#608 – DECEMBER 19, 2023
Build a Hangman Game With Python and PySimpleGUI
In this step-by-step tutorial, you’ll learn how to write the game of hangman in Python with a PySimpleGUI-based interface. You’ll see how to structure the game, build its GUI, and program the game’s logic and rules.
REAL PYTHON
Why if TYPE_CHECKING?
“Typechecking is brittle yet important”, learn more about where it works and where it doesn’t and what that might mean for your code.
VICKI BOYKIS
Build Invincible Apps With Temporal’s Python SDK
Get an introduction to Temporal’s Python SDK by walking through our easy, free tutorials. Learn how to build Temporal applications using Python, including building a data pipeline Workflow and a subscription Workflow. Get started here →
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Real-World match/case
The match statement was added in Python 3.10. This article covers a real-world example use case and shows its power.
NED BATCHELDER
Call for Proposals: Pycascades-2024
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Python Memory-Safe Says Latest CISA Recommendations
SETH LARSON
Python 3.11.7 Released
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Articles & Tutorials
Getting the First Match From a Python List or Iterable
In this video course, you’ll learn about the best ways to get the first match from a Python list or iterable. You’ll look into two different strategies, for loops and generators, and compare their performance. Then you’ll finish up by creating a reusable function for all your first matching needs.
REAL PYTHON course
Pytest Daemon: 10X Local Test Iteration Speed
Discord has a large Python monolith with lots of imports, which now takes 13 seconds to start up. On the server that’s not a problem but to run a test it is. Ruby’s solution is to have a daemon that hot loads a test on a process that already has the imports completed.
RUBY FEINSTEIN
5 Ways to Flatten a List of Lists
Flattening a list-of-lists is the process of taking each of the inner lists’ contents and putting them together in a single list. There are several ways of attacking this problem in Python, and this article shows 5 methods ranked from worst to best.
RODRIGO GIRÃO SERRÃO
Django: Sanitize Incoming HTML Fragments With nh3
Allowing users to input HTML in comments or blog posts is problematic, it can lead to exploits on your site. For years the Django community used django-bleach, but since its deprecation, Adam has been using nh3, a Rust-based HTML sanitizer.
ADAM JOHNSON
Hide Those Terminal Secrets!
Michael Kennedy of Talk Python fame does a lot of screen casts, and one of his concerns is accidentally exposing data from a terminal when doing so. This quick article covers the Warp terminal’s “redaction” feature for just this situation.
MICHAEL KENNEDY
How to Deploy Reflex Apps to Fly.io
Reflex is a recent entrant to the world of Python web frameworks. Fly.io is a hosting provider that lets you host your applications in production really quickly. This articles shows you how to deploy Reflex applications on Fly.io.
SIDDHANT GOEL • Shared by Siddhant Goel
Serialize Your Data With Python
In this in-depth tutorial, you’ll explore the world of data serialization in Python. You’ll compare and use different data serialization formats, serialize Python objects and executable code, and handle HTTP message payloads.
REAL PYTHON
You Are Never Taught How to Build Quality Software
Learning how to build quality software is not part of computer science education. How do we learn it? See also the associated HN discussion.
FLORIAN BELLMANN
Use “pip install” Safely
The correct extra arguments to pip install can make it less risky to execute. Learn what arguments James suggests and how to use each of them.
JAMES BENNETT
Use Unittest’s subtest Helper
When iterating over multiple arguments in testing a function, the subtest feature of the unittest module helps you track which part failed.
JAMES BENNETT
Create a Subscription SaaS Application With Django and Stripe
All the technical details of creating a subscription SaaS business using the Python-based Django web framework and Stripe payment processor.
SAAS PEGASUS
The Key to the key Parameter in Python
A parameter named key is present in several Python functions, such as sorted(). This article explores what it is and how to use it.
STEPHEN GRUPPETTA • Shared by Stephen Gruppetta
CPython Dynamic Dispatch Internals
Just how many lines of C does it take to execute a + b in Python? This article goes into detail about the CPython internals.
ABHINAV UPADHYAY
Projects & Code
python-skyfield: Elegant Astronomy for Python
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Above: Invisible Network Protocol Sniffer
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mlx: MLX: An Array Framework for Apple Silicon
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The Eval Game: Test Your Python Skills
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kanban-python: Kanban Terminal App Written in Python
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Events
Weekly Real Python Office Hours Q&A (Virtual)
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PyData Bristol Meetup
December 21, 2023
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PyLadies Dublin
December 21, 2023
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Python Sheffield
December 26, 2023
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PyCon Somalia 2023
December 27 to December 29, 2023
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Happy Pythoning!
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