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The Real Python Podcast

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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.

Episodes

Starting With Marimo Notebooks & Python App Config Management

Looking for a guide on getting started with Marimo notebooks? How do you build a reproducible notebook for sharing or create a dashboard with interactive UI elements? Christopher Trudeau is back on the show this week, bringing another batch of PyCoder's Weekly articles and projects.

Jun 13, 202552 minEp. 253

Rodrigo Girão Serrão: Python Training, itertools, and Idioms

Once you've learned the vocabulary and syntax of the Python language, how do you progress into learning the right combinations to put into your code? How can Python's built-in itertools library enhance your skills? This week on the show, we speak with Rodrigo Girão Serrão about teaching Python through his blog and his passion for the itertools library.

Jun 06, 20251 hr 3 minEp. 252

Python Thread Safety & Managing Projects With uv

What are the ways you can manage multithreaded code in Python? What synchronization techniques are available within Python's threading module? Christopher Trudeau is back on the show this week, bringing another batch of PyCoder's Weekly articles and projects.

May 30, 202535 minEp. 251

DjangoCon Europe 2025: Live Recording From Dublin

What goes into making video courses at Real Python? How should you build an installable Django application? Christopher Trudeau is back on the show this week, bringing another batch of PyCoder's Weekly articles and projects.

May 23, 202557 minEp. 250

Going Beyond requirements.txt With pylock.toml and PEP 751

What is the best way to record the Python dependencies for the reproducibility of your projects? What advantages will lock files provide for those projects? This week on the show, we welcome back Python Core Developer Brett Cannon to discuss his journey to bring PEP 751 and the pylock.toml file format to the community.

May 16, 20251 hr 32 minEp. 249

Experiments With Gen AI, Knowledge Graphs, Workflows, and Python

Are you looking for some projects where you can practice your Python skills? Would you like to experiment with building a generative AI app or an automated knowledge graph sentiment analysis tool? This week on the show, we speak with Raymond Camden about his journey into Python, his work in developer relations, and the Python projects featured on his blog.

May 09, 202559 minEp. 248

Exploring DuckDB & Comparing Python Expressions vs Statements

Are you looking for a fast database that can handle large datasets in Python? What's the difference between a Python expression and a statement? Christopher Trudeau is back on the show this week, bringing another batch of PyCoder's Weekly articles and projects.

Apr 18, 202552 minEp. 247

Learning Intermediate Python With a Deep Dive Course

Do you want to learn deeper concepts in Python? Would the accountability of scheduled group classes help you get past the basics? This week, five Real Python Intermediate Deep Dive workshop members discuss their experiences.

Apr 11, 202556 minEp. 246

GUIs & TUIs: Choosing a User Interface for Your Python Project

What are the current Python graphical user interface libraries? Should you build everything in the terminal and create a text-based user interface instead? Christopher Trudeau is back on the show this week, bringing another batch of PyCoder's Weekly articles and projects.

Apr 04, 202547 minEp. 245

A Decade of Automating the Boring Stuff With Python

What goes into updating one of the most popular books about working with Python? After a decade of changes in the Python landscape, what projects, libraries, and skills are relevant to an office worker? This week on the show, we speak with previous guest Al Sweigart about the third edition of "Automate the Boring Stuff With Python."

Mar 21, 20251 hr 6 minEp. 244

Manage Projects With pyproject.toml & Explore Polars LazyFrames

How can you simplify the management of your Python projects with one file? What are the advantages of using LazyFrames in Polars? Christopher Trudeau is back on the show this week, bringing another batch of PyCoder's Weekly articles and projects.

Mar 14, 202549 minEp. 243

Eric Matthes: Maybe Don't Start With Unit Tests

Should you always start testing your code with unit tests? When does it make sense to look at integration or end-to-end testing as a first step instead? This week on the show, we speak with previous guest Eric Matthes about where to begin testing your code.

Mar 07, 20251 hr 11 minEp. 242

Deciphering Python Jargon & Compiling Python 1.0

How do you learn the terms commonly used when speaking about Python? How is the jargon similar to other programming languages? Christopher Trudeau is back on the show this week, bringing another batch of PyCoder's Weekly articles and projects.

Feb 28, 202543 minEp. 241

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."

Feb 21, 20251 hr 9 minEp. 240

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.

Feb 14, 202557 minEp. 239

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.

Feb 07, 20251 hr 31 minEp. 238

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.

Jan 31, 202554 minEp. 237

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.

Jan 24, 20251 hr 22 minEp. 236

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.

Jan 17, 202547 minEp. 235

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.

Jan 10, 202552 minEp. 234

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.

Jan 03, 202541 minEp. 233

Exploring Modern Sentiment Analysis Approaches in Python

What are the current approaches for analyzing emotions within a piece of text? Which tools and Python packages should you use for sentiment analysis? This week, Jodie Burchell, developer advocate for data science at JetBrains, returns to the show to discuss modern sentiment analysis in Python.

Dec 20, 20241 hr 13 minEp. 232

Good Python Programming Practices When New to the Language

What advice would you give to someone moving from another language to Python? What good programming practices are inherent to the language? Christopher Trudeau is back on the show this week, bringing another batch of PyCoder's Weekly articles and projects.

Dec 06, 202451 minEp. 231

marimo: Reactive Notebooks and Deployable Web Apps in Python

What are common issues with using notebooks for Python development? How do you know the current state, share reproducible results, or create interactive applications? This week on the show, we speak with Akshay Agrawal about the open-source reactive marimo notebook for Python.

Nov 29, 20241 hr 1 minEp. 230

The Joy of Tinkering & Python Free-Threading Performance

What keeps your spark alive for developing software and learning Python? Do you like to try new frameworks, build toy projects, or collaborate with other developers? Christopher Trudeau is back on the show this week, bringing another batch of PyCoder's Weekly articles and projects.

Nov 22, 202446 minEp. 229

Maintaining the Foundations of Python & Cautionary Tales

How do you build a sustainable open-source project and community? What lessons can be learned from Python's history and the current mess that the WordPress community is going through? This week on the show, we speak with Paul Everitt from JetBrains about navigating open-source funding and the start of the Python Software Foundation.

Nov 15, 20241 hr 9 minEp. 228

New PEPs: Template Strings & External Wheel Hosting

Have you wanted the flexibility of f-strings but need safety checks in place? What if you could have deferred evaluation for logging or avoiding injection attacks? Christopher Trudeau is back on the show this week, bringing another batch of PyCoder's Weekly articles and projects.

Nov 08, 202448 minEp. 227

PySheets: Spreadsheets in the Browser Using PyScript

What goes into building a spreadsheet application in Python that runs in the browser? How do you make it launch quickly, and where do you store the cells of data? This week on the show, we speak with Chris Laffra about his project, PySheets, and his book "Communication for Engineers."

Nov 01, 20241 hr 20 minEp. 226

Python Getting Faster and Leaner & Ideas for Django Projects

What changes are happening under the hood in the latest versions of Python? How are these updates laying the groundwork for a faster Python in the coming years? Christopher Trudeau is back on the show this week, bringing another batch of PyCoder's Weekly articles and projects.

Oct 25, 202443 minEp. 225

Narwhals: Expanding DataFrame Compatibility Between Libraries

How does a Python tool support all types of DataFrames and their various features? Could a lightweight library be used to add compatibility for newer formats like Polars or PyArrow? This week on the show, we speak with Marco Gorelli about his project, Narwhals.

Oct 18, 20241 hr 1 minEp. 224
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