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Django vs. FastAPI, an Honest Comparison
David has worked with Django for a long time, but recently has done some deeper coding with FastAPI. As a result, he’s able to provide a good contrast between the libraries and why/when you might choose one over the other.
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Ways to Start Interacting With Python
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Data Cleaning in Data Science
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SciPy 1.15.0 Released
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Building New Structures for Learning Python
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Automated Accessibility Audits for Python Web Apps
This article covers how to automatically audit your web apps for accessibility standards. The associated second part covers how to do snapshot testing for the same
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Integrate Auth0 With Just a Few Lines of Code
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Software Bill of Materials Packaging Proposal
A new Python packaging proposal, PEP 770, introduces SBOM support to tackle the “phantom dependency” problem, making it easier to track non-Python components that security tools often miss.
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Unpacking kwargs With Custom Objects
You may have unpacked a dictionary using **kwargs mechanism in Python, but did you know you can write this capability into your own classes? This quick TIL article covers how to write a __getitem__() method.
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Musings on Tracing in PyPy
What started as an answer to a question on Twitter has turned into a very deep dive on tracing JITs, how they compare to method-based JITs, and how all that works in the alternative Python interpreter PyPy.
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From Default Line Charts to Journal-Quality Infographics
“Everyone who has used Matplotlib knows how ugly the default charts look like.” In this series of posts, Vladimir shares some tricks to make your visualizations stand out and reflect your individual style.
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Stupid pipx Tricks
This post talks about pipx a wrapper to pip that allows you to use Python packages like applications. This post talks about the strengths and weaknesses of pipx and just what you can do with it.
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Towards PyPy3.11: An Update
The alternative Python interpreter PyPy is working towards a Python 3.11 compatible release. This post talks about how that is going and the challenges along the way.
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Learn SQL With Python
This tutorial teaches the fundamentals of SQL by using Python to build applications that interact with a relational PostgresSQL database.
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PEP 769: Add a Default Keyword Argument to attrgetter and itemgetter
This proposal aims to enhance the operator module by adding a default keyword argument to the attrgetter and itemgetter functions.
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Posit Connect Cloud: Share the Work you Make With Streamlit, FastAPI, Shiny, & Other FOSS Frameworks
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Unit Testing vs. Integration Testing
Discover the key differences between unit testing vs integration testing and learn how to automate both with Python.
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Why Is hash(-1) == hash(-2) in Python?
Somewhat surprisingly, hash(-1) == hash(-2) in CPython. This post examines how and discovers why this is the case.
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