Jeremy Jones

Biography

Jeremy Jones is a software engineer who works for Predictix. His weapon of choice is Python, but he has done some shell, plenty of Perl, a touch of Java, is currently learning C#, and finds functional programming languages (especially OCaml) fascinating.

He is the author of the open source projects Munkware, a multiproducer/multiconsumer, transactional, and persistent queuing mechanism, ediplex, an EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) parsing engine, and podgrabber a podcast downloader. All three projects were written in the Python language.

Jeremy spends his spare time enjoying his family and doing a little writing. He lives in Conyers, Georgia, just east of Atlanta, with his wife, Debra; two children, Zane and Justus; a Lab named Genevieve (how Madelinesque).

Opinions and views expressed by Jeremy are his own and not those of Predictix.

Books

Python for Unix and Linux System Administration
by Noah Gift , Jeremy Jones
August 2008
$49.99 USD

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Profiling and Optimizing Python
Publish Date: Dec. 15, 2005Premature optimization is the root of all sorts of evil in programming, but meaningful and necessary optimization is vital to effective and efficient programming. When your Python program just doesn't perform, don't reach for C or C++ without first playing with the Python profiler. Jeremy Jones shows how to find and fix bottlenecks in your programs. Installing and Configuring Ubuntu on a Laptop
Publish Date: Nov. 17, 2005Jeremy Jones recently bought a new laptop and decided to run Linux. Don't shudder--it actually works! Here's how he installed, reinstalled, and configured Ubuntu GNU/Linux on a Dell Inspiron. Interactive Debugging in Python
Publish Date: Sep. 1, 2005Debugging with print statements is alive and well. It's not the only way to do it, though. Python has a powerful interactive debugger that can let you get to the heart of your problem faster and more easily--if you know how to use it. Jeremy Jones shows off the features you absolutely must know. Writing Google Desktop Search Plugins
Publish Date: Jun. 2, 2005Google recently released the source code of Kongulo, a plugin for the Google Desktop Search utility. Kongulo is useful on its own, but it's even better as an example of how to write your own plugins for GDS. Jeremy Jones explores the code and explains how it interacts with GDS. Python Standard Logging
Publish Date: Jun. 2, 2005Tracking down what your application does seems easy; just add a few print statements here and there. Unfortunately, effectively tracing a program is more difficult. That's where Python's standard logging module comes in. Jeremy Jones demonstrates how to make it work for you. Subversion UI Shootout
Publish Date: Mar. 10, 2005As Subversion continues to take over from CVS, more advanced interfaces have started to appear. How do they compare to each other? How do they compare to the svn CLI tool? Jeremy Jones puts svn, RapidSVN, and TortoiseSVN though their paces and draws out UI principles along the way. Enhanced Interactive Python with IPython
Publish Date: Jan. 27, 2005An interactive programming environment can be a powerful tool to assist in writing programs. Python has one as part of its standard distribution. Yet IPython, "an enhanced Interactive Python shell," is a far superior replacement. Jeremy Jones demonstrates.

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Spotlight on FOSS: An Interview with Mark Shuttleworth
Publish Date: Apr. 15, 2008

Ubuntu is about to release Hardy Heron, the newest Long Term Support version of this popular Linux distribution. To mark the occasion, we're launching a new video interview series, Spotlight on FOSS, and leading off by chatting by Mark Shuttleworth himself!

PyCon 2007 Wrapup
Publish Date: Mar. 9, 2007

Jeremy Jones summarizes the interesting developments in the world of Python in 2006 and offers some predictions for 2007. Also included is a 32-minute interview with Guido van Rossum discussing the upcoming release of Python 3000. This is the first time that backward compatibility is an issue, and Guido addresses what you need to do to prepare, discusses the strengths and weaknesses of the new conversion tool, and points out the benefits of several new language features (for example, full support for Unicode strings). He also discusses the controversy and misunderstanding some of these changes have caused in the Python community, and how they're being resolved. Finally, he offers his heartfelt thanks to the Python community for "a great ride."

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