The Quest for Faster Python, Performance as the Nemesis of Secure Code, How to Use Stacks and Queues, and More

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The Quest for Faster Python
There seems to be a lot going on in the Python JIT compiler space. Facebook recently open-sourced Instagram’s Cinder runtime, Pyston 2 returned as an open-source project, and the Pyjion project from Microsoft continues to grow. But Python creator Guido van Rossum has suggested that Python developers in need of more performance should consider writing parts of their code as C extensions, or use the PyPy runtime. This article explores Pythons turbulent history with performance optimization.
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How Performance Became the Nemesis of the Secure Python Code
While JIT compilers compete for Python performance improvements and some teams rush into asyncio adoption, one has to wonder what the outcome of additional complexity will be. This opinion piece argues that the cost of hurried and potentially unnecessary performance optimization is unstable and insecure code. It’s a good reminder that decisions about project dependencies should be thoroughly researched and made deliberately.
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Stacks and Queues: Selecting the Ideal Data Structure
Learn about three of Python’s data structures: stacks, queue and priority queues. You’ll look at multiple types and classes for all of these and learn which implementations are best for your specific use cases.
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Natural Language Processing With Python’s NLTK Package
In this beginner-friendly tutorial, you’ll take your first steps with Natural Language Processing (NLP) and Python’s Natural Language Toolkit (NLTK). You’ll learn how to process unstructured data in order to be able to analyze it and draw conclusions from it.
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Fluent in Django: Get to Know Django Models Better
Django models are the single, definitive source of information about data in a Django application. That means that all the logic about your data should be located in the model—not in a view as too often can be seen. In this article, you’ll get to know Django models better including things like UUID fields, enumeration types, Meta classes, and custom .save() methods.
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Asynchronous Tasks With FastAPI and Celery
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Recursion in Python: An Introduction
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I Forgot How to Spellcheck
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