Python Interviews: Discussions with Python Experts

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 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 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-André Lemburg
9. Barry Warsaw
10. Jessica McKellar
11. Tarek Ziadé
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

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.