| | | | The Ultimate Guide to Python Type Checking
In this guide, you’ll look at Python type checking. Traditionally, types have been handled by the Python interpreter in a flexible but implicit way. Recent versions of Python allow you to specify explicit type hints that can be used by different tools to help you develop your code more efficiently.
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Distributing Standalone Python Applications
Packaging and distributing Python applications is a hard problem if you’re not targeting developers (who are comfortable with pip install-ing from PyPI). Gregory’s detailed article covers the current options for app distribution, such as PyInstaller and the Nuitka compiler.
GREGORY SZORC
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An Update on Python’s Governance
A summary of the current state of Python’s governance as of the end of 2018 and what’s next, written by CPython core developer Brett Cannon. A must-read if you’re interested in the Python governance changes after Guido retired as Python’s BDFL.
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Setting Up Vim as a Python IDE
Installation instructions to provide an out-of-box Python IDE based on Vim and a curated set of community plugins.
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Python 3 Statement: Sunsetting Legacy Python Support
A pledge from various open-source projects to drop Python 2 support by 2020, plus progress updates. One more year left folks…
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Discussions
Pandas Dropping Python 2 Support
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What Does a Person Mean Exactly When They Describe Code as Pythonic?
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While I Am Learning Python, What Else Should I Be Learning to Supplement My Resume?
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What Do Employers Look for in a Python Developer?
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Articles & Tutorials
Reverse Engineering the Godot File Format
Parsing the pack file format of the free and open-source Godot game engine with hexdump and Python as a little personal challenge. Nice writeup!
GOKBERK YALTIRAKLI
Analyzing Medium Story Stats With Python
A Python toolkit for data science with Medium.com article statistics. I find Medium to be a terrible blogging platform (more examples) but Will’s toolkit demoed in this writeup looks helpful.
WILL KOEHRSEN
Modeling Polymorphism in Django With Python
Modeling polymorphism in relational databases can be a challenging task, but in this article, you’ll learn several modeling techniques to represent polymorphic objects in a relational database using the Django object-relational mapping (ORM).
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Develop a Real-Time App with Django Channels and Angular
 In this course, you will learn how to create a ride-sharing application that incorporates an Angular front-end with a Django back-end in a Docker container. The focus is on real-time communication between client and server, using Django Channels and Redis to send and receive JSON messages via WebSockets. Learn more →
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PyPy for Low-Latency Systems
PyPy introduced two new functions (gc.disable() and gc.collect_step()) that allow for more control over the garbage collector, making PyPy viable for low-latency use cases.
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Experiments With the New Low Latency PyPy Garbage Collector
How to get more stable performance and avoid frame drops when developing games with PyGame and PyPy. The idea is to manually trigger a GC pass after every frame. Interesting writeup.
RENÉ DUDFIELD
Monkeypatching With Pytest
This blog post describes what monkeypatching is and provides two examples of using it with pytest. Includes example code on GitHub.
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Using the Pandas Category Data Type
Introduction to Pandas’ categorical data type and some of the benefits and drawbacks of using it.
CHRIS MOFFITT
List of Sample Web App Ideas
A great list of project ideas for project apps while you learn Python. Language agnostic, but all can (and should) be done with Python.
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Learn Python From the Top 50 Articles for the Past Year (2018)
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PyDev of the Week: Mike Grouchy
Interview with Mike Grouchy, one of the founders of PyCoder’s Weekly.
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Using JupyterHub as a Generic Application Spawner
“You don’t have to use JupyterHub to spawn Jupyter notebooks. JupyterHub can in fact be used to spawn an arbitrary application, or when we are talking about Kubernetes, an arbitrary container image can be used for the per user environment that JupyterHub creates.”
GRAHAM DUMPLETON
Projects & Code
mypyc: Compiler From Type Annotated Python to C Extensions
Mypyc is a compiler that compiles mypy-annotated, statically typed Python modules into Python C extensions. The focus is on making mypy faster through compilation.
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litecli: CLI for SQLite Databases With Auto-Completion and Syntax Highlighting
I love pgcli and this project is from the same team.
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Brython: Python 3 → JS Interpreter
Brython compiles Python 3.7(-ish) code and converts it to JavaScript, meaning you can run Python code in the browser with it.
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profanity-check: Check for Offensive Language in Strings
Uses a linear SVM model trained on 200k human-labeled samples of clean and profane text strings instead of an explicit blacklist.
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writango: Write, Publish and Let Your Audience Play Your Write-Up Like a Slide Presentation
Write, publish and let your audience play your write-up like a slide deck presentation. Built with Django + ReactJS.
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Coconut Programming Language
Simple, elegant, Pythonic functional programming.
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Border-Patrol: Log All Imported Packages and Their Version for Debugging
FLORIAN WILHELM • Shared by Florian Wilhelm
ptrepl: Turn Any Bash Command Into a REPL
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uncaptcha2: Defeating the Latest Version of ReCaptcha With 91% Accuracy
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django-etc: Tiny Stuff for Django That Won’t Fit Into Separate Apps
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rests: Auto-Generate TypeScript Models for Django Projects
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