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How to Format Floats Within F-Strings in Python In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to use Python format specifiers within an f-string to allow you to neatly format a float to your required precision. You’ll also learn how to extract digits from existing strings and format them as well. REAL PYTHON

Decoupling Systems to Get Closer to the Data What are the benefits of using a decoupled data processing system? How do you write reusable queries for a variety of backend data platforms? This week on the show, Phillip Cloud, the lead maintainer of Ibis, will discuss this portable Python dataframe library. REAL PYTHON podcast

Using raise for Effective Exceptions In this video course, you’ll learn how to raise exceptions in Python, which will improve your ability to efficiently handle errors and exceptional situations in your code. This way, you’ll write more reliable, robust, and maintainable code. REAL PYTHON course

Pydantic: Simplifying Data Validation in Python Discover the power of Pydantic, Python’s most popular data parsing, validation, and serialization library. In this hands-on tutorial, you’ll learn how to make your code more robust, trustworthy, and easier to debug with Pydantic. REAL PYTHON

Generating QR Codes With Python In this video course, you’ll learn how to use Python to generate QR codes, from your standard black-and-white QR codes to beautiful ones with your favorite colors. You’ll learn how to format QR codes, rotate them, and even replace the static background with moving images. REAL PYTHON course

Leveraging Docs and Data to Create a Custom LLM Chatbot How do you customize a LLM chatbot to address a collection of documents and data? What tools and techniques can you use to build embeddings into a vector database? This week on the show, Calvin Hendryx-Parker is back to discuss developing an AI-powered, Large Language Model-driven chat interface. REAL PYTHON podcast

Python Deep Learning: PyTorch vs Tensorflow PyTorch vs Tensorflow: Which one should you use? Learn about these two popular deep learning libraries and how to choose the best one for your project. REAL PYTHON course

Install and Execute Python Applications Using pipx In this tutorial, you’ll learn about a tool called pipx, which lets you conveniently install and run Python packages as standalone command-line applications in isolated environments. In a way, pipx turns the Python Package Index (PyPI) into an app marketplace for Python programmers. REAL PYTHON

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

Reading and Writing WAV Files in Python In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to work with WAV audio files in Python using the standard-library wave module. Along the way, you’ll synthesize sounds from scratch, visualize waveforms in the time domain, animate real-time spectrograms, and apply special effects to widen the stereo field. REAL PYTHON

Using Python in Bioinformatics and the Laboratory How is Python being used to automate processes in the laboratory? How can it speed up scientific work with DNA sequencing? This week on the show, Chemical Engineering PhD Student Parsa Ghadermazi is here to discuss Python in bioinformatics. REAL PYTHON podcast

Finding Python Easter Eggs Python has its fair share of hidden surprises, commonly known as Easter eggs. From clever jokes to secret messages, these little mysteries are often meant to be discovered by curious geeks like you! REAL PYTHON course

SQLite and SQLAlchemy in Python: Beyond Flat Files In this video course, you’ll learn how to store and retrieve data using Python, SQLite, and SQLAlchemy as well as with flat files. Using SQLite with Python brings with it the additional benefit of accessing data with SQL. By adding SQLAlchemy, you can work with data in terms of objects and methods. REAL PYTHON course

MVC in Python Web Apps: Explained With Lego This tutorial conceptually explains the Model-View-Controller (MVC) pattern in Python web apps using Lego bricks. Finally understand this important architecture to streamline your web development process. REAL PYTHON

Python Basics Exercises: Dictionaries One of the most useful data structures in Python is the dictionary. In this video course, you’ll practice working with Python dictionaries, see how dictionaries differ from lists and tuples, and define and use dictionaries in your own code. REAL PYTHON course

Build a Python Turtle Game: Space Invaders Clone In this step-by-step tutorial, you’ll use Python’s turtle module to write a Space Invaders clone. You’ll learn about techniques used in animations and games, and consolidate your knowledge of key Python topics. REAL PYTHON

Build an LLM RAG Chatbot With LangChain Large language models (LLMs) have taken the world by storm, demonstrating unprecedented capabilities in natural language tasks. In this step-by-step tutorial, you’ll leverage LLMs to build your own retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) chatbot using synthetic data with LangChain and Neo4j. REAL PYTHON

Python Basics Exercises: Installing Packages With pip In this Python Basics Exercises video course, you’ll practice installing packages with pip. You’ll also practice creating virtual environments, making lists of requirements, and recreating a development environment. REAL PYTHON course

Visualizing Data in Python With Seaborn In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to use the Python seaborn library to produce statistical data analysis plots to allow you to better visualize your data. You’ll learn how to use both its traditional classic interface and more modern objects interface. REAL PYTHON

Python’s __all__: Packages, Modules, and Wildcard Imports In this tutorial, you’ll learn about wildcard imports and the __all__ variable in Python. With __all__, you can prepare your packages and modules for wildcard imports, which are a quick way to import everything. REAL PYTHON

Creating Asynchronous Tasks With Celery and Django In this video course, you’ll learn how to integrate Celery and Django using Redis as a message broker. You’ll refactor the synchronous email sending functionality of an existing Django app into an asynchronous task that you’ll run with Celery instead. REAL PYTHON course

Building a Healthy Developer Mindset While Learning Python How do you get yourself unstuck when facing a programming problem? How do you develop a positive developer mindset while learning Python? This week on the show, Bob Belderbos from Pybites is here to talk about learning Python and building healthy developer habits. REAL PYTHON podcast