🐍 New Python tutorials on Real Python (+ Giveaway!)

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🐍 Dive into the Latest Python Tutorials 🐍

There’s always something happening at realpython.com, especially when it comes to Python tutorials.

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


Model-View-Controller (MVC) in Python Web Apps: Explained With Lego

This tutorial conceptually explains the Model-View-Controller (MVC) pattern in Python web apps using Lego bricks. Finally understand this important architecture to streamline your web development process:

→ realpython.com/lego-model-view-controller-python


SQLite and SQLAlchemy in Python: Move Your Data Beyond Flat Files

In this video course, you'll learn how to store and retrieve data using Python, SQLite, and SQLAlchemy as well as with flat files. Using SQLite with Python brings with it the additional benefit of accessing data with SQL. By adding SQLAlchemy, you can work with data in terms of objects and methods:

→ realpython.com/courses/sqlite-sqlalchemy-python-beyond-flat-files


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Build a Python Turtle Game: Space Invaders Clone

In this step-by-step tutorial, you'll use Python's turtle module to write a Space Invaders clone. You'll learn about techniques used in animations and games, and consolidate your knowledge of key Python topics:

→ realpython.com/build-python-turtle-game-space-invaders-clone


The Real Python Podcast – Episode #197: Using Python in Bioinformatics and the Laboratory

How is Python being used to automate processes in the laboratory? How can it speed up scientific work with DNA sequencing? This week on the show, Chemical Engineering PhD Student Parsa Ghadermazi is here to discuss Python in bioinformatics:

→ realpython.com/podcasts/rpp/197


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Quiz: Python Name-Main Idiom

Test your knowledge of Python's if __name__ == "__main__" idiom by answering a series of questions! You've probably encountered the name-main idiom and might have even used it in your own scripts. But did you use it correctly?

→ realpython.com/quizzes/python-name-main-idiom


Context Managers and Python's with Statement

In this video course, you'll learn what the Python with statement is and how to use it with existing context managers. You'll also learn how to create your own context managers:

→ realpython.com/courses/with-statement-python


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