#439: Pixi, A Fast Package Manager

If you are doing any sort of data exploration, you've likely heard about Jupyter notebooks. In fact, there are quite a few options for running and hosting your Jupyter notebooks. You may have heard me rave about PyCharm as an editor too. Well, on this episode, you'll meet Adam Hood from the Datalore team at JetBrains. That's a new project that tries to bring some of the power of PyCharm to notebooks and more.

23 Tammi 201949min

When you think of learning Python, what type of developer or technologist comes to mind? Is it someone looking to get their first job or maybe moving from .NET to Python and looking for a shift in their careers?

20 Tammi 20191h

How do you learn programming when you're working in a vacuum? Sure there are resources on the internet, but sometimes just bouncing ideas of others in person makes a huge difference. Join me along with Rusti Gregory as we discuss how he is learning and teaching Python in a small town in Vermont.

11 Tammi 20191h 6min

This year, 2018, is the year that the number of data scientists doing Python equals the number of web developers doing Python. That's why I've invited Jonathon Morgan to join me to count down the top 10 stories in the data science space.

31 Joulu 20181h 20min

It's been a fantastic year for Python. Literally, every year is better than the last with so much growth and excitement in the Python space. That's why I've asked two of my knowledgeable Python friends, Dan Bader and Brian Okken, to help pick the top 10 stories from the Python community for 2018.

26 Joulu 201859min

When you think about Microsoft, do you think about Python? Maybe not, but you probably should. They have been doing an incredible amount of work to improve Python for folks on Windows as well as the broader community. You can think of the wild growth of Visual Studio code. But did you know that 5 core developers work there and the majority of Python development happens on Windows?

18 Joulu 20181h 12min

You'll find this episode to be part discussion on how to teach and learn Django as well as why learning web development can be hard and part meta where Will Vincent and I discuss the business of creating content and teaching around Python.

11 Joulu 20181h 1min

Have you ever wondered what a developer advocate (sometimes called a dev evangelist) does? You know these folks. They are often seen at conferences working at some high-end tech company's booth or traveling from conference to conference speaking on their specialty.

7 Joulu 201859min