Building Python CI With Docker & Applying for a Hacker Initiative Grant

2023-06-02

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 PyCoder’s Weekly articles and projects. We share a Real Python tutorial from Bartosz Zaczyński about building continuous integration with Docker. Docker provides consistent environments for configuring, testing, and delivering Python applications. In this tutorial, you’ll get up to speed with current Docker and CI tech...

We share a Real Python tutorial from Bartosz Zaczyński about building continuous integration with Docker. Docker provides consistent environments for configuring, testing, and delivering Python applications. In this tutorial, you’ll get up to speed with current Docker and CI techniques.

We also speak with Bill Pollock from No Starch Press about Hacker Initiative. The public nonprofit gives back to and strengthens the hacking community. The 2023 grant cycle is currently open until August 15. We discuss the application process and projects from previous grant recipients.

We cover several other articles and projects from the Python community, including a news update and some resources on implementing metaclasses in Python, creating time machine-style backups, and scanning your project for vulnerabilities.

Course Spotlight: Metaclasses in Python

Metaclasses are an important but mysterious behind-the-scenes mechanism for instantiating classes in Python. In this video course, you’ll learn how Python’s metaclasses work in object-oriented programming.

Topics:

00:00:00 – Introduction
00:02:26 – PyPI Temporarily Suspended New Registrations
00:03:38 – PyPI was subpoenaed
00:04:54 – Python 3.12.0 beta 1 released
00:05:19 – Build Robust Continuous Integration With Docker and Friends
00:13:02 – Metaclasses in Python
00:20:03 – Pronouncing SQL - Is there life after SQL?
00:22:52 – Video Course Spotlight
00:24:25 – pyscan: Python dependency vulnerability scanner, written in Rust
00:26:28 – rsync-time-machine.py: Time Machine-Style Backups
00:29:20 – Bill Pollock and Hacker Initiative
00:34:18 – Previous grant recipients
00:36:58 – First Tech Challenge
00:43:18 – Large vs small nonprofits
00:45:48 – Applying for the 2023 grant cycle
00:49:01 – Underserved areas
00:51:45 – Thanks and goodbye

News:

PyPI Temporarily Suspended New Registrations – Due to a large volume of traffic from malicious users, PyPI temporarily suspended new account and project registrations on May 20. The suspension was lifted thirty hours later on May 21.
PyPI was subpoenaed - The Python Package Index – The PSF received three subpoenas from the US Department of Justice for PyPI user data in March and April of 2023.
Python Insider: Python 3.12.0 beta 1 released

Show Links:

Build Robust Continuous Integration With Docker and Friends – In this tutorial, you’ll use Docker and GitHub Actions to build a robust continuous integration pipeline for a multi-container web application consisting of Flask and Redis. Along the way, you’ll learn how to dockerize a Python web application.
Metaclasses in Python - Real Python Video Course – Metaclasses are an important but mysterious behind-the-scenes mechanism for instantiating classes in Python. In this video course, you’ll learn how Python’s metaclasses work in object-oriented programming.
Is there life after SQL? - YouTube

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