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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 Roundup: August 2024

In July 2024, Python published the first release candidate of its 3.13 version. The PSF announced some news about new staff members, and PyOhio US 2024 took place in Ohio. Finally, some fundamental Python projects, such as Django, Pillow, pytest, and Pydantic, also released new versions:

→ realpython.com/python-news-august-2024


Sorting Dictionaries in Python: Keys, Values, and More

In this video course, you'll learn how to sort 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 also measure the performance of variations when sorting and compare different key-value data structures:

→ realpython.com/courses/sorting-dictionaries-keys-values-more


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Quiz: The Walrus Operator: Python's Assignment Expressions

In this quiz, you'll test your understanding of the Python Walrus Operator. This operator was introduced in Python 3.8, and understanding it can help you write more concise and efficient code:

→ realpython.com/quizzes/python-walrus-operator


The Walrus Operator: Python's Assignment Expressions

In this tutorial, you'll learn about assignment expressions and the walrus operator. The biggest change back in Python 3.8 was the inclusion of the := operator, which you can use to assign variables in the middle of expressions. You'll see several examples of how to take advantage of this feature:

→ realpython.com/python-walrus-operator


Quiz: Web Scraping With Scrapy and MongoDB

In this quiz, you'll test your understanding of web scraping with Scrapy and MongoDB. You'll revisit how to set up a Scrapy project, build a functional web scraper, extract data from websites, store scraped data in MongoDB, and test and debug your Scrapy web scraper:

→ realpython.com/quizzes/web-scraping-with-scrapy-and-mongodb


The Real Python Podcast – Episode #217: Packaging Data Analyses & Using pandas GroupBy

What are the best practices for organizing data analysis projects in Python? What are the advantages of a more package-centric approach to data science? Christopher Trudeau is back on the show this week, bringing another batch of PyCoder's Weekly articles and projects:

→ realpython.com/podcasts/rpp/217


Python Generators 101

In this step-by-step course, you'll learn about generators and yielding in Python. You'll create generator functions and generator expressions using multiple Python yield statements. You'll also learn how to build data pipelines that take advantage of these Pythonic tools:

→ realpython.com/courses/python-generators


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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