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Python & APIs: A Winning Combo for Reading Public Data Learn what APIs are and how to consume them using Python. You’ll also learn some core concepts for working with APIs, such as status codes, HTTP methods, using the requests library, and much more. REAL PYTHON

How Python Strings Work Learn the ins and outs of how Python strings work, with a focus on how text is encoded and represented internally. VIKTOR SKVORTSOV

Python 3.X Through 3.9.1 Has a Buffer Overflow That May Lead to Remote Code Execution Upgrade to 3.8.8 or 3.9.2 to avoid the issue. NIST.GOV

A Look Back at Python’s First Beta Release In celebration of Python’s 30th anniversary, Stefane Fermigier has posted the code for Python’s first beta release on GitHub. TWITTER.COM/SFERMIGIER

Happy Birthday, Python, You’re 30 Years Old This Week! Via interviews with Armin Ronacher, Brett Cannon, and Ewa Jodloski, this piece of technical journalism takes a look at where Python has been, where it is, and where it is going. THOMAS CLABURN

Python Programming and Numerical Methods: A Guide for Engineers and Scientists This open-source book from Berkeley discusses numerical methods with Python. Numerical methods are essential for engineering and science, making this book a fantastic resource for folks in STEM fields. QINGKAI KING, TIMMY SIAUW, ALEXANDRE BAYEN

Last chance! Download Your Free Digital Copy of Distributed Tracing in Practice February 28 is the last day to download a digital copy of Distributed Tracing in Practice, published by O’Reilly Media and available at no cost, compliments of Lightstep → LIGHTSTEP sponsor

Abstract Syntax Trees in Python Learn about abstract syntax trees (ASTs), some of their use cases, and how to use the ast module in the Python standard library. ALESSANDRO FINAMORE • Shared by Bob Belderbos

Stochastic Gradient Descent and Deploying Your Python Scripts on the Web Do you know the initial steps to get your Python script hosted on the web? You may have built something with Flask, but how would you stand it up so that you can share it with others? This week on the show, guest Martin Breuss shares his recent article titled, “Python Web Applications:...

Dictionaries and Arrays: Selecting the Ideal Data Structure Learn about two of Python’s data structures: dictionaries and arrays. You’ll look at multiple types and classes for both of these and learn which implementations are best for your specific use cases. REAL PYTHON course

Functional Programming in Python: When and How to Use It Learn what functional programming is, how it’s supported in Python, and how you can use it in your Python code. REAL PYTHON

Understand Django: Test Your Apps Learn how to use automated tests to verify the correctness of your Django site. MATT LAYMAN • Shared by Matt Layman

Adding Charts to Django with Chart.js Learn how to add interactive charts to Django with Chart.js. NIK TOMAZIC • Shared by Michael Herman

Python Concurrency: The Tricky Bits An exploration of threads, processes, and coroutines in Python, with interesting examples that illuminate the differences between each. HAMEL HUSAIN

Why You Really Need to Upgrade Pip If you’re using an old version of pip, installing the latest version of a Python package might fail—or install in a slower, more complex way. Learn what the problem is exactly, how to solve it, and what causes it. ITAMAR TURNER-TRAURING

12 Requests Per Second in Python How much should we trust framework benchmarks? And to what extent should they influence your choice of technology? SUADE.ORG

Python Strings Are Immutable, but Only Sometimes It turns out you can mutate a string in Python… sort of. AUSTIN HENLEY

Making a Difficult Data Analysis Question Easy With Pandas A great strategy to use when faced with a tricky data analysis problem is to reshape the dataset into a format that turns it into an easy problem. In this article, you’ll look at an example involving a simple calculation and extensive reshaping in pandas. MARTIN • Shared by Martin

Efficiently Cleaning Text With Pandas In this article, you’ll see some examples of cleaning text fields in a large data file and learn several strategies for efficiently cleaning unstructured text fields using Python and pandas. CHRIS MOFFITT

Building Rich Terminal Dashboards Learn how to use the Rich CLI library’s new terminal dashboard feature. WILL MCGUGAN

Python Microservices With gRPC Learn how to build a robust and developer-friendly Python microservices infrastructure using gRPC and Kubernetes. You’ll also explore advanced topics such as interceptors and integration testing. REAL PYTHON

The New match/case Statement Has People Talking Numerous people opine on Twitter about the new match/case statement expected in Python 3.10. While some folks welcome the powerful new syntax, others lament the syntax bloat and potential for confusion they see in the new feature. RUSSELL KEITH-MAGEE & BRANDON RHODES

Python cryptography, Rust, and Gentoo A recent update to the Python cryptography library, which has started replacing some of its C code with Rust, stirred up some controversy among users and library maintainers. JAKE EDGE

Unraveling Python’s Syntax to Its Core With Brett Cannon Brett is a Python core developer and he’s been working on a series of articles where he is unraveling the syntax of Python. His series is a fantastic resource for those wanting to learn how Python is structured and works at its core. REAL PYTHON podcast

Python Tricks: A Buffet of Awesome Python Features Discover Python’s best practices with simple examples and start writing even more beautiful + Pythonic code. “Python Tricks: The Book” shows you exactly how. You’ll master intermediate and advanced-level features in Python with practical examples and a clear narrative. Get the book + video bundle 33% off → DAN BADER sponsor

The PEP 8 Song A songification of that most holiest of Python Enhancement Proposals. LEON SANDØY video

Pandas Sort: Your Guide to Sorting Data in Python Learn how to sort data in a pandas DataFrame using the pandas sort functions sort_values() and sort_index(). REAL PYTHON

An Interesting Issue Around Using is With a Literal in Python When you use is to compare a value to a literal, such as the empty string '', you’ll see a SyntaxWarning that tells you not to use is that way, but your code may still work as intended. Learn why your code still works, and why you really should heed the warning. CHRIS...

Creating PyQt Layouts for GUI Applications In this step-by-step course, you’ll learn how to use PyQt layouts to arrange and manage the graphical components on your GUI applications. With the help of PyQt’s layout managers, you’ll be able to create polished and professional GUIs with minimal effort. REAL PYTHON course

Python “Tricks” I Can Not Live Without Learn some fun and useful Python “tricks” that can help you write cleaner and more maintainable code. SEBASTIAN OPAŁCZYŃSKI

Speeding Up Python Code With Nim You need to speed up some Python code, but don’t know C and don’t have time to learn it. Enter Nim! WULF

Adding Social Authentication to Flask Learn how to add social authentication with GitHub and Twitter to a Flask application. AMAL SHAJI • Shared by Amal Shaji

Earley Parser Here’s an article for the computer science-minded folks. Learn how to create an Earley parser from scratch in Python, which allows you to use any context-free grammar to parse a string and recover all of the parse trees that correspond to the grammar from the generated parse forest. Heady stuff, I know! RAHUL GOPINATH

PEP 634: Structural Pattern Matching (match/case) A few links related to PEP 634, which will add structural pattern matching to Python via a new match/case statement: PEP 634 (Specification), PEP 635 (Motivation and Rationale), PEP 636 (Tutorial & Examples) PYTHON.ORG