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Real Python: Reverse Strings in Python: reversed(), Slicing, and More

Link: https://realpython.com/reverse-string-python/

When you’re using Python strings often in your code, you may face the need to work with them in reverse order. Python includes a few handy tools and techniques that can help you out in these situation
Python Morsels: Making a main function in Python

Link: https://www.pythonmorsels.com/topics/making-main-function-python/




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Let's talk about creating a main function in Python.
Many programming languages have the notion of a main function (or a main method), which acts as the entry point for a program.
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Mike Driscoll: Python 101 – How to Generate a PDF

Link: https://www.blog.pythonlibrary.org/2021/09/28/python-101-how-to-generate-a-pdf/

The Portable Document Format (PDF) is a very popular way to share documents across multiple platforms. The goal of the PDF is to create a document that will look the same on multiple platforms and tha
Real Python: Rock, Paper, Scissors With Python: A Command Line Game

Link: https://realpython.com/courses/python-rock-paper-scissors-game/

Game programming is a great way to learn how to program. You use many tools that you’ll see in the real world, plus you get to play a game to test your results! An ideal game to start your Python game
Brett Cannon: Unravelling data structure displays

Link: https://snarky.ca/unravelling-data-structure-displays/

The title of this next post in my series on Python&aposs syntactic sugar may seem odd: what&aposs a "display" when it comes to data structures? It turns out that&aposs the technical term for what most
Python for Beginners: Python Scope

Link: https://www.pythonforbeginners.com/basics/python-scope

While programming in python, we have to deal with various constructs like variables, functions, modules, libraries, etc.  In several instances, it is possible that a variable name used at a place may
PyCoder’s Weekly: Issue #492 (Sept. 28, 2021)

Link: https://pycoders.com/issues/492

#492 – SEPTEMBER 28, 2021 View in Browser » Python Behind the Scenes: The GIL and Its Effects on Python Multithreading GIL stands for the Global Interpreter Lock, and its job is to make the CPyt
Amjith Ramanujam: Examples are Awesome

Link: https://blog.amjith.com/examples-are-awesome

There are two things I look for whenever I check out an Opensource project or library that I want to use. 1. Screenshots (A picture is worth a thousand words). 2. Examples (Don't tell me what to do, s
Wingware: Wing Python IDE Version 8.0.4 - September 28, 2021

Link: https://wingware.com/news/2021-09-28

Wing 8.0.4 adds Close Unmodified Others to the editor tab's context menu, documents using
sitecustomize to automatically start debug, fixes the debugger on some Windows systems,
improves icon renderin
Quansight Labs Blog: Low-code contributions through GitHub

Link: https://labs.quansight.org/blog/2021/09/low-code-contributions-through-GitHub/

Low-code contributions through GitHub
Healthy, inclusive communities are critical to impactful open source projects.
A challenge for established projects is that the history and implicit technical
deb
Will McGugan: Why I'm working on Open Source full time

Link: https://www.willmcgugan.com/blog/tech/post/doing-open-source-full-time/

I recently came to a decision which will have a big impact on my open source work. In particular Rich and Textual, but also pyfilesystem and lomond. For the foreseeable future, possibly up to a year,
Mike Driscoll: Python 101 – How to Create a Graphical User Interface

Link: https://www.blog.pythonlibrary.org/2021/09/29/create-gui/

When you first get started as a programmer or software developer, you usually start by writing code that prints to your console or standard out. A lot of students are also starting out by writing fron
Python for Beginners: Bitwise Shift Operators in Python

Link: https://www.pythonforbeginners.com/basics/bitwise-shift-operators-in-python

There are various types of operators like arithmetic operators, comparison operators, and bitwise operators in Python. In our programs, we use these operators to control the sequence of execution and
TestDriven.io: Django REST Framework Views - Generic Views

Link: https://testdriven.io/blog/drf-views-part-2/

This article looks at how to use Django REST Framework's Generic Views to prevent repeating certain patterns over and over again.
Real Python: Hosting a Django Project on Heroku

Link: https://realpython.com/django-hosting-on-heroku/

As a novice web developer, you’ve built your portfolio app and shared your code on GitHub. Perhaps, you’re hoping to attract technical recruiters to land your first programming job. Many coding bootca
Python Bytes: #252 Jupyter is now a desktop app!

Link: https://pythonbytes.fm/episodes/show/252/jupyter-is-now-a-desktop-app

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Podcast.__init__: Accelerating Drug Discovery Using Machine Learning With TorchDrug

Link: https://www.pythonpodcast.com/torchdrug-drug-discovery-machine-learning-episode-334/

Finding new and effective treatments for disease is a complex and time consuming endeavor, requiring a high degree of domain knowledge and specialized equipment. Combining his expertise in machine lea
Python Anywhere: Async work in Web Apps or – Have Your Cake and Eat It Too

Link: https://blog.pythonanywhere.com/198/

This post is intended for users who begin their adventure with web
applications. You’ll find below how to structure a web app that relies on
heavy processing of the input data – processing that takes