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How to Get the Current Time in Python
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Using a Markov Chain to Generate Readable Nonsense
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End-to-End Data Science Workflows: ML Workflows With Python
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Top Python Libraries of 2023
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2023 Real Python Tutorial & Video Course Wrap-Up
Three members of the Real Python team are joining us this week: Kate Finegan, Tappan Moore, and Philipp Acsany. We wanted to share a year-end wrap-up with tutorials, step-by-step projects, code conversations, and video courses that showcase what our team created in 2023.
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Advice for New Devs Who’ve Read Other Advice Essays
After reading some programming advice posts, this author decided a lot of them concentrated on the wrong things. Here is his own take. Associated HN discussion.
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Building a Bootstrap Styled Form in Vanilla Django
When playing with django-crispy-forms, David wondered what it would take to build a Bootstrap 5 form in Django without any third party libraries. This article outlines the work involved.
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Where Have You Installed Your Python Packages?
This article introduces virtual environments and what it means to run pip install. It includes information about the sys module and variables it uses to look for your packages.
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How to Use Python in Excel Natively
How to use Python in Excel natively using libraries like Pandas, NumPy, Matplotlib, Seaborn and more for analysis and spectacular charts. Includes a cheat sheet.
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My Proof-of-Concept Record Type
As part of a conversation as to whether Python should include a struct-like syntax, Brett has created a project. This post outlines the proof-of-concept.
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Python Rgonomics
If you’re coming to Python from R, this article outlines some libraries that have an R-like feel, helping you make the transition to Pythonic workflows.
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10 Things Software Developers Should Learn About Learning
Developers want and need to perpetually learn. Needing to learn and knowing how are two different things though, and this article highlights key ideas to teach yourself how to learn better.
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Don’t Use Python’s @property
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10 Noteworthy AI Research Papers of 2023
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