Python on Windows is OK, actually
Episode #243,
published Tue, Dec 17, 2019, recorded Fri, Nov 8, 2019
We all love the Python language. But it's the 200,000+ packages that actually make Python incredibly useful and productive. But installing these libraries and sometimes even Python itself can vary across platforms. In particular, Windows has had a hard time. Many of the library authors don't use Windows and so don't test their packages on that platform. Tutorial authors often start their tutorial steps by activating a virtual environment with $ source venv/bin/activate. This, of course, doesn't work on Windows. Yet, over 50% of all developers programming in Python do so on Windows.
In this episode, you'll meet Steve Dower. He works at Microsoft and is a Python core developer. He has a bunch of stats for us. But he also has tons of good news on how Python on Windows is getting much better.
Links from the show
In this episode, you'll meet Steve Dower. He works at Microsoft and is a Python core developer. He has a bunch of stats for us. But he also has tons of good news on how Python on Windows is getting much better.
Links from the show
Steve Dower: @zooba
Steve's PyCon Talk: youtube.com
appdirs package: pypi.org/project/appdirs
Michael on .NET Rocks podcast: dotnetrocks.com
Python for .NET Developer Course: talkpython.fm/dotnet
Episode transcripts: talkpython.fm
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appdirs package: pypi.org/project/appdirs
Michael on .NET Rocks podcast: dotnetrocks.com
Python for .NET Developer Course: talkpython.fm/dotnet
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