#657 – NOVEMBER 26, 2024
NumPy Practical Examples: Useful Techniques
In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to use NumPy by exploring several interesting examples. You’ll read data from a file into an array and analyze structured arrays to perform a reconciliation. You’ll also learn how to quickly chart an analysis and turn a custom function into a vectorized function.
REAL PYTHON
Loop Targets
Loop assignment allows you to assign to a dict item in a for loop. This post covers what that means and that it is no more costly than regular assignment.
NED BATCHELDER
Introducing the Windsurf Editor. Tomorrow’s IDE, Today
Introducing the Windsurf Editor, the first agentic IDE. All the features you know and love from Codeium’s extensions plus new capabilities such as Cascade that act as collaborative AI agents, combining the best of copilot and agent systems →
CODEIUM sponsor
Vector Animations With Python
This post shows you how to use gizeh and moviepy to create animations using vector graphics.
DEEPNOTE.COM
Take the 2024 Django Developers Survey
DJANGO SOFTWARE FOUNDATION
Python 3.14.0 Alpha 2 Released
CPYTHON DEV BLOG
Quiz: Python Dictionary Comprehensions
REAL PYTHON
PyTexas (Austin) Call for Proposals
PYTEXAS.ORG
Quiz: Namespaces and Scope in Python
REAL PYTHON
Articles & Tutorials
Avoid Counting in Django Pagination
Django’s Paginator class separates data into chunks to display pages of results. By default, underneath it uses a SQL COUNT(*) call which for large amounts of data can be expensive. This article shows you how to get around that.
NIK TOMAZIC
Working With TOML and Python
TOML is a configuration file format that’s becoming increasingly popular in the Python community. In this video course, you’ll learn the syntax of TOML and explore how you can work with TOML files in your own projects.
REAL PYTHON course
Categories of Leadership on Technical Teams
Understanding the different types of technical leadership can help you better structure teams and define roles and responsibilities. This post talks about the various types of technical leaders you might encounter.
BEN KUHN
Quick Prototyping With Sqlite3
Python’s sqlite3 bindings makes it a great tool for quick prototyping while you’re working out what it is exactly that you’re building and what kind of database schema makes sense.
JUHA-MATTI SANTALA
Django Performance and Optimization
“This document provides an overview of techniques and tools that can help get your Django code running more efficiently – faster, and using fewer system resources.”
DJANGO SOFTWARE FOUNDATION
Python Dependency Management Is a Dumpster Fire
Managing dependencies in Python can be a bit of a challenge. This deep dive article shows you all the problems and how the problems are mitigated if not solved.
NIELS CAUTAERTS
Under the Microscope: Ecco the Dolphin
This article shows the use of Ghidra and Python to reverse engineer the encoding scheme of the Sega Dreamcast game Eccho the Dolphin.
32BITS
Is Python Really That Slow?
The speed of Python is an age old conversation. This post talks about just what it does and doesn’t mean.
MIGUEL GRINBERG
Threads Beat Async/Await
Further musings about async & await and why Armin thinks virtual threads are a better model.
ARMIN RONACHER
Python for R Users
Resources for getting better at Python for experienced R developers
STEPHEN TURNER
Projects & Code
nbformat: Base Implementation of Jupyter Notebook Format
PYPI.ORG
pex: Generate Python EXecutable Files, Lock Files and Venvs
GITHUB.COM/PEX-TOOL
Async, Pure-Python Server-Side Rendering Engine
VOLFPETER.GITHUB.IO • Shared by Peter Volf
django-tasks: Background Workers Reference Implementation
GITHUB.COM/REALORANGEONE
dsRAG: Retrieval Engine for Unstructured Data
GITHUB.COM/D-STAR-AI
Events
Weekly Real Python Office Hours Q&A (Virtual)
November 27, 2024
REALPYTHON.COM
Python New Zealand: Mapping Hurricane Wind Speeds From Space
November 28, 2024
MEETUP.COM
SPb Python Drinkup
November 28, 2024
MEETUP.COM
PyCon Wroclaw 2024
November 30 to December 1, 2024
PYCONWROCLAW.COM
PyDay Togo 2024
November 30 to December 1, 2024
LU.MA
PyDelhi User Group Meetup
November 30, 2024
MEETUP.COM
Happy Pythoning!
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