#5: SQLAlchemy and data access in Python

Talk Python To Me

Michael Kennedy

Technology

4.8 • 635 Ratings

🗓️ 28 April 2015

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

In this episode we speak with Mike Bayer. Mike created SQLAlchemy in 2005 and over the past 10 years has been building and refining this amazing RDBMS ORM and data access layer. You'll learn a lot about the history of the project and how it has evolved over time. You'll also here where Mike got some of his inspiration for the design patterns used in the library.

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0:00.0	Talk Python to me.
0:01.8	Episode number five with guest Mike Baer recorded Thursday, April 9, 2015.
0:09.2	I'm a developer in many senses of the word because I make these applications,
0:16.5	but I also use these verbs to make this music.
0:19.1	I constructed line by line just like when I'm coding another software design.
0:23.9	In both cases, it's about design patterns.
0:27.0	Anyone can get the job done.
0:28.4	It's the execution that matters.
0:30.1	I have many interests.
0:31.5	Sometimes you can reflect my creativity.
0:33.7	Hello, and welcome to Talk Python to me, a weekly podcast on Python, the language, the libraries, the ecosystem, and the personalities.
0:40.1	This is your host, Michael Kennedy.
0:41.8	Follow me on Twitter, where I'm at M. Kennedy, and keep up with the show and listen to past episodes at Talk PythonToMe.com.
0:49.6	This episode will be talking with Mike Baer about sequel alchemy.
0:53.6	Let me introduce Mike.
0:55.8	Mike Bayer is the creator of several prominent Python libraries including SQL Alchemy,
1:00.5	Mako templates for Python, Alembic Migrations, and Dogpile caching.
1:05.2	He's been working with open source software and databases since the mid-1990s.
1:09.2	Today he's active in the Python community, working to spread
1:11.7	good software practices to an ever-wider audience. Mike is a semi-regular presenter at PyCon
1:17.1	US and has also spoken at many smaller events and conferences in the United States and Europe.
1:22.6	Follow Mike on Twitter where he's Zeke. That's at ZZZZE-E-EEK. Welcome to the show. Thanks. Thanks for having me.
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