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Late-Bound Argument Defaults for Python Python supports default values for arguments to functions, but those defaults are evaluated at function-definition time. A proposal to add defaults that are evaluated when the function is called has been discussed at some length on the python-ideas mailing list. JAKE EDGE

Data Visualization Interfaces in Python With Dash In this course, you’ll learn how to build a dashboard using Python and Dash. Dash is a framework for building data visualization interfaces. It helps data scientists build fully interactive web applications quickly. REAL PYTHON course

Application Performance Monitoring Built for Developers, by Developers Scout is a lightweight, production-grade application monitoring service built for modern development teams. Proactive alerting, real-time insight and always-on support means you can rest easy knowing Scout will find performance issues before your customers do. Embed our agent, and we’ll do the rest → SCOUT APM sponsor

Rats in Doom: A Novel VR Setup for Rodents A novel VR setup developed for rodents that lets rats play Doom. Uses Python for the controller interface. VIKTOR TÓTH

CPython Dev in Residence: Weekly Report, November 22–28 A short review of try/except, exception handling in asyncio today, and the future of asyncio error handling. ŁUKASZ LANGA

Programmers Should Stop Celebrating Incompetence The creator of Ruby on Rails on programmer competence: “The world has never had a greater need for programmers than it does today. It’s never had a greater need for competent programmers than it does today. Let’s skip the overly self-deprecating nonsense that nobody knows what they’re doing, and trying to learn things in depth is not for us.”...

How to Ditch Codecov for Python Projects “Codecov’s unreliability breaking CI on my open source projects has been a constant source of frustration for me for years. I have found a way to enforce coverage over a whole GitHub Actions build matrix that doesn’t rely on third-party services.” HYNEK SCHLAWACK

Ready to Publish Your Python Packages? Are you interested in sharing your Python project with the broader world? Would you like to make it easily installable using pip? How do you create Python packages that share your code in a scalable and maintainable way? REAL PYTHON podcast

How to Write a Great Stack Overflow Question “The single best thing you can do when asking for coding help online is provide a short, complete example script that others can copy, paste, and run without any modification to reproduce your problem.” KEVIN MARKHAM • Shared by Kevin Markham

Experimental APIs in Python 3.10 and the Future of Trust Stores “In Python 3.10.0 there were a few new APIs added to the ssl module related to certificate chains that weren’t listed in the Python 3.10 release notes due to being experimental.” SETH MICHAEL LARSON

The Problem With Python’s map and filter (And How We Might Fix It) The author explores the pros and cons of Python’s default map() and filter() implementation and potential improvements that could be made. ABHINAV OMPRAKASH • Shared by Abhinav

Shortcut Provides Speedy Task Management, Reporting, and Collaboration for Software Teams Shortcut is project management built for developers. Whether you’re a startup that iterates quickly by providing every engineer with a free pallet of Red Bull, or a large org that has strict ship dates to hit, give us a try for free. SHORTCUT sponsor

The Rinds of the Cheese Shop Menu A silly analysis of the weird and wonderful contents of PyPI: What are the longest package names? Numeric vs non-numeric version names? BEN NUTTALL • Shared by Ben Nuttall