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Python Interviews

Python Interviews

By : Michael Driscoll
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Python Interviews

Python Interviews

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By: Michael Driscoll

Overview of this book

Each of these twenty Python Interviews can inspire and refresh your relationship with Python and the people who make Python what it is today. Let these interviews spark your own creativity, and discover how you also have the ability to make your mark on a thriving tech community. This book invites you to immerse in the Python landscape, and let these remarkable programmers show you how you too can connect and share with Python programmers around the world. Learn from their opinions, enjoy their stories, and use their tech tips. • Brett Cannon - former director of the PSF, Python core developer, led the migration to Python 3. • Steve Holden - tireless Python promoter and former chairman and director of the PSF. • Carol Willing - former director of the PSF and Python core developer, Project Jupyter Steering Council member. • Nick Coghlan - founding member of the PSF's Packaging Working Group and Python core developer. • Jessica McKellar - former director of the PSF and Python activist. • Marc-André Lemburg - Python core developer and founding member of the PSF. • Glyph Lefkowitz - founder of Twisted and fellow of the PSF • Doug Hellmann - fellow of the PSF, creator of the Python Module of the Week blog, Python community member since 1998. • Massimo Di Pierro - fellow of the PSF, data scientist and the inventor of web2py. • Alex Martelli - fellow of the PSF and co-author of Python in a Nutshell. • Barry Warsaw - fellow of the PSF, Python core developer since 1995, and original member of PythonLabs. • Tarek Ziadé - founder of Afpy and author of Expert Python Programming. • Sebastian Raschka - data scientist and author of Python Machine Learning. • Wesley Chun - fellow of the PSF and author of the Core Python Programming books. • Steven Lott - Python blogger and author of Python for Secret Agents. • Oliver Schoenborn - author of Pypubsub and wxPython mailing list contributor. • Al Sweigart - bestselling author of Automate the Boring Stuff with Python and creator of the Python modules Pyperclip and PyAutoGUI. • Luciano Ramalho - fellow of the PSF and the author of Fluent Python. • Mike Bayer - fellow of the PSF, creator of open source libraries including SQLAlchemy. • Jake Vanderplas - data scientist and author of Python Data Science Handbook.
Table of Contents (22 chapters)
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Preface
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1. Brett Cannon
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2. Steve Holden
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3. Carol Willing
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4. Glyph Lefkowitz
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5. Doug Hellmann
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6. Massimo Di Pierro
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7. Alex Martelli
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8. Marc-André Lemburg
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9. Barry Warsaw
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10. Jessica McKellar
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11. Tarek Ziadé
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12. Sebastian Raschka
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13. Wesley Chun
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14. Steven Lott
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15. Oliver Schoenborn
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16. Al Sweigart
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17. Luciano Ramalho
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18. Nick Coghlan
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19. Mike Bayer
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20. Jake Vanderplas

Chapter 16. Al Sweigart

Al Sweigart

Al Sweigart is an American software developer and the creator of two cross-platform Python modules: Pyperclip, for copying and pasting text, and PyAutoGUI, for controlling the mouse and keyboard. He is a successful author who has published four books on Python programming and a book on Scratch, a programming language for children. Al's books teach beginners how to code and he is passionate about helping young people and adults to develop programming skills. Al focuses on making programming knowledge more accessible and regularly speaks at Python conferences.

Discussion themes: Python books, Python packages, v2.7/v3.x.

Catch up with Al Sweigart here: @AlSweigart

Mike Driscoll: So how did you become a programmer?

Al Sweigart: I was a kid who loved the 8-bit Nintendo. Then a friend of mine found a book in the elementary school library about programming games in BASIC. I was hooked.

I sort of hate telling people how I got into programming, because I was...

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