Check out https://www.pythonpodcast.com/steven-lott-learn-to-code-episode-283/. This was a fun conversation on Python and learning.

We didn't talk about my books in detail. Instead, we talked about learning and what it takes to get closer to mastery.

It's a thing I worry about. I suspect other writers worry about …

I don't -- generally -- think of myself as an edge-of-the-envelope developer. I'm a tried-and-proven kind of engineer. I want stuff that's been around for years, with a long history of changes. Except. Today. Currently, I'm revising Mastering Object-Oriented Python. Second Edition. That means upgrading everything to Python 3.7 with full …

It's time to revise Mastering Object-Oriented Python. While the previous edition is solidly focused on Python3, it lacks some important features:

• F-Strings
• Type Hints
• types.NamedTuple
• Data Classes

So. There's some stuff to add. I don't think there's too much to take away. I plan to make some things a …

Something I forget to think about is the degree of detail or granularity of design patterns. I have my own viewpoint and I often assume that others share it.

Here's a quote from an email describing the PLoP (Pattern Languages of Programs) patterns as quite distinct from the Gang of …

In Montreal! How cool is that? I'll be working for my current employer, also a sponsor, to locate Python talent. I'll have a few copies of my books that I can give away. Most importantly, the promotional code PYCON_LOTT gives 50% off my Packt titles and runs from April 7th …

Be there: http://www.oreilly.com/pub/e/3255

Of course, I've got too many slides. 58 slides for a 60 minute presentation. That's really about 2 hours of material. Unless people have questions, then it's a half-day seminar.

Seriously.

I think I've gone waaaay too far on this. But …

Okay. This seems shameless. But. Here's the link http://bit.ly/1zg0mpA straight to my book information page on www.PacktPub.com.

I'm slowly coming to grips with the reality of marketing.

I've now got my actual souvenir hard-copies of my two Packt books https://www.packtpub.com/application-development/mastering-object-oriented-python https://www.packtpub.com/hardware-and-creative/python-secret-agents So far, so good. I've got one more title in the works. After that, I think I'll have to take a small break and do some …

See this short discussion on a Stingray Reader feature:

https://sourceforge.net/p/stingrayreader/discussion/COBOL/thread/d2132851/?limit=25#2a3a

This turned into an exercise in pure TDD.

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I'm not a fan of applying TDD in a strict, death-march fashion.

I see the comments on Stack Overflow that …