The Real Python Podcast

Real Python
The Real Python Podcast

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.

  1. Telling Effective Stories With Your Python Visualizations

    5 DAYS AGO

    Telling Effective Stories With Your Python Visualizations

    How do you make compelling visualizations that best convey the story of your data? What methods can you employ within popular Python tools to improve your plots and graphs? This week on the show, Matt Harrison returns to discuss his new book "Effective Visualization: Exploiting Matplotlib & Pandas."

    1h 9m
  2. Behavior-Driven vs Test-Driven Development & Using Regex in Python

    FEB 14

    Behavior-Driven vs Test-Driven Development & Using Regex in Python

    What is behavior-driven development, and how does it work alongside test-driven development? How do you communicate requirements between teams in an organization? Christopher Trudeau is back on the show this week, bringing another batch of PyCoder's Weekly articles and projects.

    57 min
  3. Charlie Marsh: Accelerating Python Tooling With Ruff and uv

    FEB 7

    Charlie Marsh: Accelerating Python Tooling With Ruff and uv

    Are you looking for fast tools to lint your code and manage your projects? How is the Rust programming language being used to speed up Python tools? This week on the show, we speak with Charlie Marsh about his company, Astral, and their tools, uv and Ruff.

    1h 31m
  4. Testing Your Python Code Base: Unit vs. Integration

    JAN 31

    Testing Your Python Code Base: Unit vs. Integration

    What goes into creating automated tests for your Python code? Should you focus on testing the individual code sections or on how the entire system runs? Christopher Trudeau is back on the show this week, bringing another batch of PyCoder's Weekly articles and projects.

    54 min
  5. Simon Willison: Using LLMs for Python Development

    JAN 24

    Simon Willison: Using LLMs for Python Development

    What are the current large language model (LLM) tools you can use to develop Python? What prompting techniques and strategies produce better results? This week on the show, we speak with Simon Willison about his LLM research and his exploration of writing Python code with these rapidly evolving tools.

    1h 22m
  6. Principles for Considering Your Python Tooling

    JAN 17

    Principles for Considering Your Python Tooling

    What are the principles you should consider when making decisions about which Python tools to use? What anti-patterns get in the way of making the right choices for your team? Christopher Trudeau is back on the show this week, bringing another batch of PyCoder's Weekly articles and projects.

    47 min

  7. JAN 10

    Building New Structures for Learning Python

    What are the new ways we can teach and share our knowledge about Python? How can we improve the structure of our current offerings and build new educational resources for our audience of Python learners? This week on the show, Real Python core team members Stephen Gruppetta and Martin Breuss join us to discuss enhancements to the site and new ways to learn Python.

    52 min
  8. PyCoder's Weekly 2024 Top Articles & Missing Gems

    JAN 3

    PyCoder's Weekly 2024 Top Articles & Missing Gems

    PyCoder's Weekly included over 1,500 links to articles, blog posts, tutorials, and projects in 2024. Christopher Trudeau is back on the show this week to help wrap it all up by sharing some highlights and uncovering a few missing gems from the pile.

    41 min
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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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  • Creator
    Real Python
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2025
  • Episodes
    241
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2020 Real Python
  • Show Website
    The Real Python Podcast

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