark

• apache/spark on GitHub
• Contributing to Spark
• Testing PySpark
• Contributing to PySpark
• Spark developer tools
• Apache JIRA account request
• Spark issue tracker (JIRA)

After the sprint: Apache Airflow

• Airflow contributing docs, which point to a beginner quick start, static checks and testing guides, and the #new-contributors Slack channel

About this guide

Facts about the event and the Spark contribution process were checked on 2026-10-08 against the official HackMD, the Spark contributing guide, the PySpark testing guide and the Airflow contributing index. The Airflow sub-pages, Spark's lint script, its Python requirements file and the coverage runner were not opened; they are marked "verify" where they appear.

Corrections and translations are welcome as pull requests.