#181: 30 amazing Python projects
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).
12 Okt 201852min
#180: What's new in Python 3.7 and beyond
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.
2 Okt 201857min
#179: Python Language Summit 2018
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.
30 Sep 201850min
#178: Coverage.py
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.
21 Sep 20181h 3min
#177: Flask goes 1.0
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.
15 Sep 20181h 2min
#176: The Python Community by the Numbers
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.
10 Sep 201853min
#175: Teaching Python to network engineers
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.
31 Aug 201855min
#174: Coming into Python from another Industry (part 2)
Not everyone comes to software development and Python through 4-year computer science programs at universities. This episode highlights one alternative journey into Python.
16 Aug 201851min
