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Learn Python Skills While Creating Games In this episode, Christopher interviews Jon Fincher from the Real Python Team. Jon talks about his recent articles on PyGame and Arcade. They discuss if game programming is a good way to develop your Python programming skills, and if a game would make a good portfolio piece. REAL PYTHON podcast

SimPy: Simulating Real-World Processes With Python See how you can use the SimPy package to model real-world processes with a high potential for congestion. You’ll create an algorithm to approximate a complex system, and then you’ll design and run a simulation of that system in Python. REAL PYTHON

Cognitive Biases in Software Development “In this post, I will try to answer the question: why do we feel weird about technical solutions?” Not strictly Python-focused, but absolutely worth a read. STANISLAV MYACHENKOV

Learning Pandas by Exploring COVID-19 Data “Use the pandas data analysis tool to explore the free COVID-19 data set provided by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control.” MATT MAKAI

How Long Did It Take You to Learn Python? “Wait, don’t answer that. It doesn’t matter.” NED BATCHELDER

How to Calculate Feature Importance With Python “Feature importance scores play an important role in a predictive modeling project, including providing insight into the data, insight into the model, and the basis for dimensionality reduction and feature selection that can improve the efficiency and effectiveness of a predictive model on the problem. In this tutorial, you will discover feature importance scores for machine learning in Python.” JASON BROWNLEE

Get Inspiration for Your Next Machine Learning Project Python is a leading language for machine learning, and businesses worldwide are using the technology to get ahead. Explore 22 examples of how ML is being applied across four industries → STXNEXT sponsor

Using Markdown in Django “As developers, we rely on static analysis tools to check, lint and transform our code. We use these tools to help us be more productive and produce better code. However, when we write content using markdown the tools at our disposal are scarce. In this article we describe how we developed a Markdown extension to address challenges in managing content using Markdown in Django sites.” HAKI BENITA

Using WSL to Build a Python Development Environment on Windows Learn how to set-up a development environment on Windows that leverages the power of the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL). From installing WSL, interfacing with Windows Terminal, setting up VS Code, and even running graphical Linux apps, this comprehensive tutorial covers everything you need to know to set-up a development workflow. CHRIS MOFFITT

How to Use any() in Python If you’ve ever wondered how to simplify complex conditionals by determining if at least one in a series of conditions is true, then look no further. This tutorial will teach you all about how to use any() in Python to do just that. REAL PYTHON

Comparing Python Objects the Right Way: “is” vs “==” Learn when to use the Python is, is not, == and != operators. You’ll see what these comparison operators do under the hood, dive into some quirks of object identity and interning, and define a custom class. REAL PYTHON video

The Usefulness of Python’s Permutations and Combinations Functions Learn how the permutations() and combinations() functions in Python’s itertools module can help you writer cleaner and faster for loops. KEVIN DAWE

TLDR Newsletter: Byte Sized News for Techies TLDR is a daily, curated newsletter with links and TLDRs of the most interesting stories in tech, science, and programming. TLDRNEWSLETTER.COM