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Python Violates PEP 8 #python

PEP 8 outlines the preferred coding style for Python. It often gets wielded as a cudgel in online conversations. This post talks about what PEP 8 says and where it often gets ignored.

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Real Python @realpython.com · 9h

🐍📺 Using Astropy for Astronomy With Python [Video]

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Using Astropy for Astronomy With Python

This course covers two problems from introductory astronomy to help you play with some Python libraries. You'll use NumPy, Matplotlib, and pandas to find planet conjunctions, and graph the best viewing times for a star

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Real Python @realpython.com · 13h

🐍 Duck Typing in Python: Writing Flexible and Decoupled Code 📰

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Duck Typing in Python: Writing Flexible and Decoupled Code

In this tutorial, you'll learn about duck typing in Python. It's a typing system based on objects' behaviors rather than on inheritance. By taking advantage of duck typing, you can create flexible and decoupled sets of Python classes that you can use t...

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Real Python @realpython.com · 18h

🐍📰 Astral's ty: A New Blazing-Fast Type Checker for Python

Astral's ty: A New Blazing-Fast Type Checker for Python

Learn to use ty, an ultra-fast Python type checker written in Rust. Get setup instructions, run type checks, and fine-tune custom rules in personal projects:

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Real Python @realpython.com · 20h

🐍 Visualizing Data in Python With Seaborn 📰

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Visualizing Data in Python With Seaborn

In this tutorial, you'll learn how to use the Python seaborn library to produce statistical data analysis plots to allow you to better visualize your data. You'll learn how to use both its traditional classic interface and more modern objects interface:

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Real Python @realpython.com · 22h

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Real Python @realpython.com · 1d

PEP 810: Explicit lazy imports (Added) #python

This PEP introduces syntax for lazy imports as an explicit language feature:

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Real Python @realpython.com · 1d

🐍📺 Exploring Astrophysics in Python With pandas and Matplotlib [Video]

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Exploring Astrophysics in Python With pandas and Matplotlib

This course uses three problems often covered in introductory astro-physics courses to play in Python. Along the way you'll learn some astronomy and how to use a variety of datascience libraries like NumPy, Matplotlib, pandas, and pint

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Real Python @realpython.com · 1d

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Real Python @realpython.com · 1d

🐍 Model-View-Controller (MVC) in Python Web Apps: Explained With Lego 📰

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Model-View-Controller (MVC) in Python Web Apps: Explained With Lego

This tutorial conceptually explains the Model-View-Controller (MVC) pattern in Python web apps using Lego bricks. Finally understand this important architecture to streamline your web development process:

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Real Python @realpython.com · 1d

🐍📰 Python MCP: Connect Your LLM With the World

Python MCP: Connect Your LLM With the World

Learn how to build a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server in Python. Connect tools, prompts, and data to AI agents like Cursor for smarter assistants:

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Real Python @realpython.com · 1d

🐍 Build a Python Turtle Game: Space Invaders Clone 📰

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Build a Python Turtle Game: Space Invaders Clone

In this step-by-step tutorial, you'll use Python's turtle module to write a Space Invaders clone. You'll learn about techniques used in animations and games, and consolidate your knowledge of key Python topics:

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Real Python @realpython.com · 1d

🐍 Python Term of the Day: CodeGeeX (AI Coding Tools)

An open multilingual code generation model family and an IDE assistant.

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Real Python @realpython.com · 1d

🐍📰 Python 3.14: Cool New Features for You to Try

Learn what's new in Python 3.14, including an upgraded REPL, template strings, lazy annotations, and subinterpreters, with examples to try in your code

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Real Python @realpython.com · 1d

🎧🐍 Episode #269 of the Real Python Podcast is live: Python 3.14: Exploring the New Features realpython.com/podcasts/rpp...

Episode #269: Python 3.14: Exploring the New Features – The Real Python Podcast

Python 3.14 is here! Christopher Trudeau returns to discuss the new version with Real Python team member Bartosz Zaczyński. This year, Bartosz coordinated the series of preview articles with members...

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Real Python @realpython.com · 2d

PEP 806: Mixed Sync/Async Context Managers With Precise Async Marking (Added) #python

Python allows the with and async with statements to handle multiple context managers in a single statement, so long as they are all respectively synchronous or asynchronous. When mixing synchronous and asynchronous context managers, developers must use...

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Real Python @realpython.com · 2d

🐍📺 Sorting Dictionaries in Python: Keys, Values, and More [Video]

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Sorting Dictionaries in Python: Keys, Values, and More

In this video course, you'll learn how to sort Python dictionaries. By the end, you'll be able to sort by key, value, or even nested attributes. But you won't stop there---you'll also measure the performance of variations when sorting and compare diffe...

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Real Python @realpython.com · 2d

🐍 Reading and Writing WAV Files in Python 📰

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Reading and Writing WAV Files in Python

In this tutorial, you'll learn how to work with WAV audio files in Python using the standard-library wave module. Along the way, you'll synthesize sounds from scratch, visualize waveforms in the time domain, animate real-time spectrograms, and apply sp...

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Real Python @realpython.com · 2d

🐍📺 What's New in Python 3.14 [Video]

Covers Python 3.14's key changes: free-threading, subinterpreters, t-strings, lazy annotations, new REPL features, and improved error messages

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Real Python @realpython.com · 2d

🐍📰 uv vs pip: Managing Python Packages and Dependencies

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uv vs pip: Managing Python Packages and Dependencies

Compare uv vs pip with benchmarks, speed tests, and dependency management tips. Learn which tool is best for your Python projects:

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Real Python @realpython.com · 2d

🐍 Install and Execute Python Applications Using pipx 📰

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Install and Execute Python Applications Using pipx

In this tutorial, you'll learn about a tool called pipx, which lets you conveniently install and run Python packages as standalone command-line applications in isolated environments. In a way, pipx turns the Python Package Index (PyPI) into an app mark...

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Real Python @realpython.com · 2d

🐍 Python Term of the Day: Blackbox AI (AI Coding Tools)

A coding assistant and agent platform that connects to IDEs and the browser.

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Real Python @realpython.com · 2d

🐍📩 Pycoders Weekly (Issue 703) — PEP 8, Error Messages in Python 3.14, splitlines(), and More

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Real Python @realpython.com · 3d

Koan 12: The Peril of Unquoted Arguments #python

Exploring the dangerous power of unquoted Python strings, and how they caused CVE-2024-9287

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Real Python @realpython.com · 3d

🐍📺 Interacting With REST APIs and Python [Video]

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Interacting With REST APIs and Python

In this video course, you'll learn how to use Python to communicate with REST APIs. You'll learn about REST architecture and how to use the requests library to get data from a REST API. You'll also explore different Python tools you can use to build RE...

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