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Differences Between Python’s Mutable and Immutable Types
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Free Threaded Python With Asyncio
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Switching From virtualenvwrapper to direnv
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Ensuring a Block Is Overridden in a Django Template
Some template blocks are meant to be overloaded and forgetting to do so results in rendering bugs. This post talks about creating a new tag that throws an exception which alerts your tests if you forget to overload.
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Arrange, Act, and Assert Pattern in Testing
Learn what the Arrange, Act, and Assert (AAA) pattern is, how it works, the benefits it offers, and its role in unit test automation. Note: sample code is not in Python, but the concepts apply to all unit testing.
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How I Prepare a Technical Talk
This article outlines the system that Rodrigo uses to prepare his Python talks. Steal his ideas and suggestions so that you, too, can start giving talks at your local meetups and at PyCons all over the world.
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Implementing a Python Singleton With Decorators
A singleton pattern is one where only one instance of an object type is allowed at a time. One way to implement this concept is through the use of a decorator. This post teaches you how.
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PEP 759: External Wheel Hosting
This Python Enhancement Proposal specifies a mechanism by which projects hosted on pypi.org can safely host wheel artifacts on external sites other than PyPI.
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Let’s Go Easy on PyPI, OK?
The use of containers can mean a lot of calls to PyPI. This post talks about caching properly to reduce the load on our shared community servers.
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Rotating Turn Order With deque
If you need to cycle through values, one way to do that is with deque. This post shows you through an example service for a game engine.
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Python 3.13: JIT and GIL Went Up the Hill
All you need to know about the latest Python release’s changes to the Global Interpreter Lock and Just-in-Time compilation.
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A Dinosaur Learns poetry
“Not a real dinosaur and not real poetry.” This post is about Paul changing how what tools he uses for his Python setup.
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