#655 – NOVEMBER 12, 2024
Introduction to Web Scraping With Python
In this video course, you’ll learn all about web scraping in Python. You’ll see how to parse data from websites and interact with HTML forms using tools such as Beautiful Soup and MechanicalSoup.
REAL PYTHON course
State of Python 3.13 Performance: Free-Threading
This article does a comparison between code in single threaded, threaded, and multi-process versions under Python 3.12, 3.13, and 3.13 free-threaded with the GIL on and off.
ARTHUR PASTEL
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Tiny Great Languages: Assembly
This is the first post in a multi-part series that uses Python to build tiny interpreters for other languages.
SERGE ZAITSEV
Django Bugfix Release Issued: 5.1.3
DJANGO SOFTWARE FOUNDATION
PyCon US 2025 (Pittsburgh) Call for Proposals
PRETALX.COM
Quiz: Beautiful Soup: Build a Web Scraper With Python
REAL PYTHON
Quiz: Pydantic: Simplifying Data Validation in Python
REAL PYTHON
Articles & Tutorials
Opposite of Cloud Native Is…?
Michael (from Talk Python fame) introduces the concept of “stack-native” as the opposite of “cloud-native”, and how it applies to Python web apps. Building applications with just enough full-stack building blocks to run reliably with minimal complexity, rather than relying on a multitude of cloud services.
MICHAEL KENNEDY
How to Reset a pandas DataFrame Index
In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to reset a pandas DataFrame index using various techniques. You’ll also learn why you might want to do this and understand the problems you can avoid by optimizing the index structure.
REAL PYTHON
Do Your Data Science Teams Struggle to Share Their Work With Their Colleagues Securely
Posit Connect lets data teams publish, host, & manage Python work. It provides a secure, scalable platform for sharing data insights with those who need them, including models, Jupyter notebooks, Streamlit & Shiny apps, Plotly dashboards, and more.
POSIT sponsor
Python Closures: Common Use Cases and Examples
In this tutorial, you’ll learn about Python closures. A closure is a function-like object with an extended scope. You can use closures to create decorators, factory functions, stateful functions, and more.
REAL PYTHON
In Defense of Simple Architectures
You can go surprisingly far with a simple software architecture, in fact simplicity can make it easier to scale. This post talks about some real world cases of just that.
DAN LUU
Vehicle Routing Using OpenStreetMap
This project shows you how to implement the Vehicle Routing Problem (VRP) using OpenStreetMap data and Google’s OR-Tools library to find efficient routes.
MEDIUM.COM/P • Shared by Albert Ferré
Guide to Python Project Management and Packaging
This is a deep dive article on Python project management and packaging. It covers the pyproject.toml file, modules, dependencies, locking, and more.
REINFORCED KNOWLEDGE
I Waited 10B Cycles and All I Got Was This Loading Screen
This opinion piece discusses the fact that our faster hardware still can’t keep up with our bloated software and why that is the case.
PRANAV NUTALAPTI
Thoughts on Django’s Core
This post by a Django core developer talks about the last twenty years of the library and why it has had such staying power.
CARLTON GIBSON
map and filter With List Comprehensions
This quick-hit post shows you how to use the map() and filter() functions in conjunction with list comprehensions.
JUHA-MATTI SANTALA
Don’t Return Named Tuples in New APIs
This post talks about when and when not to use a named tuple in your API and why you might make that choice.
BRETT CANNON
Projects & Code
mininterface: A Minimal Interface to Python Application
GITHUB.COM/CZ-NIC
deutschland: German Dataset Collection
GITHUB.COM/BUNDESAPI
pytest-metadata: Plugin for Accessing Test Session Metadata
GITHUB.COM/PYTEST-DEV
BlendModes: Apply Blending Modes to Images
GITHUB.COM/FHPYTHONUTILS
django-admin-dracula: Dracula Themes for the Django Admin
GITHUB.COM/SJBITCODE
Events
IndyPy Hosts “AI & Data for Good”
November 12, 2024
MEETUP.COM • Shared by Laura Stephens
Weekly Real Python Office Hours Q&A (Virtual)
November 13, 2024
REALPYTHON.COM
PyCon Sweden 2024
November 14 to November 16, 2024
PYCON.SE
Python Atlanta
November 15, 2024
MEETUP.COM
PyCon Hong Kong 2024
November 16 to November 17, 2024
PYCON.HK
PyCon Mini Tokai 2024
November 16 to November 17, 2024
PYCON.JP
PyCon Ireland 2024
November 16 to November 18, 2024
PYTHON.IE
PyConAU 2024
November 22 to November 27, 2024
PYCON.ORG.AU
Happy Pythoning!
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