Episode 278: Python Web Apps

Web Rush

Host(s):

• John Papa @John_Papa
• Craig Shoemaker @craigshoemaker

Guest:

• Alfredo Deza on LinkedIn

Recording date: Apr 11, 2024

Brought to you by

• AG Grid

  

• IdeaBlade

Resources:

• Alfredo’s social media profile at LinkedIn
• Alfredo Deza at the Olympics
• Alfredo Deza’s Olympian story
• Alfredo’s father in the Olympics
• Alfredo Deza books on Amazon
• Alfredo’s Books at O’Reilly
• Alfredo Deza at Duke University
• Getting Started with Testing in Python
• Python Fundamentals on Khan Academy
• Kubernetes
• Small functions considered harmful
• Reddit thread on small functions being harmful
• Writing small functions
• Five lines of code principle
• Python clean code - 6 best practices to make your Python functions more readable
• Refactoring to Patterns

Timejumps

• 00:28 Welcome!
• 01:35 Introducing Alfredo Deza
• 02:59 What's your Olympic story?
• 06:02 What lessons from being an athlete into technology?
• 09:51 Sponsor: Ag Grid
• 10:48 Why Python?
• 23:29 Software engineers dislike writing tests
• 26:13 How should developers balance the principles of testing?
• 31:34 Happy birthday to Ward
• 32:44 How do you break functions into multiple functions?
• 36:46 Sponsor: IdeaBlade
• 37:36 Where should people go to learn more?

Podcast editing on this episode done by Chris Enns of Lemon Productions.