#45: The Python Testing Column, Now a Thing
What is the role, the core purpose of writing tests for your application? Should you write more unit tests and fewer integration tests, or is it actually the other way around? You may have heard of the test pyramid with unit tests building the foundation. In this episode we talk about a variation on that theme called the test column. We talk about this and more with Brian Okken on this episode of Talk Python To Me.
9 Feb 201658min
#44: Project Jupyter and IPython
One of the fastest growing areas in Python is scientific computing. In scientific computing with Python, there are a few key packages that make it special. These include NumPy / SciPy / and related packages. The one that brings it all together, visually, is IPython (now known as Project Jupyter). That's the topic on episode 44 of Talk Python To Me.
2 Feb 20161h
#43: Monitoring high performance Python apps at Opbeat
What does it take to track detailed analytics and errors from literally thousands of web applications all at once? Could you build such a system entirely in Python?
26 Jan 201639min
#42: Python in Startups and Investing
Have you ever dreamt of creating a startup that will change the world? You and your two best friends leave the dull world of writing internal business apps and go heads-down for three months to launch something amazing?
19 Jan 201654min
#41: Getting your first dev job as a Python developer (part 2)
How often do you meet people who are looking to get into the software development space? Do they ask you for advice? Maybe they want to know your story of how you got started and landed that first big job. Maybe they want to know what they should be doing right now.
12 Jan 201652min
#40: Top 10 Data Science Stories from 2015
It's the end of the year and many of you are probably kicking and taking it easy without a TPS report to be seen. So we'll keep this fun and lighthearted this week. We've teamed up with the Partially Derivative podcast and we're running down the top 10 data science stories of 2015 in this joint episode.
29 Dec 201559min
#39: Getting your first dev job as a Python developer (part 1)
How often do you meet people who are looking to get into the software development space? Do they ask you for advice? Maybe they want to know your story of how you got started and landed that first big job. Maybe they want to know what they should be doing right now.
22 Dec 201550min
#38: Continuous Integration and Delivery at Codeship
Have you heard about the works on my machine certification program? It's a really awesome certification for developers. It was created by Joseph Cooney and enhanced by Jeff Atwood (of stackoverflow fame). Here's how it works:
15 Dec 20151h 2min
