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There’s always something going on over at realpython.com as far as Python tutorials go.

Here’s what you may have missed this past week:


Python News: What's New From July 2022

July 2022 brought several exciting developments in the Python community: images from the James Webb Space Telescope, EuroPython in Dublin, ten years of Anaconda, a maintenance milestone for Flask, the final beta releases of Python 3.11, 2FA on PyPI, and Shiny for Python:

→ realpython.com/python-news-july-2022


Exploring Special Function Parameters

In this Code Conversation video course, you'll explore special function parameters that allow for positional-only arguments, keyword-only arguments, or a combination of the two:

→ realpython.com/courses/special-function-parameters


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Sorting a Python Dictionary: Values, Keys, and More

In this tutorial, you'll get the lowdown on sorting Python dictionaries. By the end, you'll be able to sort by key, value, or even nested attributes. But you won't stop there---you'll go on to measure the performance of variations when sorting and compare different key-value data structures:

→ realpython.com/sort-python-dictionary


The Real Python Podcast – Episode #121: Moving NLP Forward With Transformer Models and Attention

What's the big breakthrough for Natural Language Processing (NLP) that has dramatically advanced machine learning into deep learning? What makes these transformer models unique, and what defines "attention?" This week on the show, Jodie Burchell, developer advocate for data science at JetBrains, continues our talk about how machine learning (ML) models understand and generate text:

→ realpython.com/podcasts/rpp/121


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Become a better Pythonista and stay up-to-date with your weekly dose of Python news & projects:

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