Talk Python To Me

Python is taking over much of the development world as it quickly is becoming one of the, or simply the most widely used programming languages. But that does not mean that Python is without its weaknesses. In my mind, there are three such weaknesses: #1 GUIs applications, #2 Native, general purpose mobile apps (iOS and Android), #3 deployment as a single binary or set of binary and resource files.

Join me and Doug Farrell as we discuss his career and what he's up to at Shutterfly. You'll learn about the Python stack he's using to work with, not just with bits and bytes, but physical devices on a production line for creating all sorts of picturesque items. You'll also hear how both he and I feel it's a great time to be a developer, even if you're on the older side of 30 or 40 or beyond.

Listeners often tell me one of the really valuable aspects of this podcast is the packages and libraries that they learn about and start using in their projects from guests and myself. On this episode, I've invited Brian Okken (my co-host over on Python Bytes) to take this to 11. We are going to cover the top 30 Python packages from the past year (metric to be determined later in the show).

The Python core developers recently released Python 3.7 and are now busy planning what's coming in 3.8. That makes right now a great time to dig into what was included in Python 3.7 and what's on deck for the next great release of CPython. This week we have Anthony Shaw back on the podcast to tell us all about it.

The Python Language Summit is a yearly gathering of around 40 or 50 developers from CPython, other Python implementations, and related projects. It is held on the first day of PyCon. Many of the decisions driving Python forward are made at this summit. On this episode you'll meet Mariatta Wijaya, Łukasz Langa and Brett Cannon, three well-known core devs to walk us through the major topics of this year's summit.

You know you should be testing your code right? How do you know whether it's *well* tested? Are you testing the right things? If you're not using code coverage, chances are is you're guessing.

Flask is now 8 years old and until recently had gone along pretty steady state. It had been hanging around at version 0.11 and 0.12 for some time. After a year-long effort, the web framework has now been updated to Flask 1.0.

The Python landscape is changing pretty dramatically. Python's rapid growth over the past 5 years means it doesn't look the same as the early days. On this episode, we take a deep look inside the state of the Python ecosystem with Ewa Jodlowska and Dmitry Filippov. They lead the PSF and JetBrains Python survey. And they are here to dig into the results.

The discipline of network engineering is quickly moving towards a world where it's as much programming and automation as it is packets and ports. Join me and Hank Preston to discuss what parts of Python are important for network engineers to learn.

Not everyone comes to software development and Python through 4-year computer science programs at universities. This episode highlights one alternative journey into Python.

Not everyone comes to software development and Python through 4-year computer science programs at universities. This episode highlights one alternative journey into Python.

Quick, name some ways to make your Python code faster. Did you think PyPy, the JIT-compiled version of Python? Maybe some async and await parallelism? How about Cython where you write in Python-esc language that compiles to machine instructions?

Jupyter notebooks have transformed the way many developers and data scientists do their jobs. They offer a platform to not just explore but to explain data and computation.

This past week we have had a passing of the reigns for Python leadership. Guido van Rossum who created and has been shepherding the language for 30 years has stepped down from decision making around the Python language.

Corey Schafer has been building his YouTube channel of tutorials for many years. He recently made the big shift into making this hobby project his full time job. You'll hear about how Corey made that transition, what it takes to "go pro", and even a little bit about the similarities with my work with Talk Python and his project.