48 - Writing About Python with David Mertz

About this episode

David Mertz discusses his experiences and insights on writing about Python and his contributions to the community.

In this episode of the Python Show Podcast, David Mertz is our guest. David is a prolific writer about the Python programming language. From his extremely popular IPM Developerworks articles to his multiple books on the Python language, David has been a part of the Python community for decades. We ended up chatting about: * The history of Python * Book writing * Conference speaking * The PSF * and more! Show Links * David Mertz’s website * PyDev of the Week: David Mertz on Mouse vs Python * David Mertz on InformIT / Pearson Get full access to The Python Show at www.pythonshow.com/subscribe

People in this episode

Guest: David Mertz

Topics covered

• Python programming
• writing
• community
• book publishing
• conference speaking
• history of Python

Keywords

• Python
• writing
• David Mertz
• books
• conference
• PSF
• programming

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Python Software Foundation, IPM Developerworks, InformIT, Pearson

Books & works: Mouse vs Python

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