Special guest: Brett Thomas
Sponsored by Datadog: pythonbytes.fm/datadog
Brian #1: Writing sustainable Python scripts
- Vincent Bernat
- Turning a quick Python script into a maintainable bit of software.
- Topics covered:
- Documentation as a docstring helps future users/maintainers know what problem you are solving.
- CLI arguments with defaults instead of hardcoded values help extend the usability of the script.
- Logging. Including debug logging (and how to turn them on with CLI arguments), and system logging for unattended scripts.
- Tests. Simple doctests, and pytest tests utilizing parametrize to have one test and many test cases.
Brett #2: Static Analysis and Bandit
Michael #3: jupyter-black
- Black formatter for Jupyter Notebook
- One of the big gripes I have about these online editors is their formatting (often entirely absent)
- Then the extension provides
- a toolbar button
- a keyboard shortcut for reformatting the current code-cell (default: Ctrl-B)
- a keyboard shortcut for reformatting whole code-cells (default: Ctrl-Shift-B)
Brian #4: Report Generation workflow with papermill, jupyter, rclone, nbconvert, …
Brett #5: Rant on time deltas
Michael #6: How — and why — you should use Python Generators
- by Radu Raicea
- Generator functions allow you to declare a function that behaves like an iterator.
- They allow programmers to make an iterator in a fast, easy, and clean way.
- They only compute it when you ask for it. This is known as lazy evaluation.
- If you’re not using generators, you’re missing a powerful feature
- Often they result in simpler code than with lists and standard functions
Extras
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Michael:
Jokes
A good programmer is someone who always looks both ways before crossing a one-way street.
(reminds me of another joke: Adulthood is like looking both ways before crossing the street, then getting hit by an airplane)