Issue #638 of the PyCoder’s Weekly newsletter, published July 16, 2024.

Over the years, when  I am low, I always go to the 2014 Euro Python talk  "Farewell and Welcome Home: Python in Two Genders" by Naomi. It has become the first step of my coping mechanism and the door to my safe house. Though 2024 marked my Euro Python journey

In this tutorial, you'll learn about Python's protocols and how they can help you get the most out of using Python's type hint system and static type checkers.

News and announcements from the Python community for the week of Jul 17th, 2024

In this quiz, you'll test your understanding of how to choose Python function names.
By working through this quiz, you'll revisit the rules and conventions for naming Python functions
and why they're important for writing Pythonic code.

Author: Reshama Shaikh , Yao Xiao

In this blog post, I describe my experience as a first-time contributor to NumPy and talk about the story behind `np.top_k`.

So, you're a Python developer or you just use Python to make your life easier by writing utility scripts to automate repetitive tasks and boost your

This quiz will test your understanding of Python's string data type and your knowledge about manipulating textual data with string objects. You'll cover the basics of creating strings using literals and the str() function, applying string methods, using operators…

What are discrete optimization problems? How do you solve them with constraint programming in Python? Christopher Trudeau is back on the show this week, bringing another batch of PyCoder's Weekly articles and projects

In my last post I've described how to use Z3 to find simple local peephole
optimization patterns
for the integer operations in PyPy's JIT. An example is int_and(x, 0) ->
0. In this post I want to scal

In this episode, we chatted about managing dependencies and the cost of maintenance. Then we got into some feature work and began building a job that will send users an email as reminder to activate their account shortly before it expires.

While list comprehesions in Python don't support the else keyword directly, conditional expressions can be embedded within list comprehension.

The 2024 election for the PSF Board and proposed Bylaws changes created an opportunity for conversations about the PSF's work to serve the g...

In December 2023 we received an open letter from a coalition of organizers from the pan-African Python community asking the PSF to address ...

Back in October 2023 I wrote about how “For You” wasn't for me,
and my dislike for infinitely-scrolling algorithmically-suggested content.
In that post I mentioned that I removed YouTube from my ph...

If you use Python's print() function to get information about the flow of your programs, then logging is the natural next step for you. This tutorial will guide you through creating your first logs and show you ways to curate them to grow with your projects.

If you want to get better at something, often times the path is pretty clear. If you get better at swimming, you go to the pool and practice your strokes and put in time doing the laps. If you want to get better at mountain biking, hit the trails and work…