The Python Show

I’ve been working on lots of projects this year. Here are the ones I highlighted in this episode:

* Python Logging Book

* Python Logging Video Course

* ObjectListView3

* JupyterLab 101 Book on Kickstarter

* A book on Textual

* Updates for my ReportLab and wxPython books

* Python Papers Newsletter

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This week, I chatted with Channin Nantasenamat about Python and the Streamlit web framework.

Specifically, we chatted about the following topics:

* Python packages

* Streamlit

* Teaching bioinformatics

* Differences in data science disciplines

* Being a YouTuber

* and much more!

Links

* Data Professor YouTube Channel

* Follow Channin on X / Twitter

* Streamlit

In this episode, we welcome Kyle Stratis from Real Python to the show to chat with us about computer vision and Python.

We chatted about several different topics including:

* Writing about Python on Real Python

* Data science

* Artificial intelligence

* Python packaging

* and much more!

Links

* https://www.gradio.app/

* https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cdk/v2/guide/work-with-cdk-python.html 

* https://pynamodb.readthedocs.io/en/stable/ 

* https://kylestratis.com

In this episode, we welcome Will Vincent to the Python Show Podcast. Will has written several books on Django.

We chatted about all things Django and Python. Specifically, we covered the following topics:

* Favorite Python packages

* Podcasts

* Content creation

* Book writing

* Why Django versus another web framework

* AI and writing

* and more!

Links

* Follow Will on Mastodon

* Check out Will’s work on GitHub

* Learn Django with Will

* Will Vincent’s personal website

* Django News newsletter

* Django Chat podcast

* django-microframework

In this episode, Mike has Alex Clark on the show. Alex is the leading developer of the fork of the Python Imaging Library (PIL), known as Pillow.

We chatted about the following topics:

* The origins of Pillow

* Lessons learned in open source development

* Surprising use cases for Pillow

* AI and Pillow

* and much more!

Show Links

* Django - https://www.djangoproject.com/

* Wagtail - https://wagtail.org/

* Faker - https://github.com/joke2k/faker

* django-allauth - https://allauth.org/

* django-extensions - https://github.com/django-extensions/django-extensions

* django-sql-explorer - https://www.sqlexplorer.io/

* logfire - https://pydantic.dev/logfire

* Pillow demo - https://github.com/python-pillow/pillow-demo

* https://www.jeremykun.com/2012/01/01/random-psychedelic-art/

* python-pillow/Pillow#1888

* https://github.com/readme/featured/nasa-ingenuity-helicopter

* Alex’s band - https://headstraight4life.com/

This episode focuses on the Harlequin application, a Python SQL IDE for your terminal written using the amazing Textual package.

I was honored to have Ted Conbeer, the creator of Harlequin, on the show to discuss his creation and the other things he does with Python.

Specifically, we focused on the following topics:

* Favorite Python packages

* Origins of Harlequin

* Why program for the terminal versus a GUI

* Lessons learned in creating the tool

* Asyncio

* and more!

Links

* Harlequin

* Textual

* BBC article on asyncio

In this episode, I chatted with Armin Ronacher about his many amazing Python packages, such as pygments, flask, Jinja, Rye, and Click!

Specifically, we talked about the following:

* How Flask came about

* Favorite Python packages

* Python packaging

* and much more!

Links

* Sentry

* Rye

* Flask

* pygments

* Jinja

* Click

* uv

In this episode, we discuss working on several different open-source Python packages. Antonio Cuni is our guest, and he chats about his work on PyScript, pdb++, pypy, HPy, and SPy.

Listen in as we chat about Python, packages, open source, and so much more!

Show Links

Here are some of the projects we talked about in the show:

* The Invent Framework

* PyScript

* pdb++ - A drop-in replacement for pdb

* pypy - The fast, compliant, alternative Python implementation

* HPy - A better C API for Python

* SPy - Static Python

In this episode, we invite the founder of Buttondown, a Python-based Software as a Service (SaaS) application for creating and managing newsletters.

Mike Driscoll, the host of the show, chats with Justin about the following topics:

* Why he created a SaaS with Python

* Favorite Python packages or modules

* Python web frameworks

* Entrepreneurship

* AI and programming

* and more!

This week’s episode is all about Python technical training with special guest Trey Hunner! Trey not only does technical training, but he is also a content creator and author.

In this episode, we discuss the following topics:

* Technical training

* Great Python modules

* Life improvements with Python

* Automated testing with Python

* Learning strategies

* and much more!

Tune in today and listen in!

Links

* Weekly Python Tip Newsletter

* Python Morsels

* Follow Trey on X / Twitter