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Real Python: Quiz: What Are Mixin Classes in Python?

Link: https://realpython.com/quizzes/python-mixin/

In this quiz, you’ll test your understanding of What Are Mixin Classes in Python?
By working through this quiz, you’ll revisit Python mixins, how they’re used, and the benefits they offer.

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Brian Okken: pytest fixtures nuts and bolts - revisited

Link: https://pythontest.com/pytest-fixtures-nuts-bolts-revisited/

In 2013/2014 I wrote a 4 part series on pytest fixtures.
It started out fine-ish. And then by part 4 I crammed way too many concepts into one huge post.
Well, I’ve recently reviewed all of this, and
Real Python: What Are Mixin Classes in Python?

Link: https://realpython.com/python-mixin/

Mixins offer a powerful way to reuse code across multiple Python classes without forcing them into a rigid inheritance hierarchy. Instead of building deep and brittle class trees, you can use mixins t
James Bennett: Litestar is worth a look

Link: https://www.b-list.org/weblog/2025/aug/06/litestar/

A few years ago at work, I had a project which offered an opportunity to look at the new generation of async-first, type-hint-driven Python web frameworks. For reasons which aren’t particularly releva
Python Insider: Python 3.13.6 is now available

Link: https://pythoninsider.blogspot.com/2025/08/python-3136-is-now-available.html

The latest version of Python 3.13 is now available!Python 3.13.6
 https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-3136/

This is the sixth maintenance release of Python 3.13
Python 3.13 is the newest
Mike Driscoll: Python 101: Reading TOML with Python

Link: https://www.blog.pythonlibrary.org/2025/08/07/python-101-reading-toml-with-python/

The TOML (Tom’s Obvious Minimal Language) format came out in 2013, so it’s been around for more than a decade. Python added support for TOML in Python 3.11 with its tomllib module in the standard libr
Python Engineering at Microsoft: Python in Visual Studio Code – August 2025 Release

Link: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/python/python-in-visual-studio-code-august-2025-release/

We’re excited to announce the August 2025 release of the Python, Pylance and Jupyter extensions for Visual Studio Code!
This release includes the following announcements:

Python Environments extensio
Glyph Lefkowitz: The Best Line Length

Link: https://blog.glyph.im/2025/08/the-best-line-length.html

What’s a good maximum line length for your coding standard?
This is, of course, a trick question. By posing it as a question, I have
created the misleading impression that it is a question, but
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Real Python: The Real Python Podcast – Episode #260: Harnessing the Power of Python Polars

Link: https://realpython.com/podcasts/rpp/260/

What are the advantages of using Polars for your Python data projects? When should you use the lazy or eager APIs, and what are the benefits of each? This week on the show, we speak with Jeroen Jansse
Quansight Labs Blog: Support for ABI3 packages in conda!

Link: https://labs.quansight.org/blog/conda-abi3

See how Point72 teamed up with Quansight to fund support for ABI3 packages in the conda ecosystem.
Glyph Lefkowitz: R0ML’s Ratio

Link: https://blog.glyph.im/2025/08/r0mls-ratio.html

My father, also known as
“R0ML” once described a methodology for evaluating
volume purchases that I think needs to be more popular.
If you are a hardcore fan, you might know that he has already descri
Django Weblog: Django’s accessibility contributing guide

Link: https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2025/aug/09/django-accessibility-contributing-guide/

The Django accessibility team is excited to announce that our accessibility contribution guidelines are now live in the documentation 🎉
These new guidelines are designed to support contributors in mak
Real Python: Quiz: Python Basics: Setting Up Python

Link: https://realpython.com/quizzes/setting-up-python/

In this quiz, you will review the key steps for installing Python on Windows, macOS, and Ubuntu Linux. You will recall what the PATH environment variable is for, and what Python distribution to choose
Python Software Foundation: The PSF has paused our Grants Program

Link: https://pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/08/the-psf-has-paused-our-grants-program.html

TL;DR:Effective August 1st, 2025, the PSF is temporarily pausing our Grants Program after reaching our 2025 grant budget cap earlier than expected. We know how important this program is to many in our
Python Software Foundation: Unmasking Phantom Dependencies with Software Bill-of-Materials as Ecosystem Neutral Metadata

Link: https://pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/08/unmasking-phantom-dependencies-with.html

The Python Software Foundation Security Developer-in-Residence, Seth Larson, published a new white paper with Alpha-Omega about the work to solve the "Phantom Dependency" problem. The white paper deta
Python Software Foundation: Announcing Python Software Foundation Fellow Members for Q2 2025! 🎉

Link: https://pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/08/announcing-python-software-foundation.html

The PSF is pleased to announce its second batch of PSF Fellows for 2025! Let us welcome the new PSF Fellows for Q2! The following people continue to do amazing things for the Python community:Hamdalah
Peter Bengtsson: Combining Django signals with in-memory LRU cache

Link: http://www.peterbe.com/plog/combining-django-signals-with-in-memory-lru-cache

It's easy to combine functools.lru_cache with Django signals to get a good memoization pattern on Django ORM queries.
Go Deh: Go Deh celebrations!

Link: http://paddy3118.blogspot.com/2025/08/go-deh-celebrations.html

   This year it's: Fifty years since I first learned to program!Thirty years of programming Python!And In July, this blog topped one million views since its inception! I first learned to program by cr