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Python Interviews: Discussions with Python Experts 1st Edition, Kindle Edition

3.8 3.8 out of 5 stars 7 ratings

Mike Driscoll takes you on a journey talking to a hall-of-fame list of truly remarkable Python experts. You'll be inspired every time by their passion for the Python language, as they share with you their experiences, contributions, and careers in Python.

Key Features

  • Hear from these key Python thinkers about the current status of Python, and where it's heading in the future
  • Listen to their close thoughts on significant Python topics, such as Python's role in scientific computing, and machine learning
  • Understand the direction of Python, and what needs to change for Python 4

Book Description

Each of these twenty Python Interviews can inspire and refresh your relationship with Python and the people who make Python what it is today. Let these interviews spark your own creativity, and discover how you also have the ability to make your mark on a thriving tech community. This book invites you to immerse in the Python landscape, and let these remarkable programmers show you how you too can connect and share with Python programmers around the world. Learn from their opinions, enjoy their stories, and use their tech tips.

  • Brett Cannon - former director of the PSF, Python core developer, led the migration to Python 3.
  • Steve Holden - tireless Python promoter and former chairman and director of the PSF.
  • Carol Willing - former director of the PSF and Python core developer, Project Jupyter Steering Council member.
  • Nick Coghlan - founding member of the PSF's Packaging Working Group and Python core developer.
  • Jessica McKellar - former director of the PSF and Python activist.
  • Marc-André Lemburg - Python core developer and founding member of the PSF.
  • Glyph Lefkowitz - founder of Twisted and fellow of the PSF
  • Doug Hellmann - fellow of the PSF, creator of the Python Module of the Week blog, Python community member since 1998.
  • Massimo Di Pierro - fellow of the PSF, data scientist and the inventor of web2py.
  • Alex Martelli - fellow of the PSF and co-author of Python in a Nutshell.
  • Barry Warsaw - fellow of the PSF, Python core developer since 1995, and original member of PythonLabs.
  • Tarek Ziadé - founder of Afpy and author of Expert Python Programming.
  • Sebastian Raschka - data scientist and author of Python Machine Learning.
  • Wesley Chun - fellow of the PSF and author of the Core Python Programming books.
  • Steven Lott - Python blogger and author of Python for Secret Agents.
  • Oliver Schoenborn - author of Pypubsub and wxPython mailing list contributor.
  • Al Sweigart - bestselling author of Automate the Boring Stuff with Python and creator of the Python modules Pyperclip and PyAutoGUI.
  • Luciano Ramalho - fellow of the PSF and the author of Fluent Python.
  • Mike Bayer - fellow of the PSF, creator of open source libraries including SQLAlchemy.
  • Jake Vanderplas - data scientist and author of Python Data Science Handbook.

What you will learn

  • How successful programmers think
  • The history of Python
  • Insights into the minds of the Python core team
  • Trends in Python programming

Table of Contents

  1. Brett Cannon
  2. Steve Holden
  3. Carol Willing
  4. Glyph Lefkowitz
  5. Doug Hellmann
  6. Massimo Di Pierro
  7. Alex Martelli
  8. Marc-Andre Lemburg
  9. Barry Warsaw
  10. Jessica McKellar
  11. Tarek Ziade
  12. Sebastian Raschka
  13. Wesley Chun
  14. Steven Lott
  15. Oliver Schoenborn
  16. Al Sweigart
  17. Luciano Ramalho
  18. Nick Coghlan
  19. Mike Bayer
  20. Jake Vanderplas

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Mike Driscoll has been using Python since April 2006. He blogs for the Python Software Foundation. Other than blogging, he enjoys reading novels, listening to a wide variety of music, and learning photography. He writes documentation for the wxPython project's wiki page and helps wxPython users on their mailing list. He also helps Python users on the PyWin32 list and occasionally the comp.lang.py list too.

Product details

  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0793XYQGZ
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Packt Publishing; 1st edition (February 28, 2018)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ February 28, 2018
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1655 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 368 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    3.8 3.8 out of 5 stars 7 ratings

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Michael has been programming with the Python language since 2006. He has been writing about Python on his blog, "The Mouse Vs. The Python", and is a member of the Python Software Foundation. He has co-authored "Core Python Cheatsheet" for DZone and is a regular contributor to the Real Python website. He has also been a technical reviewer for Python books from Packt Publishing and No Starch Press.

Michael has written several books on Python and wxPython. He also recently released a complete rewrite of Python 101 and has a couple more books in the pipeline

Michael enjoys photography, a wide variety of music, and learning more about Christian apologetics.

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  • Reviewed in the United States on March 25, 2018
    The older I get, the more I realize most things are about people. I think a lot of us come to the language for many different reasons, me personally for learning a language from a non-programmer background, but stay for the culture, people, and community. This was demonstrated between the lines from the many excellent interviews in the book. Kudos to Mike and Packt for delivering this book and the many industry luminaries taking the time to be interviewed!
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