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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:


Prompt Engineering: A Practical Example

Learn prompt engineering techniques with a practical, real-world project to get better results from large language models. This tutorial covers zero-shot and few-shot prompting, delimiters, numbered steps, role prompts, chain-of-thought prompting, and more. Improve your LLM-assisted projects today:

→ realpython.com/practical-prompt-engineering


Finding Python Easter Eggs

Python has its fair share of hidden surprises, commonly known as Easter eggs. From clever jokes to secret messages, these little mysteries are often meant to be discovered by curious geeks like you:

→ realpython.com/courses/finding-python-easter-eggs


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Reading and Writing WAV Files in Python

In this tutorial, you'll learn how to work with WAV audio files in Python using the standard-library wave module. Along the way, you'll synthesize sounds from scratch, visualize waveforms in the time domain, animate real-time spectrograms, and apply special effects to widen the stereo field:

→ realpython.com/python-wav-files


The Real Python Podcast – Episode #198: Build a Video Game With Python Turtle & Visualize Data in Seaborn

Can you build a Space Invaders clone using Python's built-in turtle module? What advantages does the Seaborn data visualization library provide compared to Matplotlib? Christopher Trudeau is back on the show this week, along with special guest Real Python core team member Bartosz Zaczyński. We're sharing another batch of PyCoder's Weekly articles and projects:

→ realpython.com/podcasts/rpp/198


Quiz: Python args and kwargs: Demystified

In this quiz, you'll test your understanding of how to use *args and **kwargs in Python. With this knowledge, you'll be able to add more flexibility to your functions:

→ realpython.com/quizzes/python-args-and-kwargs


Building Command Line Interfaces With argparse

In this step-by-step Python video course, you'll learn how to take your command line Python scripts to the next level by adding a convenient command line interface that you can write with argparse:

→ realpython.com/courses/python-argparse-command-line-interfaces


PyCoder's Weekly – Get the Latest Python News & Updates

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

 → pycoders.com or click here to get the latest issue via email


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