Things I Wish Someone Had Explained To Me Sooner About Python

Episode #411, published Fri, Apr 14, 2023, recorded Thu, Mar 2, 2023

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What advice would you give someone just getting into Python? What did you learn over time through hard work and a few tears that would have really helped you? It's a fun game to play and we have Jason McDonald on the podcast to give us his take. Enjoy!

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Jason C. McDonald: @codemouse92@mastodon.online
Dead Simple Python: nostarch.com
Coroutines and Tasks: docs.python.org
Duck Typing: wikipedia.org
Static Duck Typing in Python with Protocols: daan.fyi
PEP 709: peps.python.org
PEP 289: peps.python.org
Python Packaging Strategy Discussion - Part 1: discuss.python.org
Branch-detective: github.com
Hypothesis: readthedocs.io
Pydantic v2 announcement: pydantic.dev
Michael's venv alias: digitaloceanspaces.com
Watch this episode on YouTube: youtube.com
Episode transcripts: talkpython.fm

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