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Django Static Files and Templates
“Static files like CSS, JavaScript, and fonts are a core piece of any modern web application. They are also typically confusing for Django newcomers since Django provides tremendous flexibility around how these files are used. This tutorial will demonstrate current best practices for configuring static files in both local development and production.”
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A Brief Look at CPython String
“Have you ever noticed that a string with just a few characters in Python uses several dozen bytes of memory? We handle a lot of short strings and I have been wondering why Python seems to store strings seemingly so inefficiently.”
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Recent security issues with ctx on PyPI followed shortly by the discovery of some typeosquatting has everyone re-examining their package supply chain. Jurgen writes about finding weirdness with two of the most popular packages out there.
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How To Profile Python Code
No matter how good you are, sometimes your code just runs slow. Learning how to properly profile your software to identify and fix bottlenecks is a useful skill. This article talks about what you need to know to measure your code’s performance and how to use the cProfile, profile, and timeit libraries, along with others.
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LBYL vs EAFP: Preventing or Handling Errors in Python
In this tutorial, you’ll learn about two popular coding styles in Python: look before you leap (LBYL) and easier to ask forgiveness than permission (EAFP). You can use these styles to deal with errors and exceptional situations in your code. You’ll dive into the LBYL vs EAFP discussion in Python.
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Managing Large Python Data Science Projects With Dask
What do you do when your data science project doesn’t fit within your computer’s memory? One solution is to distribute it across multiple worker machines. This week on the show, Guido Imperiale from Coiled talks about Dask and managing large data science projects through distributed computing.
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People in Your Software Supply Chain
Behind all the most popular packages you routinely pip install are a host of people whose names you likely don’t recognize. This thoughtful article talks about what we as a coding community can do to acknowledge maintainers more and contribute.
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TDD Practice: Time API with Django
This is a step-by-step coding Kata based on a workshop that Brenton ran at DjangoConEU 2018. It gives you practice in using a Test-Driven-Development approach by writing tests for a “get time” API in Django.
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Building a CRUD App with FastAPI, MongoDB, and Beanie
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Tuesday, May 31, 2022

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