Watch here: Or listen here: In this week’s episode we talk with Dane about packaging and the rich ecosystem of Python tooling. Dane is the author of Publishing Python Packages, a new Manning book that just came out. In our conversation we dive into some of the specific challenges and opportunities that come with packaging… Continue reading Dane Hillard on Python packaging and effective developer tooling
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5 ways I use GitHub Actions
By Bob Belderbos on 14 December 2022
I am increasingly using GitHub Actions these days. If you’re new to this you might want to check out our article or video. In this article I will show you 5 cool ways I use it day to day. Run tests and linters The first and most obvious reason is to automate tooling. Although you probably want to… Continue reading 5 ways I use GitHub Actions
Learning Rich by making a color searcher command line app
By Bob Belderbos on 6 July 2022
The other day I wanted to get serious with the awesome Rich library. As we always say: you have to build to really learn + need ideas? Scratch your own itch. If you’re struggling for ideas, see what takes you long and/or is cumbersome and see if it’s a good candidate to automate it with… Continue reading Learning Rich by making a color searcher command line app
Configure a Linux Development Environment on Windows with WSL and VS Code
By Heather Gray on 18 May 2022
About WSL It seems like everyone is using Linux or Mac for software development these days, but if you’re a windows user, you may have looked into what you needed to do to be able to use Linux on your PC and found that dual-booting or virtual machines sounded like too much trouble. But these… Continue reading Configure a Linux Development Environment on Windows with WSL and VS Code
A debugging tale
By Bob Belderbos on 6 March 2022
I ran into an interesting issue debugging the other day … I used isort with pre-commit to automatically sort imports before committing my code. This is a huge time saver and I am very thankful for both tools, as well as black and flake8. They save a ton of time and they instantly boost the… Continue reading A debugging tale
The Benefits of Using GitHub Actions
By Bob Belderbos on 13 August 2021
If you’re not using GitHub Actions you’re missing out! This tool is a great way to catch any errors in the central place of the GitHub repo. Catch errors early Of course this is always second best, developers should do their due diligence locally first before pushing code: Some of my favorites in that regard… Continue reading The Benefits of Using GitHub Actions
Fast Emoji Lookup from the Command Line
By Bob Belderbos on 7 May 2021
Today I wanted to share a little app I built the other day to search emojis from the command line.
Get to Python source code instantly using importlib and inspect
By Bob Belderbos on 14 December 2020
Have you ever wondered how to get Python source code quickly? It turns out the Standard Library can do this pretty effortlessly. Here is some code to read more Python source.
How to Create an AWS Lambda Layer For Any Python Dependency
By Michael Aydinbas on 5 October 2020
I finally managed to get scikit-learn running on the platform. On the way, I learned a lot about AWS Lambda Layers, AWS cli, and AWS cloud infrastructure in general. And now it’s time I share this knowledge with you. In this article you will learn about creating your own AWS Lambda Layer to support any Python package you may need.
How to Run External Python Libraries in AWS Cloud
By Bob Belderbos on 17 August 2020
AWS Lambda is awesome, but sometimes it can be hard to get external libraries working in this serverless environment. No worries, we learned a lesson or two which I will share in this article. Ready to run almost any Python library in the cloud? This should excite you and even trigger your entrepeneurial mind …