Episodes

  • Embarking on a Relaxed and Friendly Python Coding Journey

    Embarking on a Relaxed and Friendly Python Coding Journey
    May 3 2024
    Do you get stressed while trying to learn Python? Do you prefer to build small programs or projects as you continue your coding journey? This week on the show, Real Python author Stephen Gruppetta is here to talk about his new book, "The Python Coding Book."
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    1 hr and 4 mins
  • Pydantic Data Validation & Python Web Security Practices

    Pydantic Data Validation & Python Web Security Practices
    Apr 26 2024
    How do you verify and validate the data coming into your Python web application? What tools and security best practices should you consider as a developer? Christopher Trudeau is back on the show this week, bringing another batch of PyCoder's Weekly articles and projects.
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    59 mins
  • Decoupling Systems to Get Closer to the Data

    Decoupling Systems to Get Closer to the Data
    Apr 19 2024
    What are the benefits of using a decoupled data processing system? How do you write reusable queries for a variety of backend data platforms? This week on the show, Phillip Cloud, the lead maintainer of Ibis, will discuss this portable Python dataframe library.
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    1 hr and 9 mins
  • Avoiding Error Culture and Getting Help Inside Python

    Avoiding Error Culture and Getting Help Inside Python
    Apr 12 2024
    What is error culture, and how do you avoid it within your organization? How do you navigate alert and notification fatigue? Hey, it's episode #200! Real Python's editor-in-chief, Dan Bader, joins us this week to celebrate. Christopher Trudeau also returns to bring another batch of PyCoder's Weekly articles and projects.
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    1 hr and 5 mins
  • Leveraging Documents and Data to Create a Custom LLM Chatbot

    Leveraging Documents and Data to Create a Custom LLM Chatbot
    Apr 5 2024
    How do you customize a LLM chatbot to address a collection of documents and data? What tools and techniques can you use to build embeddings into a vector database? This week on the show, Calvin Hendryx-Parker is back to discuss developing an AI-powered, Large Language Model-driven chat interface.
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    1 hr and 8 mins
  • Build a Video Game With Python Turtle & Visualize Data in Seaborn

    Build a Video Game With Python Turtle & Visualize Data in Seaborn
    Mar 29 2024
    Can you build a Space Invaders clone using Python's built-in turtle module? What advantages does the Seaborn data visualization library provide compared to Matplotlib? Christopher Trudeau is back on the show this week, along with special guest Real Python core team member Bartosz Zaczyński. We're sharing another batch of PyCoder's Weekly articles and projects.
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    50 mins
  • Using Python in Bioinformatics and the Laboratory

    Using Python in Bioinformatics and the Laboratory
    Mar 22 2024
    How is Python being used to automate processes in the laboratory? How can it speed up scientific work with DNA sequencing? This week on the show, Chemical Engineering PhD Student Parsa Ghadermazi is here to discuss Python in bioinformatics.
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    51 mins
  • Exploring Duck Typing in Python & Dynamics of Monkey Patching

    Exploring Duck Typing in Python & Dynamics of Monkey Patching
    Mar 15 2024
    What are the advantages of determining the type of an object by how it behaves? What coding circumstances are not a good fit for duck typing? Christopher Trudeau is back on the show this week, bringing another batch of PyCoder's Weekly articles and projects.
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    51 mins