Python is quick and easy to learn.

And yet, there is a massive gap between knowing the common aspects of the language,

loops, variables, functions, and so on,

and knowing how to write a well-factored application using modern tools and libraries.

That's where learning Python is a never-ending journey.

Sebastian Witwoski is here to give us his take on a modern Python developer's

toolkit. There are a bunch of great tips in store for us. This is Talk Python to Me. Episode

279 recorded July 21st, 2020. Welcome to Talk Python to Me, a weekly podcast on Python, the language, the libraries, the ecosystem, and the personalities.

This is your host, Michael Kennedy. Follow me on Twitter where I'm at M. Kennedy. Keep up with

a show and listen to past episodes at talk python.fm and follow the show on Twitter via

TalkPython. This episode is brought to you by Linode and us. Hey folks, before we jump into the

interview, there's so much going on over at Talk Python training that I want to share not one,

but four exciting announcements with you share not one, but four

exciting announcements with you.

Number one, we released a new course that has been a passion project of mine, understanding

how memory management works in Python.

We don't have enough clear info out in the world to get a solid picture of how our code

runs, so I dove in and created a five-hour course covering all the

internals of Python memory, things such as reference counting, garbage collection, and the fascinating

allocation algorithms. We also touch on a bunch of simple techniques and patterns to employ,

which allow our code to run much faster and use only half as much memory. Check it out at

talk python.fm slash mem.

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