The Python Podcast.init

By Tobias MaceyTechnology Education

The Python Podcast.init episodes

April 27, 2015Kivy Core Developers
You can view all of the show notes for every episode at http://podcastinit.com?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss
Brief Introduction
Date of recording – Apr 21st 2015
Hosts – Tobias Macey and Chris Patti
Overview – Interview with members of the Kivy core development team
Interview with Kivy Core Developers
Introductions
How did you get introduced to Python?
How did the Kivy project get started?
What made you choose Python as the basis for Kivy?
What were some influences on and inspirations for Kivy’s design?
Raymond Hettinger – Beyond Pep 8

One of the amazing things about Kivy is that it’s comparatively simple to learn and get started with. Did this ease of use occur by design or accident?

What were some of the biggest challenges to designing or implementing Kivy?

If you could start the project over, what would you do differently?

What are some of the most interesting things you’ve seen Kivy used for?
Gabriel Pettier – http://www.tangibledisplay.com/en/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss
Mathieu Virbel – https://www.digital-stories.fr/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss and https://vimeo.com/80051846?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss

What are some changes/features that you are particularly excited about for the future of Kivy?
Wiki for roadmap to 2.0
PyJnius
PyObjus
Kivy-iOS
Buildozer
Kivy Remote Shell
Plyer

Are there any platforms/operating systems that you are trying to add support for (e.g. Sailfish OS, Ubuntu Phone, Firefox OS)?

Is there anything in particular that you would like to ask for our listeners to help with?
Google Summer of Code – If you didn’t get accepted, DO it anyway!
Start small – documentation fixes
Fix issues
Huge backlog – help answering questions
Maintainers for subprojects – like PyJnius
Sponsors – Kivy core team looking for new hardware
Increase unit test coverage
If you find a bug submit a test case

Picks
Tobias
Zeal
CommitStrip

Chris
Jack’s Abbey Smoke & Dagger
Woman in Gold

Mathieu Virbel
YAPF Yet Another Python Formatter
Learn Chinese With Cats!
Rince Cochon

Akshay Aurora
Mangoes!
Tic-Tac-Toe machine controlled by Kivy

Ryan Pessa
E-Cigarettes – The MilkMan by Vaping Rabbit

Gabriel Pettier
I3WM Tiling window manager
Boulet Corp
SMBC

Contacting the Kivy Core Team
Kivy.org – About Us page
The intro and outro music is from Requiem for a Fish The Freak Fandango Orchestra / CC BY-SA
1 hr 31 min
April 23, 2015Reuven Lerner
Full show notes can be found at http://podcastinit.com/episode-2-reuven-lerner.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss
Episode 2 Brief intro
Recording date/time
Hosts
Overview
Reuven Lerner Interview
Please introduce yourself
How did you get introduced to Python?
How did you break into the field of providing Python trainings?
What are the most common languages that your students are coming from?
What are some of the biggest obstacles that people encounter when learning Python?
Where does Python draw the inspiration for its object system from?
In what way(s) does learning Python differ from learning other languages?
What sorts of materials/mediums do you use for training people in Python?
Python Tutor

Do you use your book (Practice make Python) as follow up material for your trainings?

In your freelance work, what portion of your projects use Python?
Ruby is Oscar, Python is Felix

Have you seen a change in the demand for Python skills in the time between when you first started using it and now?

What types of projects would cause you to choose something other than Python?

Picks
Reuven Lerner
Daily Tech Video
Mindless Eating: Why We Eat More Than We Think by Brian Wansink
Age of Ambition: Chasing Fortune, Truth, and Faith in the New China by Evan Osnos

Chris Patti
Spencer Trappist Ale
Rich Hickey’s The Value of Values
YouCompleteMe – Vim auto-completion
SizeUp for OSX

Tobias Macey
CheckIO – Gamified practice programming
Snap Circuits
Nvidia Shield Tablet
Samson Go Mic Portable USB Condenser Microphone
Zoho Apps

Closing remarks
Reuven Contact:
Website
blog
Twitter: @reuvenmlerner
1 hr 8 min
April 23, 2015 Reuven Lerner
Episode 2 - Reuven Lerner
0 min
April 11, 2015Thomas Hatch
Full show notes can be found at http://podcastinit.com/episode-1-thomas-hatch.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss
Brief Intro
Hosts
Overview
Python at Chefconf!
Plug for Talk Python To Me
Thomas Hatch Interview
Picks
Thomas Hatch
Flow Based Programming
IOFlo

Imagine Dragons

Chris Patti
Stone Imperial Russian Stout
Python One Liner Games
Boston Python User Group

Tobias Macey
Noisli
CopyQ
Pelican
Moving From Heroku to AWS With Salt Part 1
Moving From Heroku to AWS With Salt Part 2

Closing Remarks
1 hr 7 min
March 21, 2015Podcast.__init__ - Introduction
Welcome to the first episode of a new podcast focused on bringing you the stories of the people who make the Python language and ecosystem great.
Outline
Introduction
Brief Host Biographies
Why We’re Doing This
Why We Love Python & Favorite Tools
Thank You
Picks!
Picks
Tobias
Summoner Wars
Dbeaver
KDE Connect
Playerctl
Chris
ptpython
Duchesse de Bourgogne
The intro and outro music is from
Requiem for a Fish (The Freak Fandango Orchestra) / CC BY-SA 3.0
28 min
March 21, 2015 Podcast.__init__ - Introduction
Podcast.__init__ - Introduction
28 min