How Python Wins New Friends
summary
Python asserts itself as the dominant teaching language by being easy to learn and by hiding memory and typing details while remaining extensible into high-performance and embedded use. Examples given: Jupyter/JupyterLab for mixed code and narrative, PyPy (JIT) and Cython for speed, MicroPython for microcontrollers, and Python Tutor for stepping through execution. Python underpins major projects (LIGO data work), supports ~35 notebook kernels, and fuels a ~7–7.5k member PyData London community.
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chapters (25)
- 0:00Introduction
- 0:32Python Users
- 0:49Python Early Days
- 1:04First Computer
- 2:49D1 Mini
- 3:23ASP machine
- 3:37Python vs C
- 4:18The problem with taking offense
- 4:48Gandhi quote
- 5:06Python goes its own merry way
- 5:25Python as a learning language
- 6:30Python is easy to access
- 7:31Python is easy to learn
- 9:19Python has very simple assignments
- 10:16Python has the read evaluate print loop
- 10:53Python has great features for introspection
- 11:03Python has an ecosystem
- 12:22Pipy
- 13:01Sizin
- 13:13MicroPython
- 13:26Python Tutor
- 13:42Why Python
- 14:34Science instrumentation
- 15:00Data science code
- 15:33Python is a fabulous language
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