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	Podcast:		Talk Python To Me - Python conversations for passionate developers
	Episode:		#243 Python on Windows is OK, actually
	Category:		Technology
	Duration:		00:57:38
	Publish Date:		2019-12-17 02:00:00
	Description:		We all love the Python language. But it's the 200,000+ packages that actually make Python incredibly useful and productive. But installing these libraries and sometimes even Python itself can vary across platforms. In particular, Windows has had a hard time. Many of the library authors don't use Windows and so don't test their packages on that platform. Tutorial authors often start their tutorial steps by activating a virtual environment with $ source venv/bin/activate. This, of course, doesn't work on Windows. Yet, over 50% of all developers programming in Python do so on Windows. In this episode, you'll meet Steve Dower. He works at Microsoft and is a Python core developer. He has a bunch of stats for us. But he also has tons of good news on how Python on Windows is getting much better. Links from the show Steve Dower: @zooba Steve's PyCon Talk: youtube.com Michael on .NET Rocks podcast: dotnetrocks.com Python for .NET Developer Course: talkpython.fm/dotnet Sponsors Linode Brilliant Talk Python Training
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