Why is Python pulling in so many new programmers? Maybe some of that growth is from Python being a full-spectrum language. This week on the show we have Michael Kennedy, the host of the podcast “Talk Python to Me”. Michael reflects on five years of podcasting about Python, and many of the changes he has seen in the Python landscape.

We discuss several stories about the different ways Python is being used, and how that is drawing in many new programmers. Michael covers some potential Python stumbling blocks of Async, the Python Global Interpreter Lock (GIL), building desktop apps, and type checking. We also talk about how podcasts can act as a form of language immersion.

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Topics:

00:00:00 – Introduction 00:01:34 – Changes in the Python landscape over the last 5 years 00:08:09 – Changing the perspective from scripts to applications 00:10:48 – Python as a full-spectrum language 00:17:13 – What are the areas of growth for Python 00:22:09 – Stories highlights from Talk Python 00:27:48 – Stack Overflow Developer Surveys 00:33:22 – Enterprise use and contributions to Python 00:38:04 – Video Course Spotlight 00:39:20 – A monk learns Python and OpenCV 00:48:18 – Things that have been hard to do in Python 00:52:07 – How is the GIL part of the problem? 00:56:37 – Leave a review, it will help the show, Thanks! 00:57:04 – More on Async in Python 01:03:38 – Recent courses developed 01:10:05 – Who listens to a Python podcast? 01:13:06 – What are you excited about in the world of Python? 01:17:46 – What do you want to learn next? 01:23:17 – What is something you thought you knew about Python, but were wrong about it? 01:26:58 – Thanks and goodbye

Show Links:

Talk Python To Me Brit uni’s AI algorithm clocks 50 exoplanets hidden in Kepler space ‘scope archives Fifty new planets confirmed in machine learning first Apple MainStage: Nine Inch Nails – YouTube Stack Overflow Trends: See how technologies have trended over time Stack Overflow: Most Loved, Dreaded, and Wanted Languages Enterprise Software with Python: Mahmoud Hashemi - Talk Python Ep54 Python in digital humanities research: Cornelis van Lit - Talk Python Ep230 PEP 554 – Multiple Interpreters in the Stdlib Machine Learning at the Large Hadron Collider: Talk Python Ep144 Python at the Large Hadron Collider and CERN: Talk Python Ep29 12 of the Biggest Spreadsheet Fails in History: Oracle Blog FastAPI: Modern, fast (high-performance), web framework for building APIs with Python Starlette: Lightweight ASGI framework/toolkit Unsync: Unsynchronize asyncio by using an ambient event loop in a separate thread Python Type Checking: Real Python Video Course pydanctic: Data validation and settings management using Python type annotations

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5 Years Podcasting Python With Michael Kennedy: Growth, GIL, Async, and More

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