The Real Python Podcast

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What's The Real Python Podcast about?

A weekly Python podcast hosted by Christopher Bailey with interviews, coding tips, and conversation with guests from the Python community.

The show covers a wide range of topics including Python programming best practices, career tips, and related software development topics.

Join us every Friday morning to hear what's new in the world of Python programming and become a more effective Pythonista.

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Exploring Code Reviews in P...

12.08.2023

What goes into a code review in Python? Is there a difference in how a large organization practices code review compared to a smaller one? What do you do if you're a solo developer? This week on the show, Brendan ...

The Real Python Podcast episodes:

12.08.2023 Exploring Code Reviews in Python and Automating the Process What goes into a code review in Python? Is there a difference in how a large organization practices code review compared to a smaller one? What do you do if you're a solo developer? This week on the show, Brendan ...
12.01.2023 Building a Python JSON Parser & Discussing Ideas for PEPs Have you thought of a way to improve the Python language? How do you share your idea with core developers and start a discussion in the Python community? Christopher Trudeau is back on the show this week, bringing another batch ...
11.17.2023 Computational Thinking & Learning Python During an AI Revolution Has the current growth of artificial intelligence (AI) systems made you wonder what the future holds for Python developers? What are the hidden benefits of learning to program in Python and practicing computational thinking? This week on the show, we ...
11.10.2023 Studying Python Software Architecture & Creating Lambda Expressions Have you moved through the fundamentals of Python, and are you now considering building a more extensive project or complete application? Where can you study the architecture of existing Python projects and learn best practices? Christopher Trudeau is back on ...
11.03.2023 Improving Your Git Developer Experience in Python Are you getting by with a few fundamental commands for Git when building your Python projects? Would you like to improve your version control techniques and become more efficient with the Git command line? This week on the show, Adam ...
10.27.2023 Guiding Scientific Python Library Development How do you prepare a scientific Python project for sharing with others? Could you use some best practices and guidance for packaging, documentation, and testing? Christopher Trudeau is back on the show this week, bringing another batch of PyCoder's Weekly ...
10.20.2023 Welcoming PyPI's Safety & Security Engineer Mike Fiedler You may remember a recent Python Package Index (PyPI) announcement about hiring a full-time security engineer. We've also mentioned several current security initiatives from PyPI. This week on the show, we talk with Mike Fiedler about accepting this new role ...
10.13.2023 Building Python Best Practices and Fundamental Skills What fundamental developer skills are new Python users missing? What best practices might developers without a computer science background be lacking? Christopher Trudeau is back on the show this week, bringing another batch of PyCoder's Weekly articles and projects.
10.06.2023 Exploring the New Features of Python 3.12 Python 3.12 is here! Our regular guests, Geir Arne Hjelle and Christopher Trudeau, return to discuss the new version. Geir Arne coordinated a series of preview articles with several members of the Real Python team this year, and his showcase ...
09.29.2023 Considering ChatGPT's Technical Review of a Programming Book What can you learn from feeding an entire book on Python programming into ChatGPT-4 and asking it to provide a technical review? What are the potential pitfalls of using an LLM as a learning tool? This week on the show, ...
09.22.2023 Getting Involved in Open Source & Generating QR Codes With Python Have you thought about contributing to an open-source Python project? What are possible entry points for intermediate developers? Christopher Trudeau is back on the show this week, bringing another batch of PyCoder's Weekly articles and projects.
09.15.2023 Measuring Multiple Facets of Python Performance With Scalene When choosing a tool for profiling Python code performance, should it focus on the CPU, GPU, memory, or individual lines of code? What if it looked at all those factors and didn't alter code performance while measuring it? This week ...
09.08.2023 Making Each Line of Code Efficient & Python In Excel Are you writing efficient Python with as few lines of code as possible? Are you familiar with the many built-in language features that will simplify your code and make it more Pythonic? Christopher Trudeau is back on the show this ...
09.01.2023 Finding the Right Coding Font for Programming in Python What should you consider when picking a font for coding in Python? What characters and their respective glyphs should you check before making your decision? This week on the show, we talk with Real Python author and core team member ...
08.25.2023 Improving Classification Models With XGBoost How can you improve a classification model while avoiding overfitting? Once you have a model, what tools can you use to explain it to others? This week on the show, we talk with author and Python trainer Matt Harrison about ...
08.11.2023 Common Python Stumbling Blocks & Quirky Behaviors Have you ever encountered strange behavior when trying something new in Python? What are common quirks hiding within the language? This week on the show, Christopher Trudeau is here, bringing another batch of PyCoder's Weekly articles and projects.
08.04.2023 Exploring pandas 2.0 & Targets for Apache Arrow What are the new ways to describe your data in pandas 2.0? Will the addition of Apache Arrow to the data back end foster the growth of data interoperability? This week on the show, we talk with pandas core developer ...
07.28.2023 Differentiating the Versions of Python & Unlocking IPython's Magic What are all the different versions of Python? You may have heard of Cython, Brython, PyPy, or others and wondered where they fit into the Python landscape. This week on the show, Christopher Trudeau is here, bringing another batch of ...
07.21.2023 Leveraging the Features of Your Database With Postgres and Python Are you getting the most out of your Postgres database? What features could you leverage to improve your Python project? This week on the show, Craig Kerstiens from Crunchy Data is here to discuss getting the most out of Postgres.
07.14.2023 Constructing Python Library APIs & Tackling Jinja Templating What principles should you consider when designing a Python library? How do you construct a library API that's understandable and easy to use? This week on the show, Christopher Trudeau is here, bringing another batch of PyCoder's Weekly articles and ...
07.07.2023 Python Crash Course & Learning Enough to Start Creating How much Python do you need to learn to start creating projects? What's a good balance of information and hands-on practice? This week on the show, Eric Matthes is here to discuss his book Python Crash Course.
06.30.2023 Exploring the Zen of Python & pandas Features for Finance What advice can you extract from the Zen of Python? How can these nineteen guiding principles help you write more idiomatic Python? This week on the show, Christopher Trudeau is here, bringing another batch of PyCoder's Weekly articles and projects.
06.23.2023 Resources and Advice for Building CircuitPython Projects Are you looking to advance your CircuitPython projects? Would you like a collection of resources and tools to help you along your path? This week on the show, Tod Kurt is here to discuss building projects with CircuitPython.
06.16.2023 Inheriting a Large Python Code Base & Building a GUI With Kivy What are the unique challenges of a large Python code base? What techniques can you implement to simplify the management of a big project? This week on the show, Christopher Trudeau is here, bringing another batch of PyCoder's Weekly articles ...
06.09.2023 Volunteering, Organizing, and Finding a Python Community Have you thought about getting more involved in the Python community? Are you interested in volunteering for an event or becoming an organizer? This week on the show, we speak with organizers from this year's PyCascades conference about making connections, ...
06.02.2023 Building Python CI With Docker & Applying for a Hacker Initiative Grant Do you need a refresher on using Docker with Python? Would you like to learn how to configure a continuous integration pipeline with modern tools and Docker? This week on the show, Christopher Trudeau is here, bringing another batch of ...
05.26.2023 Discussing Mojo & Improving Python Object-Oriented Programming Would you like to speed up your Python machine-learning code dramatically? What if you only had to change a few keywords and add a couple of type hints on portions of your code? This week on the show, Christopher Trudeau ...
05.12.2023 Virtual Environment Structure & Surveying the Packaging Ecosystem How do Python virtual environments work under the hood? How does understanding these concepts help you with managing them for your projects? This week on the show, CPython core developer Brett Cannon returns to discuss his recent articles about virtual ...
05.05.2023 Checking Project Dependencies & Python Dev Resource Collections How can you ensure that you've appropriately declared your project's required dependencies? How do you determine what dependencies are missing from a third-party project that you can't run? This week on the show, Christopher Trudeau is here, bringing another batch ...
04.28.2023 Targeting WebAssembly Platforms & Distilling a Minimum Viable Python Are you familiar with the different versions of WebAssembly? Could WASM be the "write once, run everywhere" solution that developers have searched for? Where does distributing Python applications fit in the narrative? This week on the show, we have CPython ...
04.14.2023 Seeking Faster Text Processing & Python's .__repr__() vs .__str__() What can you do if your text manipulation in Python is slowing you down? Are there faster alternatives using a compiled extension? This week on the show, Christopher Trudeau is here, bringing another batch of PyCoder's Weekly articles and projects.
04.07.2023 Automate Processes and Distribute Python Tools With RPA and RCC Are you exploring automation of your repetitive business tasks with Python? How are you going to share your helpful tools with co-workers? This week on the show, Sampo Ahokas from Robocorp is here to discuss robotic process automation (RPA) and ...
03.31.2023 Evaluating Python Packages & Celebrating 20 Years of PyCon US Have you ever installed a Python package without knowing anything about it? What best practices should you employ to ensure the quality of your next package installation? Christopher Trudeau is back this week, bringing another batch of PyCoder's Weekly articles ...
03.24.2023 Lessons Learned From Four Years Programming With Python What are the core lessons you've learned along your Python development journey? What are key takeaways you would share with new users of the language? This week on the show, Duarte Oliveira e Carmo is here to discuss his recent ...
03.17.2023 Coding With namedtuple & Python's Dynamic Superpowers Have you explored Python's collections module? Within it, you'll find a powerful factory function called namedtuple(), which provides multiple enhancements over the standard tuple for writing clearer and cleaner code. This week on the show, Christopher Trudeau is here, bringing ...
03.10.2023 Sharing Your Python App Across Platforms With BeeWare Are you interested in deploying your Python project everywhere? This week on the show, Russell Keith-Magee, founder and maintainer of the BeeWare project, returns. Russell shares recent updates to Briefcase, a tool that converts a Python application into native installers ...
03.03.2023 Django Deployment Strategies & Preparing for PyCascades 2023 Have you decided how you're going to deploy your Django project? Should you use a VPS or a PaaS? Christopher Trudeau is back this week, bringing another batch of PyCoder's Weekly articles and projects. We also have organizers from PyCascades ...
02.24.2023 Using NumPy and Linear Algebra for Faster Python Code Are you still using loops and lists to process your data in Python? Have you heard of a Python library with optimized data structures and built-in operations that can speed up your data science code? This week on the show, ...
02.17.2023 Creating a Python Wordle Clone & Testing Environments With Nox Would you like to practice your Python skills while building a challenging word game? Have you been wanting to learn more about creating command-line interfaces and making them colorful and interactive? This week on the show, Christopher Trudeau is here, ...
02.10.2023 Wrangling Business Process Models With Python and SpiffWorkflow Can you describe your business processes with flowcharts? What if you could define the steps in a standard notation and implement the workflows in pure Python? This week on the show, Dan Funk from Sartography is here to discuss SpiffWorkflow.
02.03.2023 Create Interactive Maps & Geospatial Data Visualizations With Python Would you like to quickly add data to a map with Python? Have you wanted to create beautiful interactive maps and export them as a stand-alone static web page? This week on the show, Christopher Trudeau is here, bringing another ...
01.27.2023 Orchestrating Large and Small Projects With Apache Airflow Have you worked on a project that needed an orchestration tool? How do you define the workflow of an entire data pipeline or a messaging system with Python? This week on the show, Calvin Hendryx-Parker is back to talk about ...
01.20.2023 Exploring Python With bpython & Formalizing f-String Grammar Have you used the Python Read-Eval-Print Loop (REPL) to explore the language and learn about how it operates? Would it help if it provided syntax highlighting, definitions, and code completion and behaved more like an IDE? This week on the ...
01.13.2023 Speeding Up Your DataFrames With Polars How can you get more performance from your existing data science infrastructure? What if a DataFrame library could take advantage of your machine's available cores and provide built-in methods for handling larger-than-RAM datasets? This week on the show, Liam Brannigan ...
01.06.2023 Surveying Comprehension Constructs & Python Parallelism Infighting Have you embraced the use of comprehensions in your Python journey? Are you familiar with all the varieties of comprehension constructs? This week on the show, Christopher Trudeau is here, bringing another batch of PyCoder's Weekly articles and projects.
12.23.2022 2022 Real Python Tutorial & Video Course Wrap Up It's been another year of changes at Real Python! The Real Python team has written, edited, curated, illustrated, and produced a mountain of Python material this year. We added some new members to the team, updated the site's features, and ...
12.16.2022 Start Using a Build System & Continuous Integration in Python What advantages can a build system provide for a Python developer? What new skills are required when working with a team of developers? This week on the show, Benjy Weinberger from Toolchain is here to discuss the Pants build system ...
12.09.2022 Package Python Code With pyproject.toml & Listing Files With pathlib How do you start packaging your code with pyproject.toml? Would you like to join a conversation that gently walks you through setting up your Python projects to share? This week on the show, Christopher Trudeau is here, bringing another batch ...
12.02.2022 Preparing Data to Measure True Machine Learning Model Performance How do you prepare a dataset for machine learning (ML)? How do you go beyond cleaning the data and move toward measuring how the model performs? This week on the show, Jodie Burchell, developer advocate for data science at JetBrains, ...
11.25.2022 Building Python REST APIs With Flask & Structuring Pull Requests How do you build a REST API using the Flask web framework? How can you quickly add endpoints while automatically generating documentation? This week on the show, Real Python author Philipp Acsany is here to discuss his tutorial series "Python ...

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