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SemVer Won't Save You, Python Flies on Mars, Automated TPS Reports, and More

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Semantic Versioning Will Not Save You
Semantic versioning aims to both communicate the version of software as well as promise that certain versions won’t break anything. Sounds great, right? In a lot of cases it is, but a blind reliance on semantic versioning can come back to haunt you.
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Python and MongoDB: Connecting to NoSQL Databases
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Generate Customizable PDF Reports With Python
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Python Is Running on the Mars Helicopter
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Python 3.10.0a6 Is Now Available for Testing
Now including structural pattern matching!
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Arrow 1.0.0 Released
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Python Developers Survey 2020 Results
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Happy Anniversary to Python and the Python Software Foundation!
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Discussions


In Python’s near future, indexing may support keyword arguments
For example, you could do matrix[row=20, col=40]. Read more about it in PEP 637.
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Spyder Is an Underrated IDE
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What Does the += Operator Return in Python?
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Navigating Namespaces and Scope in Python
Learn about Python namespaces, the structures used to store and organize the symbolic names created during the execution of a Python program. You’ll learn when namespaces are created, how they are implemented, and how they define variable scope.
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Friendly-traceback: Testing With Real Python
See how friendly-traceback improves syntax error reporting by comparing the output from friendly-traceback with examples in the Real Python tutorial Invalid Syntax in Python: Common Reasons for SyntaxError.
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The Challenges of Developing Into a Python Professional
What’s the difference between writing code for yourself and developing for others? What new considerations do you need to take into account as a professional Python developer? This week on the show, we talk to Dane Hillard about his book “Practices of the Python Pro”.
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Brython: Python in Your Browser
Learn how to use Brython to run Python code in the browser. Although most front-end web applications are written in JavaScript, you can use Brython to access JavaScript libraries and APIs and deploy Python-based applications to the web.
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Make Tests a Part of Your App
Have you ever written a test that re-implements a library-specific case? What if that test was just a part of the library code? See how tightly integrating tests into your library code can save users time and help them find bugs.
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Efficient Postgres Full Text Search in Django
Learn how to optimize a Full Text Search implementation with Django and Postgres. Even on a small table, you can reduce the query execution time from 0.045 seconds to 0.001 seconds!
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Profiling Python code with line_profiler
Use line_profiler to see line-level execution time for your python code. It may surprise you where your code is slow and what it takes to speed it up!
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Python Turns 30, Concurrency is Tricky, You Should Upgrade pip, and More

Tuesday, February 23, 2021

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match/case, Mutable Python Strings, Cleaning Text With Pandas, and More

Tuesday, February 16, 2021

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Python Integers Deep Dive, Friendly Tracebacks, Property-Based Testing, and More

Tuesday, February 9, 2021

How Python Integers Work #459 – FEBRUARY 9, 2021 VIEW IN BROWSER The PyCoder's Weekly Logo How Python Integers Work Python's integer datatype is pretty different from most other languages

pandas Memory Explosions, Python Performance, a Case Against OOP, and More

Tuesday, February 2, 2021

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Automating Excel, Tracing the Python GIL, Python for Non-Developers, and More

Tuesday, January 19, 2021

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