Debugging TUIs, Dictionary Comprehensions, Puzzles, and More

#656 – NOVEMBER 19, 2024

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How to Debug Your Textual Application
TUI applications require a full terminal which most IDEs don’t implement. To make matters more complicated, TUIs use the same calls that many command line debuggers use, making it hard to deal with breakpoints. This article teaches you how to debug a Textual TUI program.
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Maintaining the Foundations of Python & Cautionary Tales
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The Practical Guide to Scaling Django
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The Polars vs pandas Difference Nobody Is Talking About
When people compare pandas and Polars, they usually bring up topics such as lazy execution, Rust, null values, multithreading, and quey optimisation. Yet there’s one innovation which people often overlook: non-elementary group-by aggregations.
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PyPI Introduces Digital Attestations to Strengthen Security
PyPI now supports digital attestations. This feature lets Python package maintainers verify the authenticity and integrity of their uploads with cryptographically verifiable attestations, adding an extra layer of security and trust.
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Django’s Technical Governance Challenges, and Opportunities
On October 29th, two DSF steering council members resigned, triggering an election earlier than planned. This note explains what that means and how you can get involved.
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We’ve Moved to Hetzner
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Formatting Floats Inside Python F-Strings
In this video course, you’ll learn how to use Python format specifiers within an f-string to allow you to neatly format a float to your required precision.
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Package Compatibility With Free-Threading and Subinterpreters
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