#357: Python and the James Webb Space Telescope
Talk Python To Me21 Maalis 2022

#357: Python and the James Webb Space Telescope

Telescopes have been fundamental in our understanding of our place in the universe. And when you think about images that have shaped our modern view of space, you probably think about Hubble. But just this year, the JWST or James Web Space Telescope, was launch. JWST will go far beyond what Hubble has discovered. And did you know Python is used extensively in the whole data pipeline of JWST? We have two great guests here to tell us about it: Megan Sosey and Mike Swam.

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#408: Hatch: A Modern Python Workflow

#408: Hatch: A Modern Python Workflow

In recent years, there has been a lot of experimenting how we work with dependencies and external libraries for our Python code. There is pip, pip- tools, Poetry, pdm, pyenv, pipenv, Hatch and others ...

24 Maalis 20231h 2min

#407: pytest tips and tricks for better testing

#407: pytest tips and tricks for better testing

If you're like most people, the simplicity and easy of getting started is a big part of pytest's appeal. But beneath that simplicity, there is a lot of power and depth. We have Brian Okken on this epi...

18 Maalis 202356min

#406: Reimagining Python's Packaging Workflows

#406: Reimagining Python's Packaging Workflows

The great power of Python is its over 400,000 packages on PyPI to serve as building blocks for your app. How do you get those needed packages on to your dev machine and managed within your project? Wh...

12 Maalis 20231h 6min

#405: Testing in Radio Astronomy with Python and pytest

#405: Testing in Radio Astronomy with Python and pytest

So you know about dependencies and testing, right? If you're talking to a DB in your app, you have to decide how to approach that with your tests. There are lots of solid options you might pick and th...

3 Maalis 202359min

#404: Clean Code in Python

#404: Clean Code in Python

Clean code is one of those aspects of your programming career that's easy to put on the back burner (sometimes by management more than yourself). But it's important in the short term for writing more ...

20 Helmi 20231h 4min

#403: Fusion Ignition Breakthrough and Python

#403: Fusion Ignition Breakthrough and Python

Imagine a world with free and unlimited clean energy. That's the musings of a great science fiction story. But nuclear fusion (the kind that powers the sun) has always been close at hand, we see the s...

13 Helmi 20231h 4min

#402: Polars: A Lightning-fast DataFrame for Python [updated audio]

#402: Polars: A Lightning-fast DataFrame for Python [updated audio]

When you think about processing tabular data in Python, what library comes to mind? Pandas, I'd guess. But there are other libraries out there and Polars is one of the more exciting new ones. It's bui...

8 Helmi 202358min

#401: Migrating 3.8 Million Lines of Python

#401: Migrating 3.8 Million Lines of Python

At some point, you've probably migrated an app from one framework or major runtime version to another. For example, Django to Flask, Python 2 to Python 3, or even Angular to Vue.js. This can be a big ...

2 Helmi 20231h