Issue #519

Levenshtein Distances, urllib, Python's Performance, and More

April 5, 2022

Levenshtein Distances, urllib, Python's Performance, and More
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Python’s urllib.request for HTTP Requests
In this tutorial, you’ll be making HTTP requests with Python’s built-in urllib.request. You’ll try out examples and review common errors encountered, all while learning more about HTTP requests and Python in general.
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Text Similarity w/ Levenshtein Distance in Python
Levenshtein distance is a measure of the difference between two chunks of text. This article explains how it works and how to set up a data pipeline using it to detect plagiarism.
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The Counter-Intuitive Rise of Python in Scientific computing
Why Python’s ability to write code quickly and access to more libraries can out perform heavily optimized compiled code.
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Advanced Exploratory Data Analysis With Python
Getting a good feeling for a new dataset is not always easy, and takes time. However, a good and broad exploratory data analysis (EDA) can help a lot to understand your dataset. This article walks you through how to analyze your dataset using popular Python libraries.
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Scaling Our Dependency Graph
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Python RCE Vulnerability Discovered in Celery
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Pre-Allocated Lists in Python
Allocating a list with content is faster than appending, so allocating a list of nothing can be a valuable optimization. This article shows the differences in speed gained by this micro-optimization and when to use it.
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Responsive Tables With Django and htmx
htmx is a tool for injecting HTML snippets into pages allowing you to reduce the amount of Javascript in your interactive web pages. This article shows you how to use htmx in Django to produce a responsive table.
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Python Support Vector Machines With Scikit-Learn
Support vector machines (SVM) are algorithms commonly used for supervised machine learning models. This article is a a beginner-friendly guide to creating them in Python with Scikit-Learn.
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20 Python Interview Questions
Practice up for that next interview. Questions about data structures, language concepts, and some common standard library functions.
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Azure Python Blob Trigger
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Webinar: Extending Conda With its New Plugin API
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Understanding Decorators in Python
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