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In-Depth Series: A Little Bit of Python

  • Number of episodes: 25
  • Open/closed: open
  • Date of earliest show: 2010-02-02
  • Date of latest show: 2022-05-16
  • Series RSS feeds: ogg, spx, mp3

Initially based on the podcast "A Little Bit of Python", by Michael Foord, Andrew Kuchling, Steve Holden, Dr. Brett Cannon and Jesse Noller. https://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/weblog/arch_d7_2009_12_19.shtml#e1138

Now the series is open to all.

hpr3596 :: Extracting text, tables and images from docx files using Python hosted by Mr. Young

2022-05-16. 00:08:37. Clean.
python, docx.

In this episode, I describe how I used 2 python libraries to extract import data from docx files

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hpr3328 :: Pandas Part 2 hosted by Enigma

2021-05-05. 00:11:59. Clean.
python, pandas, Data, Data Science.

Enigma continues his discussion about his favorite Python module Pandas

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hpr3253 :: Pandas Intro hosted by Enigma

2021-01-20. 00:20:41. Clean.
python, data analytics, data science.

Enigma introduces one of his favorite python modules pandas

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hpr3072 :: The joy of pip-tools and pyenv-virtualenv hosted by clacke

2020-05-12. 00:24:01. Explicit.
python, pyenv, virtualenv, virtualenvwrapper, poetry, pipenv, pip-tools.

How to manage your dependencies and environment isolation when developing in Python

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hpr3067 :: Getting my Python3 code working in Python2 hosted by MrX

2020-05-05. 00:25:26. Explicit.
Python, Programming, Linux, Raspberry Pi.

What I had to do to get my raspberry Pi PifaceCAD board working after a Debian upgrade.

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hpr2976 :: A walk through my PifaceCAD Python code – Part 4 hosted by MrX

2019-12-30. 00:06:31. Explicit.
Podcasts, Linux, Command Line, Python, Raspberry Pi.

This is the last show in the series and covers the main program section at the bottom of my script

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hpr2963 :: A walk through my PifaceCAD Python code – Part 3 hosted by MrX

2019-12-11. 00:14:40. Explicit.
Audio, Podcasts, Linux, Command Line, Python, Raspberry Pi.

In this episode I cover functions activated when a button is pushed on the PiFaceCAD board

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hpr2951 :: A walk through my PifaceCAD Python code – Part 2 hosted by MrX

2019-11-25. 00:14:48. Explicit.
Podcasts, Linux, Command Line, Python, Raspberry Pi.

In this episode I cover some generic functions at the top of the code.

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hpr2933 :: A walk through my PifaceCAD Python code – Part 1 hosted by MrX

2019-10-30. 00:14:31. Explicit.
Podcasts, Linux, Command Line, Python, Raspberry Pi.

In this series a do whirl wind tour of the Python code I developed for my PifaceCAD board

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hpr2013 :: Parsing XML in Python with Xmltodict hosted by Klaatu

2016-04-20. 00:14:09. Explicit.
python, parse, xml.

A quick introduction to xmltodict, an XML parser for Python.

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hpr2012 :: Parsing XML in Python with Untangle hosted by Klaatu

2016-04-19. 00:21:02. Explicit.
python, parse, xml.

A quick introduction to Untangle, an XML parser for Python.

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hpr2010 :: Parsing JSON with Python hosted by Klaatu

2016-04-15. 00:12:11. Clean.
Python, dictionary, JSON.

How to parse JSON with Python

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hpr679 :: A Little Bit of Python: Episode 14 2010-06-06 hosted by Michael Foord

2011-03-10. 00:18:36. Explicit.
Pycon, Stackless, psyco, PyPy, Unladen Swallow.

An interview with Christian Tismer after PyCon 2010

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hpr664 :: A Little Bit of Python: Episode 13 hosted by Michael Foord

2011-02-17. 00:40:52. Explicit.
community, python, news, syndicated thursday, syndication.

News about Python - the SEC mandates python for filing, community funding, and more

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hpr584 :: A Little Bit of Python: 12 Global Interpreter Lock; Concurrency hosted by Michael Foord

2010-10-28. 00:37:45. Explicit.
little bit of python, programming, python.

Exploring a scheduler being introduced in python, and its effect on threading performance

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hpr577 :: Episode 11.Bit-of-Python-2010-04-07 hosted by Michael Foord

2010-10-19. 00:11:36. Explicit.
Python, twisted, wxWidgets, CPython, Global interpreter lock, GIL.

An interview recorded at PyCon 2010, Atlanta, with Antoine Pitrou

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hpr549 :: Interview with Richard Jones hosted by Michael Foord

2010-06-17. 00:18:13. Explicit.
PyWeek, Python, Richard Jones.

Interview with Richard Jones who organizes the PyWeek game programming challenge

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hpr545 :: Little Bit of python episode nine hosted by Michael Foord

2010-06-03. 00:25:48. Explicit.
News, CPython, IronPython, PyWeek.

News about Python 2.7, PyPy 1.2 and other modules

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hpr542 :: Little Bit of Python Episode 8 hosted by Michael Foord

2010-05-18. 00:15:04. Explicit.
python, interview, interviews, Canonical, Mark Shuttleworth, PyCon, PyCon 2010, Ubuntu, Pygame.

Steve Holden interviews Mark Shuttleworth, founder of Canonical, at PyCon 2010

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hpr539 :: Little Bit of Python Episode 7 hosted by Michael Foord

2010-04-30. 00:23:03. Explicit.
podcast, python, just-in-time compiler, JIT, Unladen Swallow, PEP, PEP 3146.

A panel discussion on speeding up Python and proposed changes in the Unladen Swallow branch

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hpr537 :: Episode 6.Bit-of-Python hosted by Michael Foord

2010-04-16. 00:18:48. Explicit.
podcast, PyCon, PyCon 2010, interview, interviews, intellectual property, software patents.

Michael Foord interviews Van Lindberg, conference chair of PyCon 2010, about the conference

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hpr535 :: New Features in Python 2.7 hosted by Michael Foord

2010-04-06. 00:21:16. Explicit.
python, python 2.7, modules, logging, configuration, podcast, PyPy, versioning.

A panel discussion on some of the new features coming in Python 2.7

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hpr534 :: Mercurial Transition and comments on the Python Package Index hosted by Michael Foord

2010-04-03. 00:45:38. Explicit.
podcast, Python, Python 2.7, Mercurial, EOL, DVCS, distributed version control system, Subversion, Iron Python, Python 3.2, Python Package Index, PyPI.

A panel discussion covering the transition to using Mercurial for the Python source code

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hpr520 :: Selecting Talks for PyCon 2010 hosted by Michael Foord

2010-02-19. 00:21:42. Explicit.
python, pycon 2010.

Discussion on how talks were selected for the upcoming PyCon 2010 conference

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hpr510 :: Python Language Moratorium Python 2.7 End of the Line? hosted by Michael Foord

2010-02-02. 00:23:54. Explicit.
python 2.7, python 3.0.

A round-table discussion about the possibility of Python 2.x end of life

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