Astrophysics and Astronomy With Python & PyCon Africa 2024 | Real Python Podcast
Are you interested in practicing your Python skills while learning how to solve astrophysics and astronomy problems? Christopher Trudeau is back on the show this week, bringing another batch of PyCoder's Weekly articles and projects.
👉 Links from the show: https://realpython.com/podcasts/rpp/219/
Christopher shares a pair of his recent Real Python video courses about exploring astronomy and astrophysics with Python. Throughout the courses, you'll get to practice using a variety of data science libraries, such as NumPy, Matplotlib, pandas, pint, and Astropy.
We speak with Mannie Young who is the Organizing Committee Chair of PyCon Africa. Real Python is excited to be a contributing sponsor of this year's conference. Mannie discusses reinvigorating a continent-spanning conference after a multiyear hiatus. He also talks about introducing Python to students and new developers across Africa through PyClubs, PyLadies, and PyData programs.
We share several other articles and projects from the Python community, including a news roundup, logging in Python, understanding operator precedence, reconciling why it only works on your machine, a fast way to create an HTML app, and a tool for deep inspection of Python objects.
This episode is sponsored by InfluxData.
Topics:
00:00:00 -- Introduction
00:03:05 -- PEP 750: Tag Strings for Domain-Specific Languages
00:05:19 -- PEP 752: Package Repository Namespaces
00:07:32 -- PyCon US 2024 Recap and Recording Release
00:08:01 -- Logging in Python
00:14:57 -- It Works on My Machine. Why?
00:17:33 -- Python's Operator Precedence
00:20:54 -- Exploring Astrophysics in Python With pandas and Matplotlib
00:24:03 -- Using Astropy for Astronomy With Python
00:26:37 -- Sponsor: InfluxData
00:27:22 -- fasthtml: The Fastest Way to Create an HTML App
00:32:50 -- wat: Deep Inspection of Python Objects
00:38:08 -- PyCon Africa 2024
00:40:47 -- What goes into re-energizing a conference?
00:44:20 -- Talks and speakers
00:46:58 -- Video Course Spotlight
00:48:29 -- How did you get involved?
00:52:19 -- PyClubs and growing Python education
00:58:41 -- What industries are using Python in Ghana?
01:00:20 -- Sponsorship and support
01:01:51 -- Travel in and outside the continent
01:04:23 -- Call to action
01:05:05 -- Thanks and goodbye
👉 Links from the show: https://realpython.com/podcasts/rpp/219/