#85: Parsing horrible things with Python
Do you have horribly convoluted things that need parsing? Obviously you'll learn a bunch of tips and tricks from this episode. But you'll see that advanced parsing is a gateway to many interesting computer science techniques.
17 Nov 201659min
#84: Are we failing to fund Python's core infrastructure?
When was the last time you used a 3rd party package in Python? Have you recently pip installed SQLAlchemy? Maybe looked up the documentation on a package you found on PyPI?
8 Nov 20161h 5min
#83: Python Videos on Demand at PyVideo
Have you ever searched for a Python educational video? Maybe how to get started with Pyramid, or running queries with SQLAlchemy's ORM layer?
2 Nov 201653min
#82: Grokking Algorithms in Python
Algorithms underpin almost everything we do in programming and in problem solving in general. Yet, many of us have partial or incomplete knowledge of the most important and common ones. In this episode, you'll meet Adit Bhargava, the author of the light and playful Grokking Algorithms: An illustrated guide book.
27 Okt 201658min
#81: Python and Machine Learning in Astronomy
The advances in Astronomy over the past century are both evidence of and confirmation of the highest heights of human ingenuity. We have learned by studying the frequency of light that the universe is expanding. By observing the orbit of Mercury that Einstein's theory of general relativity is correct.
21 Okt 20161h 2min
#80: TinyDB: A tiny document db written in Python
NoSQL and document dbs like MongoDB have made building fast scalable software that is easy to evolve and maintain much easier for a broad class of applications. Embeddable, file-based databases like SQLite have made "shipping" an application requiring a database a no brainer. The database just runs in process so there is no setup or maintenance.
16 Okt 201647min
#79: Beeware Python Tools
Could you write me a Python app for the wide range of platforms out there? Oh, wait, I want them to be native GUI applications. And I need them on mobile (Android, iOS, tvOS, and watchOS) as well as major desktop apps. I also need them to appear indistinguishable from native apps (be a .app on macOS, .exe on Windows, etc).
7 Okt 20161h 22min
#78: How I built an entire game and toolchain 100% in Python
What kind of applications can you build with python? You hear me featuring many people on this show that build websites, web services, or some data science driven application. Of course, all of those are wonderful but I know many of you have dreamed of building a game.
28 Sep 201653min
