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Dunder Methods, Closing Files, The GIL, and More

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Dunder Methods in Python: The Ugliest Awesome Sauce
Double-underscore methods, also known as “dunder methods” or “magic methods” are an ugly way of bringing beauty to your code. Learn about constructors, __repr__, __str__, operator overloading, and getting your classes working with Python functions like len().
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Why Is It Important to Close Files in Python?
Model citizens use context managers to open and close file resources in Python, but have you ever wondered why it’s important to close files? In this tutorial, you’ll take a deep dive into the reasons why it’s important to close files and what can happen if you dont.
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When Python Can’t Thread: A Deep-Dive Into the GIL’s Impact
Python’s Global Interpreter Lock (GIL) stops threads from running in parallel or concurrently. Learn how to determine the impact of the GIL on your code.
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Handling Retries in Python Requests
When coding with requests and urllib3 you can automatically retry failed connections through the use of requests.adapters.HTTPAdapter and urllib3.Retry. Don’t code retry loops manually, learn how to take advantage of the features of the libraries.
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Understanding Train Test Split
The Train-Test-Split methodology is useful for supervised machine learning with a given data set. It helps ensure that new data is more likely to be categorized correctly. Learn how to use it with Python and scikit-learn.
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Pagination for a User-Friendly Django App
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Notes on Debugging
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Incorporating Julia Into Python Programs
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