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Unravelling not in Python
In the next blog post in his series about Python’s syntactic sugar, Brett Cannon tackles what would seem to be a very simple bit of syntax, but which actually requires diving into multiple layers to fully implement: not.
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PyQt Layouts: Create Professional-Looking GUI Applications
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Python Type Checking
What is type checking? Why do we need it? What’s the difference between static and runtime type checking?
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Building a Numerical Integration Tool in Python From Scratch
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Teaching Python and Finding Resources for Students
One of the best ways to learn something well is to teach it. Kelly Schuster-Paredes and Sean Tibor teach middle school students how to code. On this episode Kelly and Sean talk about the art and science of teaching Python, as well as the learning resources they use with their students.
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The Unholy Way of Using Virtual Environments
If you’ve used virtual environments before, you may have created a venv/ folder inside the root directory of your project. This is standard, but has some downsides. Have you every thought about reversing this and putting your project inside your venv/ folder?
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Writing iTerm2 Python Scripts
iTerm2 has a plugin system that allows you to write Python scripts that terminal programs can take advantage of. Learn how to do this by writing two fun scripts: on that automatically sets iTerm2 to dark mode and one that plays a sound in your terminal.
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np.linspace(): Create Evenly or Non-Evenly Spaced Arrays
In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to use NumPy’s np.linspace() effectively to create an evenly or non-evenly spaced range of numbers. You’ll explore several practical examples of the function’s many uses in numerical applications.
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Ruby on Rails vs. Django in 2020 and Beyond
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Introducing FARM Stack: FastAPI, React, and MongoDB
There’s a new webdev stack in town: the FARM stack. It’s sort of like MERN because it uses React and MongoDB, but it replaces Node.js and Express with Python and FastAPI.
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Building a Pandoc Filter in Python That Turns CSV Data Into Formatted Tables
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Synthetic Data, Reproducible Conda Environment, Regular Expressions, and More

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Fourier Transforms, Executing Bytecode, Python Simulations, and More

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