The Python Show

Episode #25 - Python and Robots

The 25th episode of The Python Show Podcast kicks off 2024 with special guest Kevin McAleer (@kevsmac), robot maker extraordinaire.Kevin teaches how to create robots with Raspberry Pis, microcontrollers, Python and more on his YouTube channel and website. In this episode, we cover the following:* Kevin’s journey to robotics and Python* Kevin’s robots* Why he does content creation* What kinds of robots Kevin makes* Challenges associated with creating robots* Creating a web server with a Raspberry Pi cluster* and more!The Python Show is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to The Python Show at www.pythonshow.com/subscribe

24 - Training and Writing About Python

In this week’s episode, I have a special guest, Christopher Trudeau, on the show.Christopher is an entrepreneur who trains people in Python, Django, and more. We discuss his work for Real Python, Talk Python, and many other projects.Christopher’s Links* Christopher’s company* Christopher’s Real Python profile* Talk Python Django course* Django In Action* Django-htmxThe Python Show is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to The Python Show at www.pythonshow.com/subscribe

23 - The Ruff Formatter with Charlie Marsh

The Ruff linter is a Python linter written in Rust that is super fast. The people behind Ruff recently released a new tool that is a part of Ruff that allows Ruff to format your Python code using the Black rules.In this episode, I speak with Charlie Marsh, the original creator of Ruff and the founder of Astral, the company behind Ruff. In this episode, we talked about:* The Ruff formatter and linter* How Ruff came about* The hardest features to create* The future of Ruff* Python vs Rust* and more!The Python Show is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to The Python Show at www.pythonshow.com/subscribe

22 - Git and Django with Adam Johnson

You may know Adam from all his work around the Django web framework. If you head to the Python Package Index (PyPI), you will see that Adam has made or contributed to more than 80 projects!Adam recently released a new book called Boost Your Git DXListen in as we chat about:* Book writing* Django* Python* Git* and much more!Links* Boost Your Django DX* Boost Your Git DX* Speed Up Your Django Tests* Adam Johnson’s website Get full access to The Python Show at www.pythonshow.com/subscribe

Sanic - The Async Python Web Framework

Python has many remarkable web frameworks to choose from. Sanic is another excellent web framework and one of the first to support async programming.Sanic is built to be able to build fast and run fast.In this episode, we talk to Adam Hopkins, one of the maintainers of the Sanic web framework.We discuss the following topics:* Sanic * Other Python web frameworks* Msgspec* Mayim - The NOT ORM Python HydratorOther Links* Adam Hopkin’s Sanic book* Adam Hopkin’s personal website  Get full access to The Python Show at www.pythonshow.com/subscribe